Sahih al-Bukhari 5540 (Book 76, Hadith 77)
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) started imagining that he had done a thing that he had not really done. One day or one
night he was with us, he invoked Allah and invoked for a long period, and then said, “O `Aisha! Do
you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I have asked him about? Two men came
to me and one of them sat near my head and the other near my feet. One of them said to his
companion, “What is the disease of this man?” The other replied, “He is under the effect of magic.’
The first one asked, ‘Who has worked the magic on him?’ The other replied, “Labid bin Al-A’sam.’
The first one asked, ‘What material did he use?’ The other replied, ‘A comb and the hairs stuck to it
and the skin of pollen of a male date palm.’ The first one asked, ‘Where is that?’ The other replied,
‘(That is) in the well of Dharwan;’ ” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) along with some of his companions went there
and came back saying, “O `Aisha, the color of its water is like the infusion of Henna leaves. The tops
of the date-palm trees near it are like the heads of the devils.” I asked. “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)? Why did
you not show it (to the people)?” He said, “Since Allah cured me, I disliked to let evil spread among
the people.” Then he ordered that the well be filled up with earth.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5540 (Book 76, Hadith 77)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Within the Islamic scholarly tradition, few works hold as much weight as Sahih al-Bukhari. This vast compilation, assembled by the Persian scholar al-Bukhārī circa 847, is a cornerstone of Sunni faith and practice. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections known collectively as the Kutub al-Sittah. Imam al-Bukhārī’s work is particularly celebrated for its author’s stringent criteria in verifying the chain of narration (isnad), resulting in a trusted body of over 7,500 hadiths organized into 97 distinct chapters that cover every aspect of life.
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