It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah that Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf and Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with them both) went out intending to take a bath, and they reached a pond. Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) went ahead to find a screen, until he took off a woollen cloak he was wearing, put it down and entered the water. Amir said: I looked at him and my eye struck him (with the evil eye). I heard the sound of him struggling in the water. I came to him and called him three times, but he did not answer me. I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came walking and waded into the water, until it was as though I could see the whiteness of his shins. He (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his chest and made this supplication: 'Allahumma adhhib 'anhu harraha wa bardaha wa wasabaha' (O Allah, remove from him its heat, its cold and its illness). So he stood up. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you sees in himself, his wealth or his brother something that pleases him, let him supplicate for blessing (fal-yubarrik), for the evil eye is real." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever hangs up a tamimah (amulet), may Allah not fulfil his wish; and whoever hangs up a wad'ah (seashell), may Allah not grant him ease." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while there was a brass ring on my upper arm. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is this?" I said: "It is for al-wahinah (a weakening ailment)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Throw it away." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Isa that he said: I went in to Abu Ma'bad al-Juhani (Abdullah bin Ukaym) while he was suffering from humrah (a skin disease), and I said: "Will you not hang something (for treatment)?" He said: "Death is nearer than that. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever hangs something (an amulet or the like) is entrusted to it.'"

It is narrated from Umm Najiyah that she said: I went in to Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), to perform ruqyah for a redness that had appeared on her face, and she was wearing an amulet. I had just sat down when Abdullah entered the house. When his eyes fell on the amulet, he went to a piece of wood in the house, placed his cloak on it, rolled up his sleeves, and pulled the amulet and broke it, so that Zaynab's face bent towards the ground. Then he went out of the house and said: "The family of Abdullah has become free of any need for shirk." Then he threw it behind the wall and said: "O Zaynab, do you hang this in my presence?! I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbid ruqyahs, amulets and tiwalah." Umm Najiyah asked: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, as for ruqyahs and amulets, we know them; what is tiwalah?" He said: "Tiwalah is the magic or thing by which women stir up men (to win their love)."

It is narrated from Qays bin al-Sakan al-Asadi that he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came in to his wife and saw on her an amulet for humrah (a disease), so he cut it off very forcefully and then said: "The family of Abdullah is free of any need for shirk." And he said: "Among the things we memorised from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is that ruqyahs, amulets and tiwalah are part of shirk." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: A tamimah (amulet) is not what is hung after an affliction has come (as treatment); rather, a tamimah is what is hung before an affliction comes (in the belief that it will ward it off). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: That which is hung after an affliction has occurred is not a tamimah. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. (Imam al-Hakim says:) If anyone imagines that these two are mawquf reports (statements of Aishah alone), that is not so, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned amulets in many narrations; so Sayyidah Aishah's (may Allah be pleased with her) explanation of the tamimah is in the ruling of a musnad hadith.

It is narrated from the mother of Bukayr that she sent her son Makhramah to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who used to treat an ulcer that afflicts children. When Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had finished treating him, she saw two iron anklets on the child's feet. She asked: "Do you think that these iron anklets will ward off something that Allah has decreed for him? Had I seen them earlier, he would not have been treated by me. And by my life, silver anklets are purer than these two." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Shaqiq that a man suffered from yellow bile (safar) in his stomach, and an intoxicating drink (al-sakar) was prescribed for him. When this was mentioned to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has not placed your cure in what He has made unlawful for you."