'Uthman bin Abu al-'As Al-Thaqafi reported that he made a complaint of pain to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he felt in his body at the time he had become Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in your body and say Bismillah (in the name of Allah) three times and seven times A'udhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa ukhdhiru (I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that I find and that I fear).
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that while performing ruqyah (incantation), one should place the hand only on the area of pain and discomfort, and if there is pain throughout the body, then the hand should be passed over the entire body, so that the patient is also affected psychologically.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5737
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ A person may recite the prescribed supplications (masnun du‘a) himself and perform ruqyah (spiritual healing) upon himself.
➋ In the narration of Sahih Muslim, it is mentioned to say "Bismillah" three times and to recite the mentioned supplication seven times. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Salam, Chapter: The Recommendation of Placing One’s Hand on the Place of Pain with Supplication, Hadith: 2202)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3522