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Illness and Pain

Duas during illness and pain

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Invocations for visiting the sick — 1 of 2
Illness and Pain
لاَ بأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
La ba'sa tahoorun in shaal-lah.
Meaning: Never mind, may it (the sickness) be a purification, if Allah wills.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (Invocations for visiting the sick)
Invocations for visiting the sick — 2 of 2
Illness and Pain
(أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفيَكَ)) (سبع مرات
Asalul-lahal-'atheem rabbal-'arshil-'atheem an yashfeek (7times).
Meaning: I ask Allah The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you’.(7times) (he (the sick person) will be cured.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (Invocations for visiting the sick)
The reward for visiting the sick
Illness and Pain
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))
Meaning: Ali Ibn Abee Talib related that he heard the Messenger of Allah 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 angles send prayers upon him until the evening, and if this was in the evening, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the morning.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (The reward for visiting the sick)
Invocations of the terminal ill — 1 of 3
Illness and Pain
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى
Allahummagh-fir lee, warhamnee wa-alhiqnee birrafeeqil-a'la.
Meaning: ‘O Allaah, forgive me, have mercy upon me and unite me with the highest companions
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (Invocations of the terminal ill)
Invocations of the terminal ill — 2 of 3
Illness and Pain
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:[La ilaha illal-lah, inna lilmawti lasakarat.] ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, death does indeed contain agony.’
Meaning: '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.’
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (Invocations of the terminal ill)
Invocations of the terminal ill — 3 of 3
Illness and Pain
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.
Meaning: 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.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (Invocations of the terminal ill)
What to say when you feel a pain in your body
Illness and Pain
ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي تَألَّمَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ وَقُلْ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، ثَلاَثاً، وَقُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ
Place your hand at the site of the pain and say: (Bismil-lah (three times)) the supplicate seven times: (a'oothu billahi waqudratih min sharri ma ajidu wa-ohathir.)
Meaning: 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.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) — Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī al-Qaḥṭānī (What to say when you feel a pain in your body)
The Prayer of Ayyub in Affliction
Illness and Pain
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Waayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya alddurru waanta arhamu alrrahimeena
Meaning: And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful."
Source: The Noble Qur'an (Saheeh International) (Qur'an 21:83)

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