The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no ruqyah except for the evil eye or a venomous sting."
قال رسول الله ﷺ: لا رقية إلا من عين أو حمة.
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Ibn Majah (3513) narrated it from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr, who said, "Ishaq bin Sulayman told us, from Abu Jafar Razi, from Husayn, from Shaybi, from Burayda," and he mentioned it as a raised report (marfu). Abu Jafar Razi is disputed, though his hadith is hasan. He has been corroborated by Shuba, from Husayn, as Tirmidhi mentioned following hadith (2057), and by Abu Hatim as recorded in Ilal by his son (2566).Muslim narrated it in the Book of Faith (220:374) via Hushaym, "Husayn bin Abdul-Rahman informed us," who said, "I was with Saeed bin Jubayr when he said, 'Which of you saw the star that shot down last night?' I said, 'I did.' Then I said, 'I was not praying, but I had been stung, so I sought a charm.'" He said, "What made you do that?" I said, "A hadith that Shaybi told us." He said, "What did Shaybi tell you?" I said, "He told us, from Burayda bin Husayb Aslami, that he said, 'There is no valid charm except against the evil eye or venomous stings.'" Its outward form suggests it stops with the companion (mawquf), but the ruling goes to whoever raises it. It was mentioned earlier, in the preceding hadith, that Shaybi narrated it from Imran bin Husayn, and both versions are preserved, which is the view Ibn Hajar adopted in Fath al-Bari (10/156).It has also been narrated from the hadith of Shaybi, from Anas, as reported by Abu Dawud (3889) via Sharik, from Abbas bin Zurayh, from Shaybi, from Anas, who said, "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'There is no valid charm except against the evil eye, venomous stings, or blood that will not clot.'" But Sharik has poor memory, and he erred in attributing it to the musnad of Anas, and in the addition "or blood that will not clot," which does not appear in the other narrations. This has been established from Anas through another chain and with different wording, in the hadith that follows.