4. Narrated
by Zainab (R.A.): “There was an old woman who used to visit
us.She used to treat the inflammation of the eye. She would always
sit on a bed with long posts that belonged to us, and whenever Abdullah
entered he used to cough or make a sound to alert her of his presence.
One day he entered into the room, and when she heard his voice,
she adorned her Hijab. He came in and he sat down next to me, and
when he slightly touched me, he felt the pin of an amulet. He asked
me: What is this? I said I was treated for the inflammation of the
eye with this amulet. He pulled it, cut it and threw it away. He
said: The family of Abdullah are independent from Shirk. I heard
Rasulullah (S.A.W.) saying, “Charms, amulets and bracelets
are forms of Shirk.” I then said to Abdullah: One day a man
glanced at me and my eye, which was closer to him, began tearing.
And when the old woman treated my eye with the amulet, it stopped
tearing. And when she stopped the treatment, it began tearing again,
so Abdullah said, that is the effect of Shaytaan, if you obey him,
he will leave you. And if you disobey him, he will poke your eye
with his finger.
However, if you do as the Messenger of Allah did, and then it is
better for you, and more likely to be cured. Sprinkle water in your
eye and say ‘Oh Lord of Man, remove this difficulty, and heal
me; you are the Healer, there is no Healing besides your Healing;
Healing that cannot be overpowered”. |