Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ قَنَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْثًا فَكُنْتُ فِيهِمْ فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى قَرْيَةٍ فَاسْتَطْعَمْنَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُطْعِمُونَا شَيْئًا فَجَاءَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ يَرْقِي فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ مَلِكُ الْقَرْيَةِ يَمُوتُ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ فَرَقَيْتُهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَرَدَّدْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ مِرَارًا فَعُوفِيَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا بِطَعَامٍ وَبِغَنَمٍ تُسَاقُ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابِي لَمْ يَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا بِشَيْءٍ لَا نَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسُقْنَا الْغَنَمَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَدَّثْنَاهُ فَقَالَ كُلْ وَأَطْعِمْنَا مَعَكَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ أُلْقِيَ فِي رَوْعِي.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abu Ahmad, told us: Abdur-Rahman ibn al-Nu'man, Abu al-Nu'man al-Ansari, told us in Kufa, from Sulayman ibn Qannah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent out an expedition, and I was among them. We came to a village and asked its people for food, but they refused to feed us anything. Then a man from the people of the village came to us and said, "O company of Arabs, is there among you a man who performs ruqyah (healing recitation)?" Abu Sa'id said: I said, "What is the matter?" He said, "The chief of the village is dying." He said: So we went with him, and I recited the Opening of the Book (al-Fatihah) over him, repeating it over him several times, and he recovered. So he sent us food and sheep being driven to us. My companions said, "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, gave us no instruction about this; we will not take anything from it until we come to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him." So we drove the sheep until we came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and told him what had happened. He said, "Eat, and give us some to eat with you. How did you know that it was a ruqyah?" I said, "It occurred to my mind."