ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from ʿAtāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Hafs, from Yaʿlā ibn Murrah al-Thaqafī, who said: “I witnessed three things from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” He related the hadith, which included the following:

“Then we travelled on and passed a watering place. A woman brought him a son of hers who was possessed by a jinn. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took hold of his nostril and said, ‘Come out! I am Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah.’

“Then we continued our journey. On our return, we passed that watering place, and the woman brought him some animals for slaughter and some milk. He told her to take the animals back and instructed his Companions to drink the milk, which they did. He asked her about the boy, and she replied, ‘By the One who sent you with the truth, we have seen nothing troubling in him since you left.’”

Even supposing that this had not been transmitted because nothing of the kind had occurred in the presence of the prophets—because the devils had been unable [to] (1) do such things in their presence, although they have done so among us—Allah and His Messenger have commanded us to support the oppressed, relieve those in distress, and benefit Muslims in terms that encompass this.

The two Sahīh collections contain the established report of those who recited al-Fātihah as a healing incantation. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “How did you know that it is a healing incantation?” He permitted them to accept the agreed payment for healing the person who had been stung through that recitation.

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said to the devil who sought to interrupt his prayer, “I seek refuge in Allah from you. I curse you with Allah’s complete curse,” three times.

This is like repelling human aggressors among the disbelievers and the wicked. For although the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his Companions had never seen the Turks and did not shoot with Persian bows or similar weapons needed in battle, nevertheless,