Spiritual and Physical Therapy

Incantations, amulets, and love-potions are Shirk (polytheism)

I was with Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr when he said: Who among you saw a shooting star last night? I said: It was I. Then I said: In fact, I was not (busy) in prayer, but I was stung by a scorpion

for by Allah, if Allah guides a single person through you, that will be better for you than red camels

Put your hand on the part of your body where you feel the pain and say: 'Bismillāh (In the name of Allah)' three times; then say seven times: 'A‘ūdhu billāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uhādhir (I seek refuge with Allah and His power from the evil that I find and fear).'

There are angels at the entrances of Madīnah, so neither the plague nor the Antichrist shall enter it

It is not a medicine, but an ailment

‘Abdur-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf and Az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām (may Allah be pleased with both of them) complained of lice to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)

If you wish, be patient and you will enter Paradise; or, if you wish, I will supplicate Allah to cure you

Bismillāhi arqīk, min kulli shay’in yu’dhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ‘aynin hāsidin, Allāhu yashfīk, bismillāhi arqīk (In the Name of Allah, I recite a prayer (Ruqyah) over you, from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul or the eye of an envier. May Allah cure you. In the Name of Allah, I recite a prayer (Ruqyah) over you)

We visited Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill and he had been cauterized in seven places

When someone complained of an ailment

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek refuge (with Allah) against the Jinn and the evil eye

Allah has spoken the truth, and your brother's abdomen has lied. Let him drink honey

Fever is from the searing heat of Hell, so cool it off with water

Some people from ‘Ukl or ‘Uraynah came, and the climate of Madīnah did not suit them, so they became ill

The price of a dog is evil, the earning of a prostitute is evil and the earning of a cupper is evil

The death of my Ummah is by stabbing and the plague

O Banu Bayādah, marry off (your daughters) to Abu Hind, and ask him to marry off (his daughters) to you

Anyone who practices medicine although he is not known to have learned medicine is liable (to compensate any damage)

O Allah, Lord of mankind, Remover of harm. Cure, You are the Curer. There is no curer but You. A cure that leaves behind no illness