It is narrated from Abu Bakr bin Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah al-Qurashi that a man of the Ansar was afflicted with "namlah" (a kind of skin disease). He was told that Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah performed ruqyah for it, so he came to her and asked her to perform ruqyah for him. She said: By Allah! I have not performed ruqyah since I accepted Islam. So the Ansari went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) what Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) had said. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) summoned Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "Recite that ruqyah to me." She recited it to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah for him, and teach this ruqyah to Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) as well, just as you taught her writing." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs.

It is narrated from Kurayb bin Sulayman al-Kindi, who said: Sayyiduna Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ali (Imam Zayn al-Abidin) took me by the hand and led me to a man of Quraysh from the clan of Banu Zuhrah who was called Ibn Abi Hathmah. He was praying nearby, and when he finished his prayer he turned towards us. Sayyiduna Ali bin al-Husayn said to him: Narrate the hadith that you heard from your mother about ruqyah. He said: Yes. My mother told me that she used to perform a ruqyah in the days of Jahiliyyah, and when Islam came she said: I will not perform ruqyah until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Perform ruqyah, as long as there is nothing in it that associates partners with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic (shirk)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she used to perform some ruqyahs in the days of Jahiliyyah. She had pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Makkah before the Hijrah, then she came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) as an emigrant and said: O Messenger of Allah! I used to perform some ruqyahs in the Jahiliyyah, and I intend to present them to you (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Present them." So she recited those words to him (peace and blessings be upon him), among which was the ruqyah for "namlah" (a kind of skin sore). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah with it, and teach it to Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) as well." (The words were:) 'Bismillah, salawa sulbu jabr, ta'awwudhan min afwahiha, wa la tadurru ahadan, Allahumma ikshif al-ba's rabb al-nas' (In the name of Allah, the prayers of the back of Jabr (a person so named; meaning healing), seeking refuge from their (the sores') mouths, and may it harm no one; O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction). Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that she would recite this ruqyah seven times over a stick of turmeric and put it in a clean place, then rub it on a stone and apply it as a paste on those sores.

Al-Asma'i says that "al-namlah" refers to the sores or pustules that break out on the sides of the body or on other parts of the body.

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: One day I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) for something and complained of my straitened circumstances. He (peace and blessings be upon him) began offering his excuses to me, and I began to reproach him (peace and blessings be upon him) a little (out of affection and closeness). She related: Then the time of the Zuhr prayer came, and I went to the house of my daughter, who was married to Shurahbil bin Hasanah. I found her husband at home, so I began to reproach him too and said: The time for prayer has come and you are still sitting at home? He said: O aunt! Do not reproach me. I had only two garments, one of which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has borrowed (to wear). (Al-Shifa' says:) Hearing this, I said to myself: I am reproaching him (peace and blessings be upon him) while his (peace and blessings be upon him) state (of self-sacrifice and poverty) is such that he does not even have a garment of his own to wear! Shurahbil said that even of those two garments, one had a patch which we had mended ourselves.

It is narrated from Ibn Ishaq that among those who emigrated to Abyssinia was Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), and with him was his wife, Sayyidah Layla bint Abi Hathmah bin Ghanim (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah that the first of the emigrant women to arrive in Madinah riding on a camel was Sayyidah Layla bint Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with her), and accompanying her was her husband, Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Abdullah bint Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: By Allah! We were saddling up to set out for the land of Abyssinia, and Amir (my husband) had gone out on some errand, when Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stood by me, while he was still a polytheist; we used to face severe afflictions and harshness from him. He asked: O Umm Abdullah! Is it departure now? I said: Yes, by Allah! We will go out into Allah's earth. You people have caused us great suffering and inflicted great oppression upon us, until now Allah has made a way (of deliverance) for us. (Hearing this) Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah be your companion and helper. I saw in him a tenderness that I had never seen before. Then he turned away and left, and I think that the news of our departure had saddened him. She related: Then Amir returned from his errand, and I said: O Abu Abdullah! If only you had seen Umar just now, his tenderness and his grief for us. Amir said: Do you have any hope of his accepting Islam? I said: Yes. Amir, seeing his severity and harshness (against Islam), said in despair: That man will not accept Islam until the donkey of al-Khattab accepts Islam. An account of Fatimah bint al-Khattab bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with her), the sister of Sayyiduna Umar.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that among these women is Sayyidah Fatimah bint al-Khattab bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the wife of Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with him). She had become a Muslim before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, and she was among the very first women to pledge allegiance in Makkah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from Banu Zuhrah met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) before he accepted Islam, while he was going along with a sword hung at his side. He asked: O Umar! Where are you headed? He said: I intend to kill Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: Shall I not tell you something astonishing? Your brother-in-law Sa'id and your sister have turned away from their religion and abandoned the religion they were upon. Hearing this, Umar set off towards them, filled with rage. When he came near the door, there was a man with them named Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him), who was teaching them Surah Ta-Ha. When Khabbab sensed the sound of Umar, he hid under their bed. Umar entered and asked: What was this murmuring that I heard with you? They both replied: It was only something we were talking about between ourselves. Umar said: Perhaps you two have turned away from your religion and abandoned what you were upon before. Then his brother-in-law Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Umar! What do you think if the truth lies somewhere other than in your religion? Hearing this, he fell upon his brother-in-law and beat him severely. His sister tried to save her husband from him, so he struck her on the face, which made her face bleed. His sister said (with great courage): What do you think if the truth lies somewhere other than in your religion? I bear witness that there is no true god except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The narrator says: Seeing this, Umar fell silent. Then his sister said: Get up and take a ritual bath (ghusl) or perform ablution (wudu).