{ Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of … } Al-falaq, Al-nas

The commentators said: There was a boy from the Jews who served the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and the Jews came to him and would not let up until he grabbed some combings from the Prophet’s (SAW) head and a few teeth from His comb. He gave them to the Jews and they cast a spell on Him with them; and the one in charge of this was Labid ibn Al-A’sam the Jew, who then slipped the items into a well called Dharwan that belonged to the Banu Zuraiq. And the Messenger of Allah (SAW) became ill, the hair on His head fell out, for six months, and it looked like He was having sex with women but He was not having sex with them; and it made him beleaguered but He did not know what had befallen Him.