Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, Neither Messiah (Ad-Dajjal) nor plague will enter Medina.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, (Death from) plague is martyrdom for every Muslim.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, He (a Muslim) who dies of an Abdominal disease is a a martyr, and he who dies of plague is a martyr.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) that she asked Allah's Apostle about plague, and Allah's Apostle informed her saying, Plague was a punishment which Allah used to send on whom He wished, but Allah made it a blessing for the believers. None (among the believers) remains patient in a land in which plague has broken out and considers that nothing will befall him except what Allah has ordained for him, but that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: During the Prophet's fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas and Surat Al- Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was aggravated, I used to recite those two Suras and blow my breath over him and make him rub his body with his own hand for its blessings. (Ma`mar asked Az-Zuhri: How did the Prophet use to blow? Az-Zuhri said: He used to blow on his hands and then passed them over his face.)
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Some of the companions of the Prophet came across a tribe amongst the tribes of the Arabs, and that tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state, the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the companions of the Prophet ), Have you got any medicine with you or anybody who can treat with Ruqya? The Prophet's companions said, You refuse to entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it. So they agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's companions) started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva and spitting it (at the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep to them, but they said, We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet (whether it is lawful). When they asked him, he smiled and said, How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it (flock of sheep) and assign a share for me.
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