19 - Chapter: How is Ruqyah (incantation) performed?

3890 - Musaddad narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Suhaib, who said:
Anas ibn Malik said—meaning to Thabit—: "Shall I perform Ruqyah on you with the Ruqyah of the Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Yes." He said: Then he said: "O Allah, Lord of mankind, Remover of affliction, heal—You are the Healer, there is no healer but You—heal him with a healing that leaves no sickness behind."(1)

3891 - 'Abdullah ibn Maslamah al-Qa'nabi narrated to us, from Malik, from Yazid ibn Khusayfah, that 'Amr ibn 'Abdullah ibn Ka'b al-Sulami informed him, that Nafi' ibn Jubayr informed him,
from 'Uthman ibn Abi al-'As: that he came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 'Uthman said: "I had a pain that nearly destroyed me." He said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Wipe it with your right hand seven times, and say: 'I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power, from the evil of what I feel.'" He said: "So I did that, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, removed what I had. I continued to command my family and others to do it."(2)

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= It has been authentically reported from Anas ibn Malik in Muslim (2196) with the wording: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, permitted Ruqyah for the evil eye, the sting of a poisonous creature, and a wound."
It is said: "raqa" the tear, the blood, and the sweat—yarqa'u ruqu'an, with a damma on the ra'—when it subsides and stops.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. 'Abd al-Warith: he is Ibn Sa'id al-'Anbari.
It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (5742), al-Tirmidhi (995), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (10794) via the chain of 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, from him.
It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (12532).
It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (10814) via the chain of Humayd al-Tawil and Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he entered upon a sick person, would say: "Remove the affliction..." the hadith.
It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (13823).

(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. 'Abdullah al-Qa'nabi: he is Ibn Maslamah ibn Qa'nab. =