Muslim:4081

This is part of The Book of Greetings (the 40th book) of Sahih Muslim.

=Content=

نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ

(We landed at a place, then a woman came to us)

فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا مَا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ فَأَعْطَوْهُ غَنَمًا وَسَقَوْنَا لَبَنًا فَقُلْنَا أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَقَالَ مَا رَقَيْتُهُ إِلَّا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا تُحَرِّكُوهَا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ و حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا مَا كُنَّا نَأْبِنُهُ بِرُقْيَةٍ

فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَيِّ سَلِيمٌ لُدِغَ

(Then she said "Verily the chief of the region was saved from a sting...)

فَهَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ

(... then who from all of you do Ruqyah (remedy)?")

فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَيِّ لَدِيغٌ أَوْ مُصَابٌ

(...And verily the chief of the region got stung by venom or infected")

فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ نَعَمْ

(Then a man from them said, "Yes.")

فَأَتَاهُ فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ الرَّجُلُ

(Then he went to him, then he perform Ruqyah to him with the Opening of the Book (i.e. Al Fatihaah), then he healed (successfully))

فَأُعْطِيَ قَطِيعًا مِنْ غَنَمٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا وَقَالَ حَتَّى أَذْكُرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(Then he gives a herd of sheeps, then he refused to accept it, and he said "Until I tell that to the Prophet, peace be upon him")

فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ

(Then he came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, then he told that to him)

فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا رَقَيْتُ إِلَّا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

(Then he said "O the Prophet of Allah, by Allah, I don't perform Ruqyah but with the Opening of the Book")

فَتَبَسَّمَ وَقَالَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ

(Then he smiled and he said "And how do you know that she (i.e. Al Fatihaah) is a Ruqyah (i.e. remedy)?")

ثُمَّ قَالَ خُذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ

(Then he said "Take from them and give the share with me together with all of you!")

=Chain of Narrator=

From Muslim to the Messenger of Allah:


 * 1) Yahya ibn Yahya At Tamimi
 * 2) Hushaim
 * 3) Abu Bishr
 * 4) Abu Al Mutawakkil
 * 5) Abu Sa'id Al Khudri

There's similar narration to the abovementioned, from Muslim to the Messenger of Allah, through different chain: and a little addition to the narration from this chain:
 * 1) Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Abu Bakr ibn Nafi'
 * 2) Ghundar Muhammad ibn Ja'far
 * 3) Shu'bah
 * 4) Abu Bishr
 * 5) Abu Al Mutawakkil
 * 6) Abu Sa'id Al Khudri

فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ وَيَجْمَعُ بُزَاقَهُ وَيَتْفِلُ فَبَرَأَ الرَّجُلُ

(Then he made reciting the Mother of the Qur-an (i.e. Al Fatihaah), and he collected his saliva, and he spitted, and the man's healed)

=Authenticity=

All chain of narrators are in good withstanding, thus this narration is Sa h ih (authentic).