Ayesha reported that a Jewish man from the tribe of Banu Zurayq, named Labid bin al-Asam, cast a spell on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would imagine he was doing something when he had not done it.One day, or one night, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated, then supplicated again, then supplicated yet again. Then he said, "Ayesha, do you realize that Allah has answered me concerning what I asked Him about? Two men came to me. One sat by my head and the other by my feet. The one at my head said to the one at my feet, or the one at my feet said to the one at my head, 'What is wrong with this man?'The other replied, 'He has been bewitched.'He asked, 'Who bewitched him?'He answered, 'Labid bin al-Asam.'He asked, 'With what?'He replied, 'With a comb, the hair stuck to it, and the pollen sheath of a male date palm.'He asked, 'Where is it?'He answered, 'In the well of Dhu Arwan.'"Ayesha said, So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to that well with some of his companions, then said, "Ayesha, by Allah, its water looked like an infusion of henna, and its palm trees were like the heads of devils."I asked, "Messenger of Allah, should I not have it burned?"He said, "No. As for me, Allah has cured me, and I disliked stirring up evil among the people." So he ordered that it be buried, and it was buried.
سحر رسول الله ﷺ يهودي من يهود بني زريق يقال له: لبيد بن الأعصم قالت: حتى كان رسول الله ﷺ يخيل إليه أنه يفعل الشيء وما يفعله حتى إذا كان ذات يوم أو ذات ليلة دعا رسول الله ﷺ ثم دعا ثم دعا ثم قال: يا عائشة أشعرت أن الله أفتاني فيما استفتيته فيه؟ جاءني رجلان فقعد أحدهما عند رأسي، والآخر عند رجلي، فقال الذي عند رأسي للذي عند رجلي أو الذي عند رجلي للذي عند رأسي: ما وجع الرجل؟ قال: مطبوب. قال: من طبه؟ قال: لبيد بن الأعصم. قال في أي شيء؟ قال: في مشط ومشاطة. قال: جب طلعة ذكر. قال فأين هو؟ قال: في بئر ذي أروان قالت: فأتاها رسول الله ﷺ في أناس من أصحابه ثم قال: يا عائشة والله لكأن ماءها نقاعة الحناء، ولكأن نخلها رؤوس الشياطين. قالت: فقلت: يا رسول الله أفلا أحرقته؟ قال: لا أما أنا فقد عافاني الله، و كرهت أن أثير على الناس شرا فأمرت بها فدفنت.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Greetings (2189:43) from Abu Kurayb, who said, Ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Hisham, from his father, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it.His saying, "the well of Dhu Arwan," and in another narration, "Dharwan," refers to a well in an orchard belonging to Banu Zurayq in Madinah.His saying, "matbub" means bewitched. It is said that a man was "tubba" when he was bewitched.His saying, "jubb," and in another narration, "juff," both mean the sheath of a date palm's spathe and the covering that is upon it. The word applies to both the male and female spathe, which is why the hadith specifies it as "a male spathe."His saying, "the soaking water of henna," the soaking water is the water in which henna is soaked.