Abu Saad al-KHudri said: Some of the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم went on a journey. They alighted with a certain clan of the Arabs. Someone of them said: Our chief has been stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. Has any of you something which gives relief to our chief? A man of the people said: Yes, I swear by Allah. I shall apply charm ; but we asked you for hospitality and you denied it to us. I shall not apply charm until you give me some payment. So they promised to give some sheep to him. He came to him and recited Surat al-Fatihah over him and spat till he was cured, and ha seemed as if he were set free from a bond. So they gave him the payment that was agreed between them. They said: Apportion them. The man who applied charm said: Do not do it until we approach the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: From where did you learn that it was a charm ? you have done right. Apportion them, and give me a share along with you.

Narrated Abu Saeed Al Khudri: Some of the Companions of Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم went on a journey. They encamped with a clan of the Arabs and sought hospitality from them, but they refused to provide them with any hospitality. The chief of the clan was stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. They gave him all sorts of treatment, but nothing gave him relied. One of them said: Would that you had gone to those people who encamped with you ; some of them might have something which could give you relief to your companion. (So they went and) one of them said: Our chief has been stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. We administered all sorts of medicine but nothing gave him relief. Has any of you anything, i. e. charm, which gives healing to our companion. One of those people said: I shall apply charm; we sought hospitality from you, but you refused to entertain us. I am not going to apply charm until you give me some wages. So they offered them a number of sheep. He then came to and recited Faithat-al-Kitab and spat until he was cured as if he were set free from a bond. Thereafter they made payment of the wages as agreed by them. They said: Apportion (the wages). The man who applied the charm said: Do not do until we come to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and consult him. So they came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم next morning and mentioned it to him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: From where did you learn that it was a charm ? You have done right. Give me a share along with you.

Kharijah bin al-Salt quoted his paternal uncle as saying that he passed by a clan (of the Arab) who came to him and said: You have brought what is good from this man. Then they brought a lunatic in chains. He recited Surat al-Fatihah over him three days, morning and evening. When he finished, he collected his saliva and then spat it out, (he felt relief) as if he were set free from a bond. They gave him something (as wages). He then came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and mentioned it to him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Accept it, for by my life, some accept it for a worthless charm, but you have done so far a genuine one.

Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi: Alaqah came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and embraced Islam. He then came back from him and passed some people who had a lunatic fettered in chains. His people said: We are told that your companion has brought some good. Have you something with which you can cure him? I then recited Surat al-Fatihah and he was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep. I then came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and informed him of it. He asked: Is it only this? The narrator, Musaddad, said in his other version: Did you say anything other than this? I said: No. He said: Take it, for by my life, some accept if for a worthless chain, but you have done so for a genuine one.

Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi: We proceeded from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and came to a clan of the Arabs. They said: We have been told that you have brought what is good from this man. Have you any medicine or a charm, for we have a lunatic in chains? We said: Yes. Then they brought a lunatic in chains. He said: I recited Surat al-Fatihah over him for three days, morning and evening. Whenever I finished it, I would collect my saliva and spit it out, and he seemed as if he were set free from a bond. He said: They gave me some payment, but I said: No, not until I ask the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He (the Prophet) said: Accept it, for, by my life, some accept it for a worthless charm, but you have done so for a genuine one.