06/01/2026
Surah al-Fatihah: The Best Cure
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ ، الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ ، مٰلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ، إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ ، اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَ ، صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّآلِّيْنَ.
Bismi-llāhi-r-Raḥmāni-r-Raḥīm Alḥamdu-lillāhi Rabbi-l-ʿālamīn, ar-Raḥmāni-r-Raḥīm, Māliki yawmi-d-dīn, iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn, ihdina-ṣ-Ṣirāṭa-l-Mustaqīm, ṣirāṭa-ladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri-l-maghḍūbi ʿālayhim wala-ḍ-ḍāllīn.
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very Merciful. All praises and thanks are for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, The All-Merciful, The Very Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgement. You Alone we worship, You Alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path, the path of those whom You have favoured, not of those who incur (Your) anger nor of those who have gone astray. (1:1-7)
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رضي الله عنه: أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَوْا عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ، فَلَمْ يَقْرُوهُمْ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ لُدِغَ سَيِّدُ أُولَئِكَ، فَقَالُوا: هَلْ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ دَوَاءٍ أَوْ رَاقٍ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَقْرُونَا، وَلَا نَفْعَلُ حَتَّى تَجْعَلُوا لَنَا جُعْلًا، فَجَعَلُوا لَهُمْ قَطِيعًا مِنَ الشَّاءِ، فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَيَجْمَعُ بُزَاقَهُ وَيَتْفُلُ، فَبَرَأَ، فَأَتَوْا بِالشَّاءِ، فَقَالُوا: لَا نَأْخُذُهُ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَسَأَلُوهُ فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ: وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ؟ خُذُوهَا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ.
(صحيح البخاري ٥٧٣٦)
والمقصود: أنَّ الرُّوح إذا كانت قويَّةً، وتكيَّفت بمعاني الفاتحة، واستعانت بالنَّفث والتَّفل= قابلت ذلك الأثر الذي حصل من النُّفوس الخبيثة، فأزالته. والله أعلم.
(زاد المعاد في هدي خير العباد ٤: ٢٥٦)
It was narrated from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ described Sūrah al-Fātiḥah as a ruqyah, and he approved of the Ṣahābī (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) who recited it as a ruqyah for the one who had been stung by a scorpion. (Bukhārī)
The ḥadīth mentions: “The man went with them (the people of the tribe) and started spitting (on the bite) and reciting Sūrah al-Fātiḥah until the patient was healed and started walking as if he had not been sick.” (Bukhārī)
Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh) said: ‘If one’s faith, soul, and spirit are strong, and if he internalises the meaning and essence of Sūrah al-Fātihah, recites it and then blows on the affected person followed by his spittle, this will counter the effects incurred by evil beings. And Allah knows best.’ (Zād al-Maʿād)
