Utbah bin Farqad Salmi’s wife, Umm Asim, says: We were four women with Utbah, and each of us tried to be more fragrant than the other, and Utbah never applied perfume except that he would oil his beard, and he would be more fragrant than us. When he would go to the people, they would say: We have never smelled a fragrance better than Utbah’s fragrance. So one day I said to him: We apply perfume and make great effort, but still your fragrance is better than ours. What is the reason for this? He said: Once, during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), I developed an itch, so I went to him and complained about it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered me to remove my clothes, so I removed my clothes and covered my private parts with a cloth and sat before him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) performed ruqyah (spiritual healing) on my back and stomach, and from that day, that fragrance has remained in my body until now.