Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) granted sanction to the family of Hazm for incantation in mitigating the effect of the poison of the snake, and, he said to Asma' daughter of 'Umais: What is this that I see the children of my brother lean? Are they not fed properly? She said: No, but they fall under the influence of an evil eve. He said: Use incantation. She recited (the words of incantation before him), whereupon he (by approving them) said: Yes, use this incantation for them.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) granted a special sanction for incantation in case of the snake poison to a tribe of 'Amr. Abu Zubair said: I heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah as saying that the scorpion stung one of us as we were sitting with Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him). A person said: Allah's Messenger, I use incantation (for curing the effect of sting), whereupon he said: He who is competent amongst you to benefit his brother should do so.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported I had a maternal uncle who treated the sting of the scorpion with the help of incantation. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade incantation. He came to him and said: Allah's Messenger, you forbade to practise incantation, whereas I employ it for curing the sting of the scorpion, whereupon he said: He who amongst you is capable of employing it as a means to do good should do that.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) prohibited incantation. Then the people of Amr bin Hazm came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: We know an incantation which we use for curing the sting of the scorpion but you have prohibited it. They recited (the words of incantation) before him, whereupon he said: I do not see any harm (in it), so he who amongst you is competent to do good to his brother should do that.

' Auf bin Malik Ashja (RA) 'i reported: We practised incantation in the pre-Islamic days and we said: Allah's Messenger. what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation which does not smack of polytheism.

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that some persons amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) set out on a journey and they happened to pass by a tribe from the tribes of Arabia. They demanded hospitality from the members of that tribe, but they did not extend any hospitality to them. They said to them: Is there any incantator amongst you, as the chief of the tribe has been stung by a scorpion? A person amongst us said: 'Yes. So he came to him and he practised incantation with the help of Sura al-Fatiha and the person became all right. He was given a flock of sheep (as recompense), but he refused to accept that, saying: I shall make a mention of it to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and if he approves of it then I shall accept it. So we came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and made a mention of that to him and he (that person) said: Allah's Messenger by Allah, I did not practice incantation but with the help of Sura al-Fatiha of the Holy Book. He (the Holy Prophet) smiled and said: How did you come to know that it can be used (as incantation)? and then said: Take out of that and allocate a share for me along with your share.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Bishr with the same the same chain of transmitters (with these words): That he recited Umm-ul-Qur'an (Sura Fatiha), and he collected his spittle and he applied that and the person became all right.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported. We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpiorn has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person amongst us stood up and went with her. We had no idea that he had been a good incantator but he practised incantation with the help of Sura al-Fatiha and the chief was all right. They gave him a flock of sheep and served us milk. We said (to him): Are you a good incantator? Thereupon he said: I did not do it but by the help of Sura al-Fitiha. He said: Do not drive these goats until we go to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and find out whether it is permissible to accept (this reward of incantation). So we came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: How did you come to know that this (Sura al-Fatiha) could be used as an incantation? So distribute them (amongst those who had been present there with him) and allocate a share of mine also.