Sahih al-Bukhari 6391

Translation

that Messenger of Allah ﷺ was affected by magic, so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not do, and he invoked his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he said, "O ʿAisha!) Do you know that Allah has advised me as to the problem I consulted Him about?" ʿAisha said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What's that?" He said, "Two men came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet, and one of them asked his companion, 'What is wrong with this man?' The latter replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The former asked, 'Who has worked magic on him?' The latter replied, 'Labid bin Al-A'sam.' The former asked, 'With what did he work the magic?' The latter replied, 'With a comb and the hair, which are stuck to the comb, and the skin of pollen of a date-palm tree.' The former asked, 'Where is that?' The latter replied, 'It is in Dharwan.' Dharwan was a well in the dwelling place of the (tribe of) Bani Zuraiq. Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to that well and returned to ʿAisha, saying, 'By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as the infusion of Hinna, (1) and the date-palm trees look like the heads of devils.' ʿAisha added, Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and informed me about the well. I asked the Prophet, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why didn't you take out the skin of pollen?' He said, 'As for me, Allah has cured me and I hated to draw the attention of the people to such evil (which they might learn and harm others with).' " Narrated Hisham's father: ʿAisha said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ was bewitched, so he invoked Allah repeatedly requesting Him to cure him from that magic)." Hisham then narrated the above narration. (See Hadith No. 658, Vol. 7)

Notes

• زَادَ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَاللَّيْثُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ سُحِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَعَا وَدَعَا وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ

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Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 24348al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5022al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 5932Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 23982Musnad al-Bazzar 4310Musnad al-Bazzar 4311

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة فقيه مشهور
   عن
3. 3
   Hishām b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 145, or: 146 AH, or: 147 AH, also said: 144 AH
   هِشَامٍثقة فقيه ربما دلس
   عن
4. 4
   Anas b. ʿIyāḍ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 200 AH, Abū Ḥātim Ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī said in « al-Thiqāt » when listing him among them: died in the year 180 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍثقة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 235 AH, or 236 AH
   إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُنْذِرٍصدوق
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.