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 It is related from Al Barai' that he said, ' The Prophet sent a small band of men to Abu Rafi'; and (one of them) 'Abdu'llah bin 'Atik entered in upon him in his house at night when he was sleeping and killed him. 'Abdu'llah bin 'Atik said, " I smote a sword into his belly until it reached his back, and I knew that I had killed him. And I began to open the doors until I reached a flight of steps, and I placed my foot on them and fell in the moonlight night, and my leg was broken. And I bound it up with a turban, and went to my companions. And I reached the Prophet and reported the affair. He said, ' Stretch out thy leg.' Then I stretched out my leg; and he rubbed -his hand over it. And it was as if I had never complained of it." ' Al Bukhdri.

It is related from Jabir that he said, ' The people became thirsty on the day of Hudaibah. And there was a small drinking-vessel before the Apostle of God, and he made his ablutions from it. After that the people drew near to him and said, " We have no water with which to perform our ablutions and drink, except what is in the small drinking-vessel." Then the Prophet put his hand into the drinking-vessel; and the water began to flow from between his fingers like springs. Then we drank and performed the ablutions.' It was said to Jabir, ' How many were you? ' He replied, ' Had we been a hundred thousand, it would certainly have sufficed for us. We were one thousand five hundred.' Muslim, Al Bukhdri.

It is related from ' Ayesha that she said, ' The Apostle of God was bewitched until he was made to imagine that he did a certain thing, but he did not (really) do it. Until on a certain day when he was with me, he prayed to God and called on Him. Then he said, " Dost thou know, O 'Ayesha, that God has answered me what I asked Him! There came to me two men; one of them sat at my head, and the other at my feet. Then one of them said to his companion, ' What is the man's pain? ' He replied, 'He is bewitched.' The other said, 'Who has bewitched him? ' He replied, ' Labid binu'l-'A'sam, the Jew.' He said, ' By what did he do it? ' He replied, ' By a comb and by a hair which falls from it, and by the film of a male date bud.' He asked, 'Where is it?' He replied, 'In the well Dharwan.' ' Then the Prophet went to the well with some