The sick person: what ruqyah and words of refuge are used for him?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me when I was suffering from something, and he said: "Shall I not perform ruqyah for you with the ruqyah that Jibril taught me? In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, and may Allah Almighty heal you, from every affliction that harms you, from the evil of the women who blow on knots, and from the evil of the envier when he envies."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that among what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite for a sick person (as a ruqyah) were these words, which he would say after putting his saliva on his finger: "In the name of Allah, the soil of our land, mixed with the saliva of some of us, heals our sick by the command of our Lord."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah, seeking refuge, with these words: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and grant healing. You are the Healer; there is no healing except Your healing. Grant a healing that leaves no illness behind." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the condition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) grew heavy in his final illness, I took his hand and began to wipe it and say these words. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: He pulled his hand from my hand and said: "O Allah, forgive me and join me with the Highest Companion." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: This was the last thing I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I had some complaint when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, and at that time I was saying: If my time of death has come, then give me rest; if my time of death is still later, then heal me or grant me well-being; and if this is a trial, then grant me patience. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He asked me: "What are you saying?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said this before him as well. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He passed his hand over me and then said: "O Allah, heal him," or he said: "grant him well-being." After that I never suffered from this pain again.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person whose time of death has not come, and he (the visitor) says these words seven times: 'I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to grant you healing,' the sick person is healed."

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, with a chain, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Jibril (peace be upon him) performed ruqyah for him when his pain was severe. Jibril said: In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, from every illness that harms you, from every envier when he begins to envy, and from every evil eye; and the name of Allah will heal you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, he would say: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and grant healing. You are the Healer; there is no healing except Your healing."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I had taken hold of a cooking pot of ours and my hand was burned. So my mother took me to a man who was sitting on a stretch of level ground, and my mother said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He replied: "At your service." Then my mother brought me near him, and he began to say some words, I did not know what they were, and to blow. Afterwards I asked my mother what he had been reciting, and she told me: He (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and grant healing. You are the Healer; there is no healer except You."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was suffering from some ailment, and Jibril performed ruqyah for him. He said: "In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, from everything that harms you, from every envier and from the evil eye; and Allah Almighty alone will heal you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah for Sayyiduna al-Hasan and Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) with these words, saying: "I place you both under the protection of the perfect words of Allah Almighty from every devil and venomous creature, and from every evil eye." And he would say that Ibrahim also used to perform ruqyah for his two sons, Isma'il and Ishaq, in this way.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) has also transmitted a similar report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us this supplication for all kinds of pains and for fever: "In the name of Allah, the Most Great. I seek refuge in Allah, the Most Mighty, from every throbbing vein and from the evil of the intensity of the Fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman brought a son of hers to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This son of mine has (the effect of) madness; the fit seizes the child morning and evening, and it is a terrible sight. The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rubbed the child's chest and supplicated for him. Then the child vomited once, and something like a black puppy came out of his belly.

It is narrated from Amrah bint Abd al-Rahman that she said: Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had some ailment. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her and (saw) a Jewish woman performing ruqyah for Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Perform ruqyah for her with the Book of Allah.

It is narrated from Fudayl bin Amr that he said: A man came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: So-and-so is suffering. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Would it please you that he should recover? The man said: Yes. He said: Say: O Forbearing One, O Generous One, heal so-and-so.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a pain that had nearly destroyed me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Place your right hand on the site of this pain, then say these words: 'In the name of Allah, I seek refuge in the might of Allah Almighty and His power from every pain that I feel.' Say it seven times." So I did this, and Allah Almighty granted me healing.

Sulayman bin Amr bin al-Ahwas narrates from his mother, Sayyidah Umm Jundab (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a woman following behind him, and she had with her a child of hers who had some illness. The woman was saying: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This is my son and he is all that remains of my family, but he has an illness and does not speak. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring me a little water." So water was brought to him, and he washed both his hands in it and rinsed his mouth. Then he gave this water to the woman and said: "Give this child some of this water to drink, pour some of the water over him, and ask Allah Almighty to heal him." (The narrator said:) I met that woman and said to her: If only you would give me some of it as a gift! The woman said: It is only for this afflicted one. Then I met that woman the following year and asked her about the child. She said: He recovered, and he has an intellect unlike the intellects of ordinary people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two angels came down. One of them sat by my head and the other sat by my feet. The angel sitting by my feet asked the angel sitting by my head: What is wrong with this man? He replied: Severe fever. The first said: Perform ruqyah for him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He neither spat lightly nor blew. So he said: In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, and Allah alone will heal you. Take this ruqyah, and may it bring you joy."