How sound is the narration that mentions that Abu Muslim's concubine used to put poison in his food, and that he would protect himself from it by saying "Basmala" and the supplication: "In the name of Allah, the best of names, with whose name no disease can harm, Lord of the earth and Lord of the heaven"?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The account of Abu Muslim al-Khawlani drinking poison and surviving it is weak due to an interruption in its chain of narration.
As for what is narrated about Khalid ibn al-Walid drinking poison, there are weak narrations concerning it. The authentic narration states that he was brought poison, whereupon he said, "In the name of Allah," and then drank it. Imam al-Dhahabi and others authenticated this narration, and al-Bayhaqi titled a chapter concerning it: "Chapter on the protection from poison afforded by mentioning the Name of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/28007
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 28007
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy