Allah (SWT) has given us all the guidance through the Holy Quran and Hadiths for all aspects of life. One of the essential elements of life is health and well-being and both the Holy Quran and Hadiths taught us to take care of these things. From both sources, we get several duas for sick persons to have cure from illness.
Life puts us several times in a condition of illness due to several reasons including the weather, allergies, and more.
Everything that comes in our life is a blessing and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) reassured the whole ummah that Allah will expiate some of the sins of a sick person.
Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAW) said:
No tiredness, exhaustion, worry, grief, distress, or harm befalls a believer in this world, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allah expiates some of his sins thereby.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
It is always said that prevention is better than cure. However, when we get sick we look for the best cure.
The Prophet (SAW) said:
Allah has sent down the disease and the cure and has made for every disease the cure.
(Sunan Abi Daud)
Under this blog, we are stating here some Duas that we can recite when we are sick and when visiting the sick:
1) Dua for healing
Along with the medical attention, we should also pray to Almighty Allah to ask for recovery from Him. He is the one who gives us illness and cure us well.
It is narrated that Aisha (RA) said that when anyone among them had an illness, the Prophet s.a.w. used to rub the area of the pain and recite the following dua for protection:
اللَّهُمَّ ربَّ النَّاسِ ، أَذْهِب الْبَأسَ ، واشْفِ ، أَنْتَ الشَّافي لا شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ ، شِفاءً لا يُغَادِرُ سقَماً
Allahumma Rabban-naas, azhibil-ba’s, washfi antash-Shaafi laa shifaa’a illaa shifaa’uka, shifaa’an laa yughaadiru saqamaa
“O Allah, Lord of mankind, do away with my suffering. Heal (me) as You are the only Healer and there is no cure except that of Yours, it is that which leaves no ailment behind”
(Al-Bukhari)
2) Dua for pain relief
One of the Hadiths from Uthman Ibn Abi Al-’As (RA) reported:
I complained to the Messenger of Allah s.a.w. about a pain I had in my body. The Messenger of Allah s.a.w. said, “Place your hand where you feel pain and say: ‘Bismillah (In the Name of Allah)’ three times; and then repeat seven times: ‘A’udhu bi’izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa ‘uhadhiru (I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that afflicts me and that which I apprehend).”
(Sahih Muslim)
Put a hand on the area of pain with the intention to find relief and then recite the following:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
Bismillah
In the Name of Allah
أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ
‘A’udhu bi’izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa ‘uhadhiru
I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that afflicts me and that which I apprehend.
3) Duas for sick persons
Prophet Ayyub a.s was blessed with abundant wealth, land and children. He was then tested by having all of those, including his health, taken away from him. All his limbs were not free from disease except for his tongue and heart which he used to remember Allah s.w.t.
People cut ties with him due to his illness and he was expelled from the city with only his wife who was there to support him. Prophet Ayyub a.s remained patient and grateful despite his situation. He sought help from Allah s.w.t by reciting the dua in Surah Al-Anbiyaa’
(21:83).
The following Dua is an excerpt from the verse:
رَبِّي أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Robbi annee massaniyad-durru wa-anta arhamur-raahimeen
My Lord. Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful.
4) Dua for severe sickness
We often feel helpless when we visit sick persons either in our family or relatives. In this situation, try to remember that Allah is Ash-Shaafee (The One who cures, The Healer).
Aisyah (RA) reported that:
Whenever Allah’s Messenger s.a.w. became sick, he would recite the Mu’awwidhatayn (Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An- Nas) and then blow his breath over his body. When he became seriously ill, I (Aisyah r.a.) used to recite (these two Surahs) and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.
5) Dua for asking mercy, and forgiveness
Rasulullah SAW said: “Whoever among you suffers some sickness, or his brother suffers some sickness, let him say:
رَبَّنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ أَمْرُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ كَمَا رَحْمَتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَاجْعَلْ رَحْمَتَكَ فِي الأَرْضِ اغْفِرْ لَنَا حُوبَنَا وَخَطَايَانَا أَنْتَ رَبُّ الطَّيِّبِينَ أَنْزِلْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشِفَاءً مِنْ شِفَائِكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجَعِ فَيَبْرَأُ
Oh our Lord Allah Who is in Heaven, Holy be Your name, Your will is done in heaven and on earth; as Your mercy is in heaven, bestow it upon the earth. Forgive us of our sins and our wrong ways. You are the Lord of the good. Send down mercy from You and remedy from You to heal upon this pain, so that it is healed up”
Robbana-Allahullazi fis-samaai taqoddasas-muka amruka fis-samaai wal-ardhi kamaa rohmatuka fis-samaai faj-al rohmataka fil-ardhi. Ighfir lanaa huubanaa wa khotoyaanaa anta robbut-toyyibeen. Anzil rohmatan min rohmatika wa shifaan min shifaaika ‘alaa haazal-waja’i fa-yabra’u
(Sunan Abi Daud)
6) Dua at the time of visiting the sick
At different times, we are required to visit the people who are ill. In this era of Covid-19, we are restricted to visit the people suffering from the virus. However, we can recite this dua and say a prayer from distance.
The Prophet SAW said:
“He who visits a sick person who is not on the point of death and supplicates seven times:
As’alullahal-‘Azima Rabbal-‘Arshil-‘Azimi, an yashfiyaka
(I beseech Allah the Great, the Rubb of the Great Throne, to heal you),
Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness.”
This was the post on duas for sick persons to recite and get mercy from the Almighty Allah. May we always remain in the protection of Allah and get rid of this pandemic really soon. Aameen.
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