(18) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرُّقَى
'Awf b. Malik said :
In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells and we asked: Messenger of Allah ! how do you look upon it ? He replied : Submit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3886
In-book reference: Book 29, Hadith 32
English translation: Book 28, Hadith 3877