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The Prophet’s Ruqyah and Duas for the Sick
The Prophet ﷺ visited the sick, sat by their heads and recited over them. He used earth and saliva for small wounds, prayed three times for Sa‘d, and taught that an admiring look should be followed by a prayer for blessing, since the evil eye is real.
Visiting the sick
لَا بَأْسَ، طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
La ba’s, tahurun in sha’allah.
No harm: it is a purification, if Allah wills.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari
The ruqyah with earth and saliva
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا، بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا، يُشْفَى بِهِ سَقِيمُنَا، بِإِذْنِ رَبِّنَا
Bismillah, turbatu ardina, bi-riqati ba‘dina, yushfa bihi saqimuna, bi-idhni rabbina.
In the name of Allah, the soil of our land with the saliva of some of us heals our sick, by the permission of our Lord. He would put saliva on his finger, touch the ground and pass it over the wound.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
The ruqyah of Jibril against envy
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ يُبْرِيكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يَشْفِيكَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ، وَشَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي عَيْنٍ
Bismillahi yubrik, wa min kulli da’in yashfik, wa min sharri hasidin idha hasad, wa sharri kulli dhi ‘ayn.
In the name of Allah, may He cure you; from every illness may He heal you, from the evil of an envier when he envies and from the evil of every eye.
Source: Sahih Muslim
Wiping away the harm
امْسَحِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، بِيَدِكَ الشِّفَاءُ، لَا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Imsahil-ba’sa rabban-nas, bi-yadikash-shifa’, la kashifa lahu illa ant.
Remove the harm, Lord of mankind; in Your hand is the cure, and none removes it but You.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari
The Prophet’s prayer for Sa‘d
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا
Allahummashfi Sa‘dan, Allahummashfi Sa‘dan, Allahummashfi Sa‘da.
O Allah, heal Sa‘d, O Allah, heal Sa‘d, O Allah, heal Sa‘d. Said three times at the bedside of Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
For a sick friend
اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ
Allahumma ‘afih, Allahummashfih.
O Allah, give him well-being; O Allah, heal him. Said for ‘Ali when he was ill.
Source: Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
When visiting the sick
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ، يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا، أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ
Allahummashfi ‘abdak, yanka’u laka ‘aduwwan, aw yamshi laka ila salah.
O Allah, heal Your servant, so that he may strike an enemy for You or walk to a prayer for You.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud
When admiring something, against the eye
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَيْهِ
Allahumma barik ‘alayh.
O Allah, bless it (or him). “Why did you not invoke blessing? The eye is real.”
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah; al-Muwatta’ of Malik
Asking healing for the sick×7
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ، رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ
As’alullahal-‘adhim, rabbal-‘arshil-‘adhim, an yashfiyak.
I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you. Seven times.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud; Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
The etiquette of visiting
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever visits a sick Muslim remains in the harvest of Paradise until he returns (Muslim), and seventy thousand angels pray for him (at-Tirmidhi). Visits should be short unless the patient wants company, with words of hope: “La ba’s, tahurun in sha’ Allah” (al-Bukhari).
The Prophet’s Ruqyah and Duas for the Sick: questions and answers
Can I recite ruqyah over a sick relative?
Yes; the Prophet ﷺ did so for his family and approved Companions doing it for others.
What do I say when I admire something?
“Allahumma barik ‘alayh” or “Ma sha’ Allah, la quwwata illa billah”, so the eye does no harm.