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.