It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when it was said to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that so-and-so is ill and is not eating food, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: Prepare a dish of bread crumbs mixed with broth and give it to him to drink sip by sip. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it cleans your stomach just as you clean dirt from your face.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Adhere to that thing which your nature does not like, but it is greatly beneficial; that thing is maleedah (a type of food). It should be drunk sip by sip. If anyone among the household of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fall ill, the pot would remain on the fire, and they would be given maleedah to drink until the matter reached its end—meaning either the patient would pass away or recover.

Sayyida Umm al-Mundhir bint Qays Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, and with him was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who had just recovered (from an illness). There were some half-ripe dates, some were ripe, and some were hanging. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to eat them, and Sayyiduna Ali also stood up to eat, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to stop him by saying: Stop, for the weakness of the illness still remains. So he stopped. I prepared a dish of barley and beetroot and brought it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ali! Eat this food, (it is more beneficial for you). So both of them ate that food.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted ruqyah (spiritual healing) for the evil eye, poisonous stings, and boils or abscesses.

Syedna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that my maternal uncle used to perform ruqyah (spiritual healing) for scorpion stings. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ruqyah, he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! You have forbidden ruqyah, but I perform ruqyah for scorpion stings. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever among you can benefit his brother, let him do so.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyida Asma bint Umais (may Allah be pleased with her): "What has happened to the bodies of my brother's (Sayyiduna Ja'far, may Allah be pleased with him) children? They are weak. Are they suffering from hunger?" I said: "No, they are very quickly affected by the evil eye. Should we perform ruqyah (spiritual healing) for them?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "With which words?" When she presented her words, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah for them."

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of us was stung by a scorpion while we were sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). A man said: O Messenger of Allah! Should I perform ruqyah (incantation) on him? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let whoever can benefit his brother in any way, do so.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna Amr bin Hazm (may Allah be pleased with him) was called in Madinah to perform ruqyah (spiritual healing) for a woman who had been bitten by a snake, but he refused to perform ruqyah. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he called him and he said: O Messenger of Allah! You have prohibited ruqyah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Recite the words of this ruqyah before me. So when he recited those words, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no harm in them, these are firm things, perform ruqyah with them.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we passed by a water pond, I entered it and bathed with that water. When I came out, I was feverish. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know of this, he said: Tell Abu Thabit Sahl bin Hunaif to seek refuge with Allah Almighty. I said: O my master! Is it permissible to perform ruqyah (spiritual healing)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ruqyah should only be done when afflicted by the evil eye or bitten by a poisonous thing.

Sayyiduna Umair, the freed slave of Abi Al-Lahm, says: I presented to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a ruqyah (incantation) which I used to recite during the days of ignorance. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Remove such-and-such phrases and sentences from it, and then whatever words remain, perform ruqyah with them. Muhammad bin Zaid says: I found him in such a state that he used to perform ruqyah on mad people with this ruqyah.