Friday, June 10, 2011

Supplication for a Fever

Here is a SaHeeH (Authentic) hadeeth on what to say when you have a fever. Jibra’eel (عليه السلام) revealed this supplication and taught it to the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), as well as our A’immah (عليهم السلام) taught it to their companions.

There is a slight mistake with the sanad (chain of narrators) in Al-Kaafi, I will discuss this after I narrate the supplication.


الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع حُمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَعَوَّذَهُ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

From Bakr bin Muhammad Al-Azdee said, Aboo `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had a fever, and Jibra’eel (عليه السلام) came to him with a charm (supplication), so he (Jibra’eel) said: “In the name of Allaah, (say this) ruqyah (charm), O Muhammad”.



بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَشْفِيكَ وَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يُعْيِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ شَافِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خُذْهَا فَلْتَهْنِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِعِ النُّجُومِ
(Say) “In the name of Allaah, I seek cure for you, In the name of Allaah, from every sickness that causes fatigue, In the name of Allaah, and Allaah is your cure. In the name of Allaah, you can take it in good (health). In the name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful, and I do not swear by the places of the stars.”



وَ لَتَبْرَأَنَّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ قَالَ بَكْرٌ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رُقْيَةِ الْحُمَّى فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا
And you will be cured by the permission of Allaah. Bakr (the narrator) said: “I asked him (Aboo `Abd Allaah) about a charm (for when you) have a fever and he narrated this to me”
Source:
1.     Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 8, pg. 109, hadeeth # 88


There is a mistake in the chain of narrators in Al-Kaafi. Here is the chain (Mistake in red):
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ

 
Al-Kulayni put مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ (Muhammad bin IsHaaq Al-Ash`aree), when it is suppose to be ْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِي(Ahmad bin IsHaaq Al-Ash`aree). Al-Majlisi also presumed this because there is this same hadeeth mentioned in Al-Himyaree’s Qurb Al-Isnaad. Here is the chain that Al-Majlisi has put in his Bihaar Al-Anwaar, vol. 92, ch. 56, pg. 35, hadeeth # 20 (quoting from Al-Kaafi):
كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع

Al-Majlisi came to this conclusion by looking at other chains of narrators in Al-Kaafi. Here are a few examples.

1.       الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص

2.      الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ

3.      الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ

4.      الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ قَالَ

5.      الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ


Since we have established that the person in the chain is actually Ahmad bin Ishaaq Al-Ash`aree, this means that this hadeeth is SaHeeH (Authentic).

3 comments:

  1. Salam brother Nader Zaveri.
    I was so happy at first when i first read your posts and I said: this is good because we need people like you who understand Hadeeths but as times went I realized that you are just an other daydream. You supported Wahhabis against Shias on Shiachat and you tried your best to ridicule good mo'mins. I am happy That sister destroyed your Ego on the thread by brother Islamic Salvation.
    You don't deserve to be from Shian-e-Ali(as)

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  2. Wa `Alaykum Assalaam,

    I have just read the post, and I don't see any "destroying" in that post. Just because major scholars believed in a certain theory, but the theory is not 100% sound, doesn't make it right or correct.

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  3. What was the thread and how did you try to ridicule good believers in the forum and who were those good believers, Nader?

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