1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from his father, from Abdullah bin Sinan, from Khalaf bin Hammad, from a man, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said to a man from his companions: If you want to perform blood-letting and the blood comes out of your cut area, then say before you are finished whilst the blood is running:

«In the Name of Allah, the Merciful to all, the Merciful in particular. I seek refuge in Allah, the Generous, in this blood-letting of mine, from the eye with regards to the blood and from every evil.» Then he said: And do you not know, O such-a-person, that if you say this, then you would have gathered all things? Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, says: «And if I knew the unseen, I would, verily, have increased goodness, and the evil would not have afflicted me» (7:188) meaning poverty. He, Exalted and Glorious is He, also said: «Thus, it was, that we might avert from him evil and obscenity» (12:24) meaning that he enters into fornication. He also said to Musa, peace be upon him: «Enter your hand into your pocket, it will come out white, without evil» (27:12). He said: Without leprosy.