Sunan Abi Dawud 3418 — ruqya recited over the sick; recovery from an ailment

سنن أبي داود 3418 — الرقية، البرء من العلة

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 3418 (Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)), that mentions ruqya recited over the sick, recovery from an ailment, healing. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

Depth

At a glance

«… بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّ سَيِّدَنَا لُدِغَ فَشَفَيْنَا لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَلاَ يَنْفَعُهُ شَىْءٌ فَهَلْ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ شَىْءٌ يَشْفِي صَاحِبَنَا يَعْنِي رُقْيَةً. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِنِّي لأَرْقِي وَلَكِنِ اسْتَضَفْنَاكُمْ فَأَبَيْتُمْ أَنْ تُضَيِّفُونَا مَا أَنَا بِرَاقٍ حَتَّى تَجْعَلُوا لِي جُعْلاً. فَجَعَلُوا لَهُ قَطِيعًا مِنَ الشَّاءِ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَيَتْفُلُ حَتَّى بَرِئَ كَأَنَّمَا أُنْشِطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ …»

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

Connections

Explore the connections

Mentions
Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Medicine· Seeking treatment (tadawi)

People and things also explored

Sunan Abi Dawud 3877 — costus (Indian aloeswood); costus· Sunan Abi Dawud 3890 — ruqya recited over the sick; sickness· Sahih al-Bukhari 5692 — costus (Indian aloeswood); medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose· Sahih al-Bukhari 5696 — cupping; costus (Indian aloeswood)· Sahih al-Bukhari 5713 — costus (Indian aloeswood); medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose· Sahih al-Bukhari 5715 — costus (Indian aloeswood); named diseases· Sahih al-Bukhari 5718 — costus (Indian aloeswood); costus· Sahih al-Bukhari 5742 — ruqya recited over the sick; sickness

Sources

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

islam.museum contributors. “Sunan Abi Dawud 3418 — ruqya recited over the sick; recovery from an ailment”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/abudawud-api-3418/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-14.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · Help complete it · JSON

Related

Sunan Abi Dawud 3877 — costus (Indian aloeswood); costus

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 3877 (Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)), that mentions costus (Indian aloeswood), costus, medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose, named diseases, treating the throat ailment (al-udhra), healing. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.