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Prophet's hair vital to the success of his evil intention.
In the days that followed Labid managed to acquire enough strands of the Prophet's hair
and set about his evil work. He placed the strands before him and tied eleven knots and
upon each tying his daughters would breathe upon them and utter devilish incantations.
Once the knots had been tied and the incantations made, Labid attached a twig with the
pollen of a male date palm to the hair and cast it into a deep water well of Zharwan, and
told no one which well he had cast the twig into. The only way to annul the wickedness
was to untie each of the knots that would first have to be recovered from the depths of
the unknown well.
The Effect of the Sorcery
As the sorcery started to work, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) started to feel
an indefinable weakness in his body but was unable to discern what ailed him. When he
was offered food he had no desire for it and his condition deteriorated rapidly, so he
supplicated to Allah for a cure. As he slept he became aware of the presence of two
angels, one sat at his head and the other at his feet and they informed him of the reason
for his illness and mentioned the name of the well in which the stands of hair attached to
In the days that followed Labid managed to acquire enough strands of the Prophet's hair
and set about his evil work. He placed the strands before him and tied eleven knots and
upon each tying his daughters would breathe upon them and utter devilish incantations.
Once the knots had been tied and the incantations made, Labid attached a twig with the
pollen of a male date palm to the hair and cast it into a deep water well of Zharwan, and
told no one which well he had cast the twig into. The only way to annul the wickedness
was to untie each of the knots that would first have to be recovered from the depths of
the unknown well.
The Effect of the Sorcery
As the sorcery started to work, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) started to feel
an indefinable weakness in his body but was unable to discern what ailed him. When he
was offered food he had no desire for it and his condition deteriorated rapidly, so he
supplicated to Allah for a cure. As he slept he became aware of the presence of two
angels, one sat at his head and the other at his feet and they informed him of the reason
for his illness and mentioned the name of the well in which the stands of hair attached to