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Sunan Ibn Majah 3518

Chapter: Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3518

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ بَهْرَامَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الأَشْجَعِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ لَدَغَتْ عَقْرَبٌ رَجُلاً فَلَمْ يَنَمْ لَيْلَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِنَّ فُلاَنًا لَدَغَتْهُ عَقْرَبٌ فَلَمْ يَنَمْ لَيْلَتَهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ قَالَ حِينَ أَمْسَى أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ - مَا ضَرَّهُ لَدْغُ عَقْرَبٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ‏"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

“A scorpion stung a man and he did not sleep all the night. It was said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘So- and-so was stung by a scorpion and he did not sleep all the night.’ He said: ‘If he had said, last night: A’udhu bikalimatil-lahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq (I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created), the scorpion sting would not have harmed him, until morning.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3518).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( أَعُوذ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّه التَّامَّات ) قَالَ فِي النِّهَايَة إِنَّمَا وَصَفَهَا بِالتَّمَامِ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَجُوز أَنْ يَكُون فِي شَيْء مِنْ كَلَامه نَقْص أَوْ عَيْب كَمَا يَكُون فِي كَلَام النَّاس وَقِيلَ مَعْنَى التَّمَام هَاهُنَا أَنَّهَا تَنْفَع الْمَقُولَة لَهُ وَتَحْفَظهُ مِنْ الْآفَات وَتَكْفِيه وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده صَحِيح رِجَاله ثِقَات.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3518
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3518
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3518

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