Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Jundab, from Sufyan Bin Al Samt who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said to me: ‘The clean clothes suppress the enemy, and the oiling removes the anguish, and the combing for the head removes Al-Waba (epidemic)’ . I said, ‘And what is Al-Waba ?’ He -asws said: ‘The fever. And combing the beard strengthens the teeth’. [7] Additional Ahadith on cure from a (spreading) bug are given in Appendix I.
Supplication for Protection from ‘Bugs’ when Entry into a town عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ فِي وَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ مَدِينَةً أَوْ قَرْيَةً فَقُلْ حِينَ تُعَايِنُهَا.
From him, from his father, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Musa -asws Bin Ja’far -asws , from his -asws father -asws , from his -asws grandfather -asws having said: ‘It was in the bequest of Rasool-Allah -saww to Ali -asws : ‘O Ali -asws !
Whenever you -asws intend to go to a city or a town, so say when you -asws see it: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْنَا مِنْ جَنَاهَا وَ أَعِذْنَا مِنْ وَبَائِهَا وَ حَبِّبْنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَ حَبِّبْ صَالِحِي أَهْلِهَا إِلَيْنَا ‘O Allah -azwj ! I -asws ask You -asws of its good and seek Refuge from its evil. O Allah -azwj ! Feed us -asws from its food and Shelter us -asws from its epidemic, and Let its righteous ones endear us -asws ’.