Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

It is likewise established that the Prophet ﷺ was once put under a spell and was poisoned with roasted meat:

Wuhayb narrated from Ḥishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was bewitched to such an extent that he would imagine he had done something although he had not. One day I saw him supplicating and he said, “Do you know that Allah has just answered the question I posed to Him? Two men came to me; one sat at my head, and the other at my feet. One asked, ‘What is wrong with this man?’ The other replied, ‘He is under a spell.’ He asked, ‘Who cast the spell?’ The answer came, ‘Labīd ibn al-Aʿṣam.’ He asked, ‘With what?’ He said, ‘With a comb, the hair removed by it, and the husk of a male date-palm spadix.’ He asked, ‘Where is it?’ He was told, ‘In Dhū Arwān.’”

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went there, and when he returned he informed ʿĀʾishah, saying, “Its palm-trees looked like devils’ heads, and its water was like henna-infused water.” I said, “Messenger of Allah, why not show it to the people?” He replied, “Allah has already cured me, and I feared that disclosing it might unleash harm among the people.” In another wording: “in the well of Dhū Arwān.”

ʿUmar, the client of Ghufrah—one of the Successors—reported that Labīd ibn al-Aʿṣam cast a spell on the Prophet ﷺ until his vision became confused and his Companions visited him. Gabriel and Michael then informed him. The Prophet ﷺ apprehended Labīd, who confessed; he extracted the charm from the well, untied and dissolved it, whereupon the affliction left the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he pardoned him.

Yūnus narrated from al-Zuhrī, who said regarding a sorcerer from the treaty-bound People of the Book: “He is not to be killed; a Jew once bewitched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he did not have him executed.”

وقد سحر النبي ﷺ وسم في شواء: قال وهيب، عن هشام بن عروة عن أبيه، عن عائشة، أن رسول الله ﷺ سحر، حتى كان يخيل إليه أنه يصنع الشيء ولم يصنعه، حتى إذا كان ذات يوم رأيته يدعو، فقال: "أشعرت أن الله قد أفتاني فيما استفتيته: أتاني رجلان، فقعد أحدهما عند رأسي، والآخر عند رجلي، فقال أحدهما: ما وجع الرجل؟ قال الآخر: مطبوب، قال: من طبه؟ قال: لبيد بن الأعصم، قال: فبم؟ قال: في مشط ومشاطة وجف طلعه ذكر، قال: فأين هو؟ قال: في ذي أروان". فانطلق رسول الله ﷺ، فلما رجع أخبر عائشة، فقال: كأن نخلها رؤوس الشياطين، وكأن ماءوها نقاعة الحناء فقلت: يا رسول الله أخرجه للناس. قال: أما أنا فقد شفاني الله، وخشيت أن أثور على الناس منه شرا. في لفظ: في بئر ذي أروان. روى عمر مولى غفرة -وهو تابعي- أن لبيد بن أعصم سحر النبي ﷺ حتى التبس بصره وعاده أصحابه، ثم إن جبريل وميكائيل أخبراه، فأخذه النبي ﷺ فاعترف، فاستخرج السحر من الجب، ثم نزعه فحله، فكشف عن رسول الله ﷺ، وعفا عنه. وروى يونس، عن الزهري قال في ساحر أهل العهد: لا يقتل، قد سحر رسول الله ﷺ يهودي، فلم يقتله.

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