Sickness & Healing

Supplication When Afflicted by Calamity

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِى فِى مُصِيبَتِى وَأَخْلِفْ لِى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. allahumma'jurni fi musibati wa akhlif li khayran minha

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it with something better.

Invocations for visiting the sick

لاَ بأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

La ba'sa tahoorun in shaal-lah.

Never mind, may it (the sickness) be a purification, if Allah wills.

Invocations for visiting the sick

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفيَكَ

Asalul-lahal-‘atheem rabbal-‘arshil-‘atheem an yashfeek

I ask Allah The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you. He (the sick person) will be cured.

The reward for visiting the sick

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ مَشَى فِي خِرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ غُدْوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَسَاءً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»

Ali Ibn Abee Talib related that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘If a man calls on his sick Muslim brother, it is as if he walks reaping the fruits of Paradise until he sits, and when he sits he is showered in mercy, and if this was in the morning, seventy thousand angels send prayers upon him until the evening, and if this was in the evening, seventy thousand angels send prayers upon him until the morning.

Invocations of the terminally ill

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى

Allahummagh-fir lee, warhamnee wa-alhiqnee birrafeeqil-a‘la.

‘O Allaah, forgive me, have mercy upon me and unite me with the highest companions

Invocations of the terminally ill

جَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ يُدْخِلُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَاءِ فَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ

'Aa.ishah (radhi-yAllaahu 'anhaa) related that The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) during his illness in which he passed away would dip his hands in water and then he would wipe his face and say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, death does indeed contain agony.

Invocations of the terminally ill

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

La ilaha illal-lah, wallahu akbar, la ilaha illal-lahu wahdah, la shareeka lah, la ilaha illal-lahu lahul-mulku walahul-hamd, la ilaha illal-lah, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billah.

None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Allah is the greatest.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and there is no might and no power except with Allah.

What to say if you see someone afflicted by misfortune

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلاَكَ بِهِ، وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلاً

Alhamdu lillahil-lathee ‘afanee mimmab-talaka bih, wafaddalanee ‘ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela.

All praise is for Allah Who saved me from that which He tested you with and Who most certainly favoured me over much of His creation.

What to say when you feel a pain in your body

ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي تَألَّمَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ وَقُلْ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، ثَلاَثاً، وَقُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ

a‘oothu billahi waqudratih min sharri ma ajidu wa-ohathir.

Place your hand at the site of the pain and say: “In the name of Allah (three times)” the supplicate seven times: “I take refuge in Allah and within His omnipotence from the evil that I feel and am wary of.”

فضل عيادة المريض

قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا عاد الرجل أخاه المسلم مشى في خرافة الجنة حتى يجلس فإذا جلس غمرته الرحمة، فإن كان غدوة صلى عليه سبعون ألف ملك حتى يمسي، وإن كان مساء صلى عليه سبعون ألف ملك حتى يصبح

دعاء المريض الذي يئس من حياته

جعل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يدخل يديه في الماء فيمسح بهما وجههُ ويقول: لا إله إلا الله إن للموت لسكرات