Dua's for the Sick

 Hadrat Aa'isha ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنها‬relates: Whenever anyone of us would become sick, Rasulullah ‫صلى‬
‫ ال عليه وسلم‬would pass his right hand over the affected part of the sick person's body and recite the
following dua:

‫لش اف ي ل فشاء ا ل فشائ ك فشاء ل غياد ر سق م ا‬

‫لنا اس و اش فا ن ت ا‬#‫(ذ هأ ب ال ب اس ر ب‬
Transliteration: Azhibil ba'sa rabban naas washfi. Antash shaafee. Laa shifaa-a illaa shifaa
uk. Shifaa-al laa yughaa diru saqamaa

Translation: O Allah, Lord and Sustainer of mankind, remove his difficulty and cure him.
You are the only One who cures. There is no cure but Yours. Grant such
(complete) cure that leaves no trace of illness.1

 Hadrat Salmaan ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنه‬says: Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬visited me when I was ill. When
he was leaving he told me, 'O Salmaan! (and made this dua for me):

‫كو غ ف رذ ن ب كو ع ف اك فيد ي ن كو ج سد ك‬#‫ك ش ف ال ضر‬

Transliteration: Ka shafallaahu durrak. Wa ghafara zambak. Wa 'aafaaka fee deenika wa
jasadik.

Translation: May Allah remove your pain, forgive your sins, and grant you strength in your
Deen and your health until your death.2

 Another Hadith has it that whoever visits a sick person whose moment of death has not yet come,
and he recites the following dua seven times, Allah Ta'ala will certainly cure him of his sickness:

‫ش ف ي ك‬#‫أ(ن ي‬
‫ عال ر ش عالظ ي م‬#‫ل( ال عظ ي م رب‬
‫أ(س أ(ل ا‬
Transliteration: As-alul laahal azeem. Rabbal arshil azeem. Ay yashfi yak

Translation: I beg Allah the Almighty, the Owner of the Majestic Throne, that He should cure
you.3

 Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬once visited a Muslim man who was sick. His voice was very feeble and
he had become very weak and skinny. Seeing his condition, Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬asked him,
'What dua have you been making to Allah?' He said, 'Yes, I used to say: O Allah! Whatever
punishment was in store for me in the Aakhirah, let it descend upon me now.' Rasulullah
‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬said, 'Subhaanallah! You do not have the strength to bear it. Why do you not say this
dua:

‫ ن ا ذع اب الن ار‬#‫و‬
‫ ق‬8‫ وف لياخا ر ة ح نس ة‬8‫ن اات ن اف يد=نالي ا ح نس ة‬#‫ر ب‬
Transliteration: Rabbanaa aatinaa fid dunyaa hasana taw wafil aakhirati hasana taw wa
qinaa azaaban naar

Translation: O Allah, our Lord and Sustainer, grant us good in this world and good in the
Hereafter, and save us from the Fire of Jahannam.

The narrator, Anas ‫رضى ال تعالى عنه‬, says that the man thereafter began to make this dua, and Allah

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Bukhaari, Muslim
2
Tabraani
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Abu Daawood
 Ta'ala cured him.4
 Hadrat Ibn Abbaas ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنه‬relates that when Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬would visit any sick
person he would say:

‫ل ابس هطو ر@ إن شاء ال‬

Transliteration: Laaba-sa tahoorun, Inshaa Allah

Translation: Have no fear! If Allah wills, your sickness will purify you of your sins.5

 Hadrat Aa'isha ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنها‬relates that whenever Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬would become ill,
he would recite the Mu'awwizaat (Surah al-Falaq and Surah an-Naas) and then blow his breath over
himself and rub his hands over his (auspicious) body.6 She also says that when anyone in his family
was sick, he would recite the Mu'awwizaat and blow onto the sick person's body.7
 Hadrat Usmaan bin abil-Aas ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنه‬says that he once complained about pain in his body to
Rasulullah ‫صلى ال عليه وسلم‬. Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬instructed him: Place your hand on the area of
the pain and recite Bismillah thrice and say (the following) seven times:

‫ م ا اج د أوح اذ ر‬C‫ر ت ه من شر‬E‫ة ال دوق‬#‫ع بز‬E‫أ(عوذ‬

Transliteration:A'oozu bi'izzatillaahi wa qudratihi min sharri maa ajidu wa uhaaziru

Translation: I seek protection in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I am
experiencing and of what I am afraid.

Usmaan ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنه‬thereafter says, 'I did this and Allah removed my pain.'8
 Our beloved Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬has also said, 'Whoever sees somebody who is sick or in
some hardship, and says the following dua will never be afflicted by that sickness or difficulty :

8‫ق ت ف ض يل‬
‫ن ل خ‬#‫م‬C‫م‬J‫ ي ع لي ثكي ر‬#‫ض‬
‫ااب ت ل كب ه وف ل ن‬#‫ه ل اذ ي فعاان ي م م‬M‫ا ل ح م د لل‬
Transliteration: Alhamdu lillaa hillazee 'aafaanee mim mab-talaaka bihee wafaddala nee 'alaa
kaseerim mim man khalaqa tafdeelaa

Translation: All praise is for Allah alone Who has saved me from what He has afflicted you
with and greatly favoured me over many of whom He has created. 9

However, it should be recited softly and in a manner that the afflicted person is unable to hear it and
does not get offended.
 It is mentioned in a Hadith that if any Muslim recites:

‫ م نلظاال م ي ن‬E‫ن كت‬E‫ي‬N‫ت س ب حان ك إن‬

‫ل ا له إ لن ا‬
Transliteration: La ilaaha illa anta Subhaanaka inni kuntu minazaalimeen

Translation: There is no Diety except You (O Allah), You are free from all faults, verily, I am from
the transgressors.
...forty times in the state of sickness, then if he recovers, all his sins will be forgiven, but if he dies
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Musnad Ahmad
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Bukhaari
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Bukhaari, Muslim
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Muslim
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Muslim
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Tirmizi, Ibn Maajah
 from it, he will be granted the reward; of a Shaheed (martyr).10
 Hadrat Aa'isha ‫ رضى ال تعالى عنها‬says that whenever Rasulullah ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬would become ill, he
would recite the Muawwizaat and then blow his breath on the palm of his hands and then move them
(gently)over his blessed body.11
She also says that when anyone in his ‫ صلى ال عليه وسلم‬family was sick, he would recite the
Mu'awwizaat and blow onto the sick persons body.12
The Mu'awwizaat are Surahs al-Falaq and an-Naas.

Dua
 O Allah, we are spiritually sick and we are physically sick.
 O my Allah, so many of our brothers and sisters, and our parents are sick and ailing. They are in
hospitals. Some are in nursing homes and old-age homes.
 O Allah, grant shifa to those who are sick and ailing.
 O my beloved Allah, shifa is in Your hands.
 O Allah, we know that there is effect in du’aa and there is effect in medication, but O Allah, shifa is
in Your hands.
 O Allah, we know that sometimes sickness is a rahmat and a blessing in a disguised form, but we are
extremely weak.
 O Allah, even if such sickness is a rahmat…O Allah, change it to the rahmat of good health.
 …But O Allah, we know that most of our sicknesses, depression and anxieties are because of our
sins.
 O Allah, grant us shifa from all sicknesses and ailments – physical and spiritual.
 O Allah, bless us with physical health and spiritual health.

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Haakim
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Bukhari, Muslim
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Muslim