◈ Extract from the Book: “How to Perform Ruqyah on Yourself (Protection & Treatment from Evil Eye, Magic, and Possession)” by Shakhbūt bin Ṣāliḥ bin ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Marrī
✦ Authentic Supplications for Visiting the Sick
① Dua Taught by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the Sick
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“No Muslim visits a fellow Muslim whose death has not yet approached, and then supplicates for him with the following words, except that Allah grants him cure from his illness:”
Arabic:
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ
Translation:
“I ask Allah — the Almighty, Lord of the Magnificent Throne — to grant you healing.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd: 3106; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 5656
② Consoling Words of the Prophet ﷺ to a Sick Bedouin
Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما narrated:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to visit a Bedouin who was suffering from fever. The Prophet ﷺ said:
Arabic:
لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Translation:
“No harm — it is purification (from sins), if Allah wills.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd: 3092
③ Glad Tidings for a Sick Muslim Woman
Umm al-ʿAlā’ رضي الله عنها narrated:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me while I was ill. He said:
“O Umm al-ʿAlā’, rejoice! Indeed, the illness of a Muslim removes his sins just as fire removes impurities from gold and silver.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd: 3092
