Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5735

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلاً ، فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ : إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَيِّ سَلِيمٌ ، لُدِغَ ، فَهَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ ؟ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا، مَا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً ، فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ ، فَأَعْطَوْهُ غَنَمًا ، وَسَقَوْنَا لَبَنًا ، فَقُلْنَا : أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً ؟ فَقَالَ : مَا رَقَيْتُهُ إِلاَّ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : لاَ تُحَرِّكُوهَا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ ؟ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ.

It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “We made a stop and a woman came and said: ‘The chief of our tribe is ill, he has been stung. Is there anyone among you who can perform Ruqyah?’ A man among us got up and went with her, and we did not think that he was good at performing Ruqyah, He recited the Opening of the Book as a Ruqyah for him, and he recovered. They gave us some sheep and gave us milk to drink. We said: ‘Are you good at performing Ruqyah?’ He said: ‘I did not recite anything for Ruqyah but the Opening of the Book.’ I said: ‘Do not move them (the sheep) until we come to the Prophet (s.a.w).’ We came to the Prophet (s.a.w) and told him about that, and he said: ‘How did he know that it is a Ruqyah? Distribute them and give me a share with you.”’