Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 184

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وَرَوَى أَحْمَدُ عَنْ رُوَيْفِعٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : «يَا رُوَيْفِعُ ، لَعَلَّ الْحَيَاةَ سَتَطُولُ بِكَ، فَأَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ أَنَّ مَنْ عَقَدَ لِحْيَتَهُ، أَوْ تَقَلَّدَ وَتَرًا، أَوِ اسْتَنْجَى بِرَجِيعِ دَابَّةٍ أَوْ عَظْمٍ ، فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا بَرِيءٌ

Ahmad narrated from Ruwayfi', who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: 'O Ruwayfi', perhaps life will be long for you, so inform the people that whoever ties his beard, or wears a bowstring around his neck, or cleans himself after relieving himself with animal dung or a bone, then Muhammad is free of him.'

وَظَاهِرُ كَلَامِ الْمُؤَلِّفِ : أَنَّ الدَّلِيلَ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ بِجَوَازِ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِلَّا فِي هَذَيْنِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ: الْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَةِ لَكِنْ وَرَدَ بِغَيْرِهِمَا ، فَقَدْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْفُخُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ (٢) وَهَذَا مِنَ الرُّقْيَةِ ، وَلَيْسَ عَيْنًا، وَلَا حُمَةً

The apparent meaning of the author's words is that the evidence did not permit the permissibility of recitation except in these two matters: the evil eye and the sting (venomous bite), but it has been reported in other cases; for the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to blow into his hands when going to sleep while reciting the Mu'awwidhat (the last three Surahs of the Quran) and wipe with them whatever he could of his body, and this is a form of Ruqyah (incantation), and it is neither an evil eye nor a sting.

وَلَهَذَا يَرَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ التَّرْخِيصَ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَةِ وَغَيْرِهِمَا عَامَّةً، وَيَقُولُ : إِنَّ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ : «لَا رُقْيَةَ إِلَّا مِنْ عَيْنٍ أَوْ حُمَةٍ» (٣) أَيْ لَا يُطْلَبُ الِاسْتِرْقَاءُ إِلَّا مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَةِ فَالْمُصِيبُ بِالْعَيْنِ «الْعَائِنُ» يُطْلَبُ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ عَلَى الْمَعْيُونِ

For this reason, some scholars see the permissibility of Ruqyah from the Quran for the evil eye, the sting, and other things in general, and they say that the meaning of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: 'There is no Ruqyah except for an evil eye or a sting' means that seeking Ruqyah is not requested except for the evil eye and the sting, so the one who inflicts the evil eye, the 'A'in, is requested to recite over the one afflicted by the evil eye.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 48 nouns)

• رَوَى — to narrate
• قَالَ — to say
• طَالَ — to be long
• رُوَيْفِعٌ — Ruwayfi'
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• حَيَاةٌ — life