Sunan Abi Dawud 3887 — ruqya recited over the sick; healing

سنن أبي داود 3887 — الرقية، الشفاء

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 3887 (Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)), that mentions ruqya recited over the sick, healing. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

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«حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، عَنِ الشِّفَاءِ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ لِي " أَلاَ تُعَلِّمِينَ هَذِهِ رُقْيَةَ النَّمْلَةِ كَمَا عَلَّمْتِيهَا الْكِتَابَةَ ".»

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

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