We were on a journey of ours and stopped to camp. A Jariya came and said, "The chief of the tribe has been stung, and our men are away. Is there anyone among you who can perform a ruqyah?"A man whom we had never suspected of knowing any ruqyah got up and went with her. He recited over the chief, who recovered. He was given thirty sheep as payment, and they served us milk to drink.When he returned, we asked him, "Did you actually know a ruqyah, or have you been performing ruqyah before?"He replied, "No, I only recited Umm al-Kitab over him."We said, "Do not say anything about it until we come to, or ask, the Prophet ﷺ."When we reached Madinah, we mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "How did he know it was a ruqyah? Divide the sheep and assign me a share."
كنا في مسير لنا، فنزلنا، فجاءت جارية فقالت: إن سيد الحي سليم، وإن نفرنا غيب، فهل منكم راق؟ فقام معها رجل ما كنا نأبنه برقية، فرقاه فبرأ، فأمر له بثلاثين شاة، وسقانا لبنا، فلما رجع قلنا له: أكنت تحسن رقية، أو كنت ترقي؟ قال: لا، ما رقيت إلا بأم الكتاب، قلنا: لا تحدثوا شيئا حتى نأتي- أو نسأل- النبي ﷺ فلما قدمنا المدينة ذكرناه للنبي ﷺ فقال: وما كان يدريه أنها رقية؟ اقسموا واضربوا لي بسهم.