it was recorded by al-Nasāʾī in "al-Sunan" (2/172), Ibn Abī Shaybah in "al-Muṣannaf" (8/29 - 30/3569), Aḥmad (4/367), ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd in "al-Muntaqá min al-Musnad" (folio 40/1-2), and also al-Ṭabarānī (5/202/5013 and 5016). I said: This is an authentic isnād as al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī stated in "Takhrīj al-Iḥyāʾ" (2/336) and it meets the criteria of Muslim, for its narrators are those of the two Shaykhs except for Yazīd ibn Ḥabān, who is among the narrators of Muslim. And Abū Muʿāwiyah is Muḥammad ibn Khāzim al-Ḍarīr, about whom al-Ḥāfiẓ said in "al-Taqrīb": "Trustworthy, the most knowledgeable of people regarding the ḥadīth of al-Aʿmash." I said: This prevents us from judging its isnād as anomalous due to its contradiction with the three preceding trustworthy narrators, as it appears that al-Aʿmash had two shaykhs in this from Zayd ibn Arqam. And Allāh knows best. Then, the rest of the additions are from Ibn Abī Shaybah and Aḥmad, except for the addition of the recitation of a verse, which is from ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd, as well as the addition of Jibrīl descending with the Muʿawwidhatayn, and its isnād is also authentic. It has a corroborating narration from ʿAmrah from ʿĀʾishah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) had a Jewish servant boy who served him, named Labīd ibn al-Aʿṣam, and he was pleased with his service. The Jews continued to influence him until he bewitched the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), so he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) would feel pain and not know what was causing it. While the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was sleeping one night, two angels came to him. One sat by his head and the other by his feet. The one by his head said to the one by his feet: What is his ailment? He said: He is bewitched. He said: Who bewitched him? He said: Labīd ibn al-Aʿṣam. He said: With what did he bewitch him? He said: With a comb, hair from a comb, and the spathe of a male date palm under the rock in the well of Dharwān