The Prophet (ﷺ) said:“Coolit down with water,” and he said: “It is from the heat ofHell-fire.”

“Ifthereis any good in any of the remedies you use, it is in cupping.”

“On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’),I did not pass by any group of angels but all of them said to me: ‘OMuhammad, you should use cupping.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘What a good slave is the cupper. He takes away the blood,reduces pressure on the spine, and improves the eyesight.’”

“Whoever wants to be cupped, let him seek out the seventeenth,nineteenth or twenty-first (of the month); and let none of you allowhis blood to rage so that it kills him.”

“Whoever seeks treatment by cauterization, orwithRuqyah, then he had absolved himself of reliance upon Allah.”

“The best of your kohl is antimony, for it improves the eyesightand makes the hair (eyelashes) grow.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) had a kohlcontainer from which he would apply kohl three times, to each eye.”

“I said: ‘OMessenger of Allah, in our land there are grapes which we squeeze (tomake wine). Can we drink from it?’ He said: ‘No.’ I repeatedthequestion and said: ‘We treat the sick with it.’ He said:‘That is nota cure, it is a disease.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) did not suffer any injury or thorn-prickbut he would apply henna to it.”

“Why don’t you go out to a flock ofcamels ofours, and drink their milk and urine.” And they did that.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto seek refuge from the evil eye of the jinn and of mankind. WhentheMu’awwidhatain* were revealed, he started to recite them andstopped reciting anything else.”

“Thereis no Ruqyah except for the evil eye or from the sting of ascorpion.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)allowedRuqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.”

“A scorpion stung a man andhe didnot sleep all the night. It was said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘So-and-sowas stung by a scorpion and he did not sleep all the night.’ Hesaid: ‘If he had said, last night: A’udhubikalimatil-lahit-tammatimin sharri ma khalaq (I seek refuge in thePerfect Words of Allah fromthe evil of that which He has created),the scorpion sting would nothave harmed him, until morning.’”

“I came totheProphet (ﷺ) and I was suffering pain that was killing me. TheProphet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Put your right hand on it and say:Bismillah, a’udhu bi’izzatil-lahi wa qudratihi min sharri maajidu wauhadhiru. (In the Name of Allah, I seek refuge in the mightand powerof Allah from the evil of what I feel and what I fear),”seven times.’I said that, and Allah healed me.”

“O Muhammad, you are ill. He said: ‘Yes.’ He said:Bismillahi arqika, min kulli shay’in yu’dhika, min sharri kullinafsinaw ‘aynin aw hasidin. Allahu yashfika, bismillahi arqika (Inthe Nameof Allah I perform Ruqyah for you, from everything that isharmingyou, from the evil of every soul or envious eye, may Allahheal you.In the Name of Allah I perform Ruqyah for you).

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seekrefuge for Hasan and Husain and say: A’udhu bikalimatil-lahil-tammati, min kulli shaitanin wa hammah, wa min kulli‘aynin lammah (Iseek refuge for you both in the Perfect Words ofAllah, from everydevil and every poisonous reptile, and from everyevil eye).’ And hewould say: ‘Thus Ibrahim used to seek refugewith Allah for Isma’iland Ishaq,’ or he said: ‘for Isma’iland Ya’qub.’”

“What is this ring?” Hesaid: “It is for Wahinah.”* He said: “Take it off, for it willonlyincrease you in weakness.”

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**,for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.”*A snake that has two white stripes on its back.**A snake with a short or mutilated tail.