One night, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying, he placed his hand on the ground and a scorpion stung him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck it with his sandal and killed it. When he had finished his prayer he said, "May Allah curse the scorpion. It spares neither someone at prayer nor anyone else, neither a prophet nor anyone else."Then he called for salt and water, put them in a vessel, and began pouring it over his finger where the scorpion had stung him, rubbing the spot and seeking protection for it with the two surahs of refuge.Another narration says, He then called for water and salt, and began rubbing the spot while reciting "Say, He is Allah, the One" [Ikhlas 112:1], "Say, I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak" [Falaq 113:1], and "Say, I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind" [Nas 114:1].
بينا رسول الله ﷺ ذات ليلة يصلي، فوضع يده على الأرض فلدغته عقرب، فتناولها رسول الله ﷺ بنعله فقتلها، فلما انصرف قال: لعن الله العقرب، لا تدع مصليا، ولا غيره، أو نبيا، ولا غيره، ثم دعا بملح وماء فجعله في إناء، ثم جعل يصبه على إصبعه حيث لدغته، ويمسحها ويعوذها بالمعوذتين. وفي رواية: ثم دعا بماء وملح، وجعل يمسح عليها، ويقرأ {قل هو الله أحد} و{قل أعوذ برب الفلق} و{قل أعوذ برب الناس}
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Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it (24019) - and through his route Bayhaqi narrated it in Shuab (2340) - from Abdul-Rahim bin Sulayman, from Mutarrif (he is Ibn Tarif Kufi), from Minhal bin Amr, from Muhammad bin Ali Ibn Hanafiya, from Ali bin Abu Talib, who related it.Tabarani narrated it in Awsat (5886) and in Saghir (23/2), and Bayhaqi in Shuab (2341), both of them through the route of Muhammad bin Fudayl, from Mutarrif, with the same wording. The second narration, in both of them except with Tabarani, has "Say, O disbelievers" [Kafirun 109:1] instead of "Say, He is Allah, the One" [Ikhlas 112:1], and neither of them mentions their taking hold of the sandal.Its isnad is hasan because of Minhal bin Amr, for his hadith is hasan, and Haythami also graded it hasan in Majma (5/111). Thus the trustworthy narrators related it from Mutarrif as a connected chain, while others related it from him, from Minhal, from Ibn Hanafiya, as a mursal chain, and this is what Daraqutni preferred in Ilal (4/123).The story of the Prophet ﷺ being stung comes from the hadith of Ayesha, who said, "A scorpion stung the Prophet ﷺ while he was in prayer, so he said, 'May Allah curse the scorpion, it spares neither the one praying nor the one not praying, kill it both inside and outside the sanctuary.'"Ibn Majah narrated it (1246) through the route of Hakam bin Abdul-Malik, from Qatada, from Saeed bin Musayab, from Ayesha, who related it. Hakam bin Abdul-Malik is the Qurashi, and he is daif.But Busiri said in Misbah Zujaja, "However, Hakam was not the only one who narrated it, for Ibn Khuzayma related it in his Sahih from Muhammad bin Bashshar, from Muhammad bin Jafar, from Shuba, from Qatada, with the same wording." End of quote.I say, the hadith of Ibn Khuzayma (2669), which is also found in Muslim (67:1198), is different from the hadith of Ibn Majah, and its wording is, "Five vermin may be killed both inside and outside the sanctuary, the snake, the piebald crow, the mouse, the biting dog, and the kite."