Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

23

Medicine and Spells

كتاب الطب والرقى

 

Chapter 2a: Good and Evil Omens - Section 1

باب الفأل والطيرة - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 4580

Jabir told that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say

“There is no infection, no serpent in a hungry belly, and no ghoul.”* Muslim transmitted it. * I have used the English word derived from the Arabic ghul. It was used of a creature which was a type of jinni or devil which was believed to appear to people in various forms and lead them astray in the desert and cause their destruction.

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا غُولَ» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم