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During the Prophet's fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas and Surat Al-
Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was aggravated, I used to recite those
two Suras and blow my breath over him and make him rub his body with his own hand for its
blessings." (Ma`mar asked Az-Zuhri: How did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to blow? Az-Zuhri said: He used to
blow on his hands and then passed them over his face.)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 76, Hadith 50
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(the wife of the Prophet) that she asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about plague, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) informed
her saying, "Plague was a punishment which Allah used to send on whom He wished, but Allah made
it a blessing for the believers. None (among the believers) remains patient in a land in which plague
has broken out and considers that nothing will befall him except what Allah has ordained for him, but
that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr."
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Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came across a tribe amongst the tribes of the Arabs, and that
tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state, the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake
(or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "Have you got any medicine
with you or anybody who can treat with Ruqya?" The Prophet's companions said, "You refuse to
entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it." So they agreed to pay them a
flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's companions) started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering
his saliva and spitting it (at the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep
to them, but they said, "We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet (whether it is lawful)." When
they asked him, he smiled and said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it (flock
of sheep) and assign a share for me."