Allaah the Most Exalted said: "Verily, Ibrahim was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allaah, unswervingly true in faith and he was not of those who ascribe partners to Allaah." (Q16:120) Husain bin Abdur-Rahman narrated: Once when I was with Said bin Jubair, he asked, "Who among you did see the shooting star last night?" I answered, "I had seen it," and then explained that I was not at the prayer because I had been stung by a poisonous scorpion.
He said, "What did you then do?" I replied, "I used Ruqyah (recitation of parts of the Quran or some supplication from the authentic ahadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah upon someone suffering from an ailment) to cure it!" He said, What compelled you to do that?" I said, "A hadith I heard from Ash-Shabi." He asked, "which hadith Shabi narrated?" I replied, "He reported from Buraidah bin al-Husaib, who said that Ruqyah is not allowed except for the treatment of evil eye (Ain) and (poisonous) sting." He (Said bill Jubair) said, "He has done well by stopping on what he-has heard.
However, Ibn Abbas (RA) narrated to us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "All the nations were made to pass before me, and I saw a Prophet with a small group with him, and a Prophet with two or three people and a Prophet with none. Then there appeared a large group of people which I took to be my nation (Ummah). But I was told that those were of Musa and his people. Later a larger group appeared and I was told that those were my people. Among them were seventy thousand who would enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment.
The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) then got up and went to his house, and the people went into discussion as to who they might be.. Some said, Perhaps they are the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah.Others said, May be they belong to those who were born in Islaam and therefore had never ascribe anyone as partner with Allaah. And while they were exchanging their views like this, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) came out and was informed about the news. He said, "Those people are those who do not treat themselves with Ruqyah, nor do they believe in bad or good omen (from birds etc), nor do they get themselves branded (cauterized), but they put their trust (only) in their Lord.
On that Ukasha bin Mihsan got up and said (to the Prophet) "Invoke Allaah to make me one of them." He said, "You are one of them." Then another man got up and said, "Invoke Allaah to make me one of them." He said, "Ukashah has preceded you (Bukhaaree)
Important issues
1. Keeping away from cauterization and Ruqyah is the fullest purification of Tawhid.
2. Possessing these characteristics (traits) is Tawakkul (trust in Allaah alone).
3. The superiority of the followers of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) both quantitatively and qualitatively.
4. All the Ummah (nations) will be paraded before Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
5. Every Ummah will be accompanied by its Prophet.
6. Generally few people responded to the call of the Prophets.
7. The permission of using Ruqyah to treat effects of evil eye and poisonous sting.
8. The excellence of Ukashah (RA) .
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited