Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the days of ignorance, we used to perform ruqyah (incantations). We said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What do you say about this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Present the words of your ruqyah to me; there is no harm in ruqyah in which there are no words of shirk.