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Sunan Abi Dawud 3883 (Book 29, Hadith 29) #24173
The Power of Prayer in Healing

SUMMARY: Spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism and the only remedy is to ask Allah for healing.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, told that Abdullah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism. I asked: Why do you say this? I swear by Allah, when my eye was discharging I used to go to so-and-so, the Jew, who applied a spell to me. When he applied the spell to me, it calmed down. Abdullah said: That was just the work of the Devil who was picking it with his hand, and when he uttered the spell on it, he desisted. All you need to do is to say as the Messenger of Allah used to say: Remove the harm, O Lord of men, and heal. Thou art the Healer. There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no disease behind.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي، زَيْنَبَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ، امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَانَتْ عَيْنِي تَقْذِفُ وَكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى فُلاَنٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ يَرْقِينِي فَإِذَا رَقَانِي سَكَنَتْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا ذَاكِ عَمَلُ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ يَنْخَسُهَا بِيَدِهِ فَإِذَا رَقَاهَا كَفَّ عَنْهَا إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَقُولِي كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

TOPICS
shirk  *  prayer  *  healing  *  polytheism  *  remedy  *  sihr  *  taweez  *  aseerah  *  dua  *  shifa

QUICK LESSONS:
Turn towards Allah for help ; Utilize prayer/dua as a form of healing & protection from harm/illness ; Rely on God's power over all things including our health & wellbeing ; Seek refuge from Satan when faced with difficulties .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud speaks about the power of prayer in healing. Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, told that her husband heard Prophet Muhammad saying that spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism. When Abdullah's eye was discharging he used to go to a Jew who applied a spell on him which calmed it down. However, this was just the work of Satan who was picking it with his hand and when he uttered the spell on it he desisted. The Prophet then taught them that all they need to do is to say as He used to say “Remove the harm O Lord of men, and heal. Thou art the Healer. There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no disease behind” as this is an effective way for healing without resorting to polytheistic practices such as spells or charms etc.. This hadith teaches us that we should always turn towards Allah for help in times of difficulty instead of relying on superstitious practices or people who claim they can heal us through their own means because only Allah has true power over all things including our health and wellbeing.

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