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Forty Illnesses and Their Cures

Chapter 34 of 42

33. The Evil Eye

33. The Evil Eye

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُسْتَرْقَى مِنَ الْعَيْنِ

Narrated `Aisha:

The Prophet ﷺ ordered me or somebody else to do Ruqya (if there was danger) from an evil eye.

  • Illness: The Evil Eye
  • Cure: Narrated Aisha: During the Prophet's fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas and Surat Al- Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was aggravated, I used to recite those two Suras and blow my breath over him and make him rub his body with his own hand for its blessings." (Ma`mar asked Az-Zuhri: How did the Prophet ﷺ use to blow? Az-Zuhri said: He used to blow on his hands and then passed them over his face.) Sahih al-Bukhari 5735
  • Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5738