Sunan Abi Dawud 3884 — ruqya recited over the sick

سنن أبي داود 3884 — الرقية

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 3884 (Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)), that mentions ruqya recited over the sick. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

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«حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ " لاَ رُقْيَةَ إِلاَّ مِنْ عَيْنٍ أَوْ حُمَةٍ ".»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Black seed (al-habba al-sawda)· Fever (al-humma)· Ithmid and kohl (al-ithmid wa-l-kuhl)· Desert truffle (al-kam'a)· Cautery (al-kayy)· Ladud and sa'ut (oral and nasal drops)· Indian and marine costus (al-qust al-hindi, al-qust al-bahri)· Senna and sannut (al-sana wa-l-sannut)

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  • Sunan Abi Dawud
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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