According to the Hadith, there is a story that the prophet was bewitched because someone placed a spell on him, which made him delusional.
Narrated Aisha: Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done.
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُحِرَ حَتَّى كَانَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3175
https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3175
See also:
https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5763; https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5765; https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5766; https://sunnah.com/muslim:2189a; https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3268
Not only is this insulting to the prophet to claim that he was bewitched, but it also goes counter to the verses of the Quran.
In the Quran, the only ones who ever called the prophet bewitched were the disbelievers.
[17:47] We are fully aware of what they hear, when they listen to you, and when they conspire secretly—the disbelievers say, “You are following a bewitched man.”
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
[25:8] Or, “If only a treasure could be given to him!” Or, “If only he could possess an orchard from which he eats!” The transgressors also said, “You are following a bewitched man.”
أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
The Quran also confirms that the prophet was never possessed or crazy. To insinuate that there was a time when he became so is also a claim only made by the disbelievers in the Quran.
[15:6] They said, “O you who received this reminder, you are crazy.
وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ
[23:70] Have they decided that he is crazy? Indeed, he has brought the truth to them, but most of them hate the truth.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ
[34:8] “Either he fabricated lies about GOD, or he is crazy.” Indeed, those who disbelieve in the Hereafter have incurred the worst retribution; they have gone far astray.
أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ
[37:36] They said, “Shall we leave our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?”
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
[52:29] You shall remind the people. With your Lord’s blessings upon you, you are neither a soothsayer, nor crazy.
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
[68:51] Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, “He is crazy!”
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
The Quran actually confirms that the prophet was never crazy. This means that there was never a time where he was ever bewitched, like the Hadith claim.
[68:2] Not you are, by the grace of your Lord, ever one who is crazy.
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
| 1 | mā | مَآ | Not |
| 2 | anta | أَنتَ | you (are), |
| 3 | biniʿ’mati | بِنِعْمَةِ | by (the) grace |
| 4 | rabbika | رَبِّكَ | (of) your Lord, |
| 5 | bimajnūnin | بِمَجْنُونٍ | ever one who is crazy. |
It is worth noting that the prefix “bi” ( بِ ) in the word ( بِمَجْنُونٍ ) following the “mā” ( مَآ ) suggests that he (Muhammad) was never crazy. For example, see 2:74, 2:85, 2:96, 2:102, 2:196.
Finally, the Quran informs us that the prophet would be protected by God until his message was fully delivered.
[5:67] O you messenger, deliver what is revealed to you from your Lord— until you do, you have not delivered His message—and GOD will protect you from the people. GOD does not guide the disbelieving people.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Even though such accusations towards the prophet are clearly insulting and go counter to the verses of God in the Quran, many people still choose to uphold fabricated stories attributed to him rather than the message he gave his life to deliver.
[17:46] We place shields around their minds, to prevent them from understanding it, and deafness in their ears. And when you preach your Lord, using the Quran alone, they run away in aversion.
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَـٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
[31:6] Among the people, there are those who uphold baseless Hadith, and thus divert others from the path of GOD without knowledge, and take it in vain. These have incurred a shameful retribution.
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِى لَهْوَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ
*For an isnad analysis for the Hadith check out the following thread
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