23/1a. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 4528 — Medicine and Spells
Section 1
Mishkat al-Masabih : 4528
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 4528
وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهَا جَارِيَةً فِي وجهِها سفعة يَعْنِي صُفْرَةً فَقَالَ: «اسْتَرْقُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا النَّظْرَةَ»
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
The Prophet saw in her house a girl with saf’a, i.e. yellowness,* in her face and said: “Use an invocation for her, for she has been affected by the evil eye.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Saf’a is explained as a stroke from the devil, or the influence of the evil eye. It may be read suf’a which means blackness, or blackness tinged with red. Sufra normally means yellowness, but it can also mean blackness, and that may be the interpretation it should have here, in which case one should read suf'a.
[2] Bukhari # 5739, Muslim # 59-2197.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 4528In-book reference : Book 23, Hadith 15
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
