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Table Of Contents
Allah Is Ash-Sha 4

Doing Ruqyah by Using the Noble Quran 4

Ruqyah with Al-Mu’awidhat 6

Ruqyah with Al-Fatihah 6
Jibreel Doing Ruqyah on the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ 7

The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬Performing Ruqyah on the Companions 8

The Cure for Wounds, Burns and Pain 10

Curing Evil Eye With Ruqya 11

Curing Evil Eye with the Ghusl (Bath) of the One Who Gave Evil Eye 13
Curing Magic With Duaa 13

Curing Epilepsy With Dua 14

Curing Oneself With Dua 15

The Beautiful Names of Allah 16

Summary of the Prophet’s (‫ )ﷺ‬Ruqya 16

Bene ts and Notes of Importance 18

The Cure for Dif culties, Anxiety, and Sorrow 22

Cure for the Whispers of the Shaytan and Doubts 24

Advices and Directions 25

From the Remembrances of the Morning and Evening are: 26

Oh One Who Is Sick, Do Not Despair of a Cure 34

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RUQYAH [INCANTATION] OF
THE PROPHET ‫ﷺ‬
Allah Is Ash-Sha

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he Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬had great trust and dependence upon Allah U, entrusting
Him with all his affairs. If he was afflicted with any sort of pain he would
return to His Lord and seek cure from Him, supplicating to Him, in doing
so he was following the way of his forefather Ibraheem 8 who said:
َۡ ََُ ُ ۡ َ َ
ِ ِ ‫ذا م ِرضت فهو ي‬C
‫ي‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ش‬
“And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.”
[Surah Ash-Shu’ara, (26):82]

He ‫ ﷺ‬would invoke Allah seeking a cure saying:

{‫}اللهم اشف وأنت الشاف‬1

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Doing Ruqyah by Using the Noble Quran

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he Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬used to seek cure by using the noble Quran which Allah has
made a means of cure for His believing slaves. Allah says:

1 Reported by a group of the companions 4, and it will come later.

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ٌ‫ ٱلْ ُق ْر َءان َما ُه َو ِش َفآء‬2‫ن ُل م َِن‬ ّ َ ‫َو ُن‬

ِ ِ
ً‫ي إ َّ^ َخ َسارا‬ َّ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ّ ٌ َ ْ َ َ
َ ‫ٱلظ ٰـلِم‬ ‫ورحة ل ِلمؤ ِمنِي ۙ و^ ي ِزيد‬
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“And We send down from the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to
those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism and act on it), and it increases the
Zalimun (polytheists and wrong doers) nothing but loss.”
[Surah Al-Isra, (17):82]

ُ ّ َّ ّ ٌ َ ْ َّ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ُّ َ ٰٓ َ
And Allah Says:
ْ‫كم‬
ِ ‫يـأيها ٱلاس قد جآءتكم موعِظة مِن رب‬
َ‫ح ٌة ّل ِلْ ُم ْؤ ِمنِي‬ ُّ ‫آء ل ّ َِما ف‬
َ ْ ‫ٱلص ُدور َو ُه ًدى َو َر‬ ٌ ‫َو ِش َف‬
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“O mankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e. the
Qur'an, ordering all that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and a healing
for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy and differences, etc.) in your
breasts, - a guidance and a mercy (explaining lawful and unlawful things, etc.)
for the believers.”
[Surah Yunus, (10):57]

And Allah says:

َ َ ٓ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ َّ َ ٌ َ َ ً ُ ْ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ْ ُ
َۗ ‫اذانِه ْم َوقْ ٌر َو ُهو‬
ِ ‫قل هو ل ِلِين ءامنوا هدى و ِشفآء ۖ وٱلِين ^ يؤمِنون ِف ء‬
َ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ٰٓ َ ْ ُ ً َ ْ ْ َ َ
‫يد‬
ٍ ‫علي ِهم عم ۚ أولـئِك ينادون مِن مك ٍن ب ِع‬
“…Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing. And as for those
who disbelieve, there is heaviness (deafness) in their ears, and it (the Qur'an)
is blindness for them. They are those who are called from a place far away (so
they neither listen nor understand).”

2The particle (‫ )من‬here denotes genus, not compartmentalization. This is the most correct of the two
َ ً ْ َ َ ً َ ْ َّ ُ ْ
ً ‫اعظ‬ َ َّ ْ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َ ‫ٱ) َّٱل‬ ُ َّ ‫َو َع َد‬
opinions, similar to his statement: ‫ِيما‬ ‫ت مِنهم مغفِرة وأجر‬ ِ ‫ِين َءامنوا َوع ِملوا ٱلص ٰـل ِح ٰـ‬
Zaad Al-Ma’ad (4/164)

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[Surah Fussilat, (41):44]

Ruqyah with Al-Mu’awidhat

W henever Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬became ill, he used to recite the

Muawidhatan (i.e. the last two Surahs of the Qur'an) and blow his breath
over himself (after their recitation) and rubbed his hands over his body.3

Whenever he used to get sick one of his family members would blow their breath
over him with the recitation of Muawithaat. Aisha 1 said, so when he was
afflicted with his fatal illness. I started reciting the Muawidhatan and blowing my
breath over him as he used to do and then I rubbed the hand of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬
over his body because it was more blessed than my hand.4

He ‫ ﷺ‬used to encourage doing Ruqyah with Muawithatayn (the last two Surahs of
the Quran) and he would say Seek refuge with them for the people have never
sought refuge (with Allah) by means of anything like them.'5

Ruqyah with Al-Fatihah

A group of people came to Abu Saaed Al Khudri 0 and those with him
regarding the chief of their tribe from the tribes of the Arabs who had been
bitten by a snake or stung by a scorpion, they said “O the group! Our leader has
been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have treated him with
everything, but nothing benefited him Has anyone of you anything useful?" One of
them replied, "Yes, by Allah, I know how to treat with a Ruqya. But. by Allah, we
wanted you to receive us as your guests, but you refused. I will not treat your
patient with a Ruqya till you fix for us something as wages." Consequently, they
agreed to give those travellers a flock of sheep. The man went with them (the
people of the tribe) and started spitting (on the bite) and reciting Surat-al-Fatiha till
the patient was healed and started walking as if he had not been sick. When the

3 Bukhari (5016), Muslim (2192) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1
4 From the narration in Muslim (2192).
5Musnad Ahmad 4/144) from Uqba bin ‘Amer 0(Saheeh Abu Dawood)

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tribe people paid them their wages they had agreed upon, some of them (the
Prophet's companions) said, "Distribute (the sheep)." But the one who treated with
the Ruqya said, "Do not do that till we go to Allah's Apostle and mention to him
what has happened and see what he will order us." So, they came to Allah's
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬and mentioned the story to him, and he said, "How do you know
that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? You have done the right thing. Divide (what you
have got) and assign for me a share with you.”6

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Jibreel Doing Ruqyah on the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬

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he Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬had fallen ill one day so Jibreel 8 came to him and said:
Muhammad, have you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Gabriel) said:
"In the name of Allah I exorcise you from everything and safeguard you
from every evil that may harm you and from the eye of a jealous one. Allah would
cure you and I invoke the name of Allah for you."7

Aisha 1 said: When Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬fell ill, Gabriel used to recite this:
"In the name of Allah, may He cure you from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard

6 Bukhari (2276), (5736), Muslim (2201) from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri 0. In it is a clarification that it is a
ruqyah, and it is recommended for it to be recited upon the one who has been stung, the sick, and other
forms of illnesses and disorders (An-Nawawi). Hafidh ibn Hajr 6 said: In this hadith is the permissibility
of doing Ruqyah using the Book of Allah, and with it the use of remembrances and the mentioned duas, and
also the ones that aren’t mentioned as long as they do not oppose the mentioned duas. Al-Qurtubi 6
mentioned as found in Al-Fath (7005) the Fatiha is singled out with it being the beginning of the Qur’an and
what it contains from knowledge, as it contains the Praise of Allah, affirming His right to Worship, being
sincere to Him, asking Him for guidance and admission of our incapacity of encompassing His blessings, and
the affair of the final return and state of those who denied, and other than it which indicates that it all has its
place in Ruqyah. Ibn Al-Qayyim 6 said in Zaad Al-Ma’ad (4/165): I went through a time in Makkah where
I became sick and I lost my medicine and there was no doctor, so I started treating myself with it; I would
take a cup of Zamzam water and I would repetitively recite on it then I would drink it, and I found in it a
complete cure, so I started relying on this in the majority of what ailed me, and I benefitted from it the most.
7 Muslim (2182) from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri 0

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you from the evil of a jealous one when he feels jealous and from the evil influence
of eye.”8

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The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬Performing Ruqyah on the Companions

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he Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand
over the place of ailment and used to say, "O Allah, the Lord of the people!
Remove the trouble and heal the patient, for You are the Healer. No healing
is of any avail but Yours; healing that will leave behind no ailment.”9

Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬used to treat with a Ruqya saying, "O the Lord of the
people! Remove the trouble The cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except
You who can remove it (the disease).”10

Whenever Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought

to him, he used to invoke Allah, saying, "Take away the disease, O the Lord of the
people! Cure him as You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours, a cure
that leaves no disease."11

Muhammad Ibn Haatib 0 said: I grabbed a pot for my mother and burnt my hand,
so my mother took me to the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, he began to wipe over my hand, and I
didn’t know what he was saying as I was to young so I asked my mother she said
he would say “Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as You
are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours.”12

8 Muslim (2185)
9 Bukhari (5743), Muslim (2191) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1
10 Bukhari (5744) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1
11 Bukhari (5675), Muslim (2191) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1
12 Musnad Ahmad (Al-Saheeh al-Musnad)

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Thaabit Al Bunaani fell ill one day so he went to Anas Ibn Malik 0 and said: “ O
Abu Hamza! I am sick." On that Anas said, "Shall I treat you with the Ruqya of
Allah's Messenger (‫ "?)ﷺ‬Thabit said, "Yes," Anas recited, "O Allah! The Lord of
the people, the Remover of trouble! (Please) cure (Heal) (this patient), for You are
the Healer. None brings about healing but You; a healing that will leave behind no
ailment.”13

When a person complained to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬about an ailment or suffered from a

sore or a wound, the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬would touch the ground with his forefinger and
then raise it (Sufyan bin `Uyainah, the narrator, demonstrated this with his
forefinger) and would recite: `Bismil-lahi, turbatu ardina, biriqati ba`dina, yushfa
bihi saqimuni, bi 'idhni Rabbina' (With the Name of Allah, the dust of our ground
mixed with the saliva of some of us would cure our patient with the permission of
our Rubb.''14

When the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, visited a sick person, he would sit by his head and then say
seven times, 'I ask Allah the Immense, the Lord of the Immense Throne, to cure
you.'15

When Saad Ibn Abi Waqaas 0 became seriously ill in Mecca the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
came to visit him, then he placed his hand on his forehead and passed it over
Saad’s face and `Abdomen and said, "O Allah! Cure Sa`d”16

13 Bukhari (5742) from Anas 0

14Bukhari (5745), Muslim (2194) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1. The meaning of the hadeeth:
That he takes from his own saliva on his index finger, then he places it on sand so that some of it sticks to
him, then he wipes it on the place of the wound or the illness, and he says these words in the state of wiping
(An-Nawawi). Al-Qurtubi said: In it is a proof for the permissibility of Ruqyah in every type of ailment, and
this was an affair that was known widespread amongst them. (Fath).
15 Al-Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad (P. 189) from Ibn Abbas 5. Al-Saheeh Al-Musnad (641)Graded Hasan.
16 Bukhari (5659), Muslim (1628)

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It was from his guidance ‫ ﷺ‬that when he would visit someone sick, he would say
to him “No harm, (it will be a) purification (from sins), if Allah wills]."17

Uthman ibn Abu Al Aas’ Ath Thaqafi 0 said, “I complained to the Messenger of
Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬about a pain I had in my body since I’ve accepted islam, The
Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said, "Place your hand where you feel pain and say:
'Bismillah (With 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).”18

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The Cure for Wounds, Burns and Pain

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hen a person complained to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬about an ailment or
suffered from a sore or a wound, the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬would touch the
ground with his forefinger and then raise it (Sufyan bin `Uyainah, the
narrator, demonstrated this with his forefinger) and would recite: `Bismil-lahi,
turbatu ardina, biriqati ba`dina, yushfa bihi saqimuni, bi 'idhni Rabbina' (With the
Name of Allah, the dust of our ground mixed with the saliva of some of us would
cure our patient with the permission of our Rubb.''19

Muhammad Ibn Haatib 0 said: “I grabbed a pot for my mother and burnt my
hand, so my mother took me to the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, he began to wipe over my hand,
and I didn’t know what he was saying as I was too young so I asked my mother she

17Bukhari (5656) from ibn Abbas 5. The meaning of the hadeeth: Sicknesses expiate sins, and if they were
return to wellbeing, then both benefits would have occurred, or else he earned the bounty of sins being
expiated. (Fath)
18 Muslim (2202)
19 Its reference and explanation was preceded (14)

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said he would say, “Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as
You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours.”20

Uthman ibn Abu Al Aas’ Ath Thaqafi 0 said, “I complained to the Messenger of
Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬about a pain I had in my body since I’ve accepted islam, The
Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said, "Place your hand where you feel pain and say:
'Bismillah (With 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).”21

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Curing Evil Eye With Ruqya

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'isha 1 reported: Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬commanded me that I should
make use of incantation for curing the influence of an evil eye.22

He said -to Asma' daughter of 'Umais: What is this that I see the children of my
brother lean? Are they not fed properly? She said: No, but they fall under the
influence of an evil eve. He said: Use incantation.23

Narrated Umm Salama: that the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬saw in her house a girl whose face
had a black spot. He said. "She is under the effect of an evil eye; so, treat her with
a Ruqya."24

20 Musnad Ahmad (Al-Saheeh Al-Musnad)

21 Muslim (2202)
22 Bukhari (5738), Muslim (2195)
23 Muslim (2198)
24 Bukhari (5739), Muslim (2197)

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He ‫ ﷺ‬said: There is no problem with incantation so long as there is no polytheism

in it.25

It has preceded the Ruqyah of Jibreel 8 for the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬With the Name of
Allah. I recite over you (to cleanse you) from all that troubles you, and from every
harmful mischief and from the evil of the eyes of an envier. Allah will cure you;
and with the Name of Allah, I recite over you]."26

Also "In the name of Allah, may He cure you from all kinds of illnesses and
safeguard you from the evil of a jealous one when he feels jealous and from the
evil influence of eye."27

The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and
say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael
and Isaac by reciting the following: 'O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect
Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful,
envious eye.' "28

25Muslim (2200) from Awf bin Malik Al-Ashjaa’i. Hafidh ibn Hajr 6 said in Fath Al-Bari: The scholars have a
consensus that it is permissible to do Ruqyah when three conditions are met: 1. That it uses the speech of
Allah the Exalted and His Names and Attributes. 2. In the Arabic language or in a language that is
understood by others. 3. That he believes that Ruqyah does not have an effect in and of itself, rather it is by
the Will of Allah.
26 Muslim (2186) from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri 0
27 Muslim (2185) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1.
28 Bukhari (3371) from Abdullah ibn Abbas 5. Hafidh ibn Al-Qayyim 6 said in Zaad Al-Ma’ad (4/154):
Whoever tried these duas and formulas for Allah’s Protection, he would have known the magnitude of its
benefit, and the strong need for them, as it prevents the effect of the evil eye from reaching, and it repels it if
it reached in accordance to the strength of the Iman of the one who says it, and his readiness, and the
strength of his reliance upon Allah, and the firmness of his heart; for it is a weapon, and the effective of the
weapon is in accordance to its wielder.

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Curing Evil Eye with the Ghusl (Bath) of the One Who Gave
Evil Eye

I t was narrated that Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif that he said: “‘Amir bin
Rabi’ah passed by Sahl bin Hunaif when he was having a bath, and said: ‘I have
never seen such beautiful skin.’ Straightaway, he (Sahl) fell to the ground. He was
brought to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and it was said: ‘Sahl has had a fit.’ He said: ‘Whom
do you accuse with regard to him?’ They said: “ ‘Amir bin Rabi’ah.’ They said:
‘Why would anyone of you kill his brother? If he sees something that he likes, then
let him pray for blessing for him.’ Then he called for water, and he told ‘Amir to
perform ablution, then he washed his face and his arms up to the elbows, his knees
and inside his lower garment, then he told him to pour the water over him.”29

He ‫ ﷺ‬said, “The influence of an evil eye is a fact; if anything would precede the
destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take
bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, you should take bath.”30

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Curing Magic With Duaa

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arrated `Aisha 1: Magic was worked on Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬so that
he began to imagine that he had done something although he had not.
One day while he was with me, he invoked Allah and invoked for a long
period and then said, "O `Aisha! Do you know that Allah has instructed me
regarding the matter I asked Him about?" I asked, "What is that, O Allah's
Messenger (‫ "?)ﷺ‬He said, "Two men came to me; one of them sat near my head

29 Sunan ibn Majah (3509), Saheeh ibn Majah (2828).

30Muslim (2188) from Abdullah ibn Abbas 5. Its meaning: Everything is in accordance to the Decree of
Allah, and nothing occurs except with what Allah has Ordained for it, and His Knowledge Preceded it, so
nothing of the evil eye or other types of good or evil except by the Decree of Allah. Also that which is in it:
The correctness of the affair of the Evil eye, and its harm is great. (An-Nawawi)

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and the other sat near my feet. One of them asked his companion, 'What is the
disease of this man?' The other replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The first
one asked, 'Who has worked magic on him?" The other replied, 'Labid bin A'sam, a
Jew from the tribe of Bani Zuraiq.' The (first one asked), 'With what has it been
done?' The other replied, 'With a a comb and the hair stuck to it and a skin of the
pollen of a male datepalm tree.' The first one asked, 'Where is it?' The other
replied, 'In the well of Dharwan.' Then the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬went along with some of
his companions to that well and looked at that and there were date palms near to it.
Then he returned to me and said, 'By Allah the water of that well was (red) like the
infusion of Henna leaves and its date-palms were like the heads of devils" I said, O
Allah's Messenger (‫ !)ﷺ‬Did you take those materials out of the pollen skin?" He
said, 'No! As for me Allah has healed me and cured me and I was afraid that (by
showing that to the people) I would spread evil among them when he ordered that
the well be filled up with earth, and it was filled up with earth.31

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Curing Epilepsy With Dua

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arrated 'Ata bin Abi Rabah: Ibn `Abbas said to me, "Shall I show you a
woman of the people of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "This black
lady came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said, 'I get attacks of epilepsy and my
body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.' The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said (to
her), 'If you wish, be patient and you will have (enter) Paradise; and if you wish, I
will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will remain patient,' and added, 'but I

31Bukhari (5763), Muslim (2189) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1. Imam An-Nawawi 6 said in
Sharh Muslim: This is a proof for the recommendation of making dua, repeating it, and turning to Allah,
when undesirable affairs occur.

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become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become
uncovered.' So he invoked Allah for her.”32

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Curing Oneself With Dua

A َ َ َ َ ُّ َ ٓ ُ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ُّ َ َ
llah says:
َ َّ ُ َ ْ ُّ َّ َ ّ
َ ِ ‫ى ربهۥ أ ِن مس‬ ٰ ‫وأيوب إِذ ناد‬
۞ ‫ن ٱلض وأنت أرحم ٱلر ٰ ِحِي‬
ْ‫ض ۖ َو َءاتَيْ َن ٰـ ُه أَ ْهلَ ُهۥ َومِثْلَ ُهم َّم َع ُهم‬ ّ ُ ‫ك َش ْف َنا َما بهِۦ مِن‬ َ َ َُ َْ َ َ ْ َ
‫فٱستجبنا لۥ ف‬
ٍ ِ
َ‫ى ل ِلْ َع ٰـب ِدين‬ ٰ َ‫ح ًة ّم ِْن عِن ِدنَا َوذ ِْكر‬
َ ْ ‫َر‬
ِ
“And (remember) Ayub (Job), when he cried to his Lord: "Verily, distress has
seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy. 84. So
We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We

32 Bukhari (5652), Muslim (2576), and from it is treating all types of sicknesses with dua and turning to Allah,
it is more effective and beneficial than treatment with drugs, and that the effect and benefit of it on the body
is greater than the effect of medications on the body; however its effectiveness is based on two affairs: The
first one, from the perspective of the sick one, then it is truthfulness in intent. The other affair, which is from
the perspective of the practitioner, then it is the strength of his heart and reliance upon Allah and intent, and
Allah Knows best.
From it also: The virtue of the one afflicted with Epilepsy, and the reward of patience upon the afflictions of
the worldly life is Jannah, and that choosing the difficulty over the concession is more virtuous for the one
who knows his own level of capability, and that he will not become weaker by choosing to remain upon this
difficulty.
From it also: Proof that it is permissible to leave off taking medication (Fath).
And I say: And in it also is the permissibility of asking a righteous person for a cure.

Benefit: Ibn Al-Qayyim 6 said in Zad Al-Ma’ad (4/60): Treating this type is with two ways, one from the
perspective of the one afflicted with epilepsy, and the other is from the person providing the treatment. For
the one who is epileptic, then it is from the strength of himself, and his truthfulness in turning to The
Originator of Souls and their Maker, and the correct method of seeking protection that involves conformity
of the heart with the tongue. This is a type of battle, and the fighter will not be able to overcome his enemy
with a weapon except with two matters: That the weapon itself is good in and of itself and capable, and the
wielder of the weapon is strong. When one of these two matters are missing, the weapon will not avail him
greatly, so how about if both of these matters are missing: The heart does not contain the correct Tawheed
and reliance upon Allah and fear of Him and conviction towards Him, and he has no weapon. Secondly, from
the perspective of the practitioner, that he has to also possess these two characteristics as well!

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restored his family to him (that he had lost), and the like thereof along with
them, as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all who worship Us.”
[Surah Al-Anbya, (21):83-84]

From The Dua of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬was: The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to say: "O Allah, I
seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases.”

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The Beautiful Names of Allah

A ْ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ
llah says:
َ‫ن‬ ْ ُ
ٰ ‫و ِ)ِ ٱلسمآء ٱلس‬
“And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh…”
[Surah Al-A’raf, (7):108]

(Note: The names are mentioned in the original Arabic version of the book)

Summary of the Prophet’s (‫ )ﷺ‬Ruqya

1. Recitation of Surah Fatiha repeatedly than breathing over the sick

2. Recitation of the last two Surahs of the Quran then breathing over his hand than
wiping over the sick

3. Saying “ [With the Name of Allah. I recite over you (to cleanse you) from all
that troubles you, and from every harmful mischief and from the evil of the eyes of
an envier. Allah will cure you; and with the Name of Allah, I recite over you].” Or
“In the Name of Allah, may He cure you from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard
you from the evil of a jealous one when he feels jealous and from the evil influence
of eye.”

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4. Saying: “[O Allah! the Rubb of mankind! Remove this disease and cure (him or
her)! You are the Great Curer. There is no cure but through You, which leaves
behind no disease]." Or “O the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble The cure is
in Your Hands, and there is none except You who can remove it (the disease) ." Or
[O Allah! the Rubb of mankind! Take away this disease and cure (him or her). You
are the Curer. There is no cure except through You. Cure (him or her), a cure that
leaves no disease].” Repeatedly, then wiping over the sick or the place of pain

5. Putting some saliva on the index finger, then placing it on the dust to have some
dust on it, then wiping it on the place of pain or illness and saying whilst whipping
“In the Name of Allah The earth of our land and the saliva of some of us cure our
patient.”

6. Saying: “I beseech Allah the Great, the Rubb of the Great Throne, to heal you,
Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness.” Seven times

7. Placing one’s hand on the place of pain in the body then saying Bismillah three
times than saying “(I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that
afflicts me and that which I apprehend).”' Seven times

8. Saying “O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and
from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye.” On the one you
are performing Ruqya over

9. Making Dua that Allah blesses one if he fears that he may afflict others with Evil
eye

10. Pouring the bath water over the one who is afflicted with evil eye

11. Making much Dua invoking Allah whilst seeking cure and safety from sickness
and trial

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12. Permissibility of doing Ruqyah which has no opposition to the legislation in it,
due to his statement there is no problem with Ruqya so long as there is no
polytheism in it

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Bene ts and Notes of Importance

1. Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al Uthaymeen 6 said:
“Know that medicine is a means for cure, the one who makes something a means is
Allah, thus there is no means except that which Allah has placed as a means. The
means which Allah has placed a means is two types, the first type is legislative
means such as the noble Quran, and Dua as the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said regarding Surah Al
Fatiha, “what made you come to know that it is a Ruqya” and as the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
used to perform Ruqya on the sick by making Dua for them, thus Allah would cure
by way of his Dua those who he willed to be cured by it. The second type is
tangible means such as known medicine by way of the legislation such as honey or
by way of experience such as many of the medicines.33

A sick person may not be cured for his time may have been completed, and his
death has been decreed by way of this sickness.34

2. Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah Abdul Azeez Ibn Baaz 6 said, as in Majmoo’ Al-

Fatawaa (8/144) “There are different types of cures from magic:

- Firstly, one looks at what the magician has done if it is known for example that he
has placed something of hair in a place or in combs or other than that, if it is
known he has placed it in a certain place, it should be ceased, burned,
destroyed, thus it’s affects would be taken away and that which the magician
willed will cease.

33 Majmoo al Fataawa (1/66-69)

34 Majmoo Al Fatawaa of Imam Ibn Baaz (8/72)

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- Secondly that he forces the magician35, if it is known that he will take it away,
thus it is said to him either you cease this magic that you have done or you
will be killed, then when he ceases it the Muslim ruler should kill him for
the magician is killed without seeking to repent based upon the correct
stance.

- Thirdly, by way of recitation for it has a great affect in taking away magic and it
is that one reads upon the one who has been afflicted with magic or he reads
in a utensil, the verse ayatul Kursi, and the verses on magic which come in
Surah Al-Araf, Surah Yunus, Surah Taha, with it Surah Al Kaafiroon, Surah
Al Ikhlaas, Al Muawithatayn, and invokes Allah to cure him and grant him
safety, especially using the affirmed duas of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬: and they are,
"Allahumma Rabban-nasi, adhhibil-ba'sa, washfi, Antash-Shafi, la shifa'a
illa shifa'uka, shifaan la yughadiru saqaman [O Allah! the Rubb of mankind!
Remove this disease and cure (him or her)! You are the Great Curer. There is
no cure but through You, which leaves behind no disease]." Similarly, that
which Jibreel 8 read upon the Prophet ‫" ﷺ‬In the Name of Allah, may He
cure you from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard you from the evil of a
jealous one when he feels jealous and from the evil influence of eye." He
should repeat these three times and should repeat the recitation of Surah Al-
Ikhlaas, Al-Falaq and An-Naas three times. From that is that he reads that
which we have mentioned in water, and then the one afflicted with magic
drinks from it and bathes using the remaining water one or more in
accordance with the need, the magic will go way by the permission of Allah.

35 I say: If the intended meaning is to show the way of his hiding place or to nullify it without using magic,
then no problem; but if the meaning is to disassemble the magic by using magic, then no, due to that which is
in it from a lot of corruption.

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- Fourthly that he takes seven leaves from the lote tree36 grinding it, placing it in
water then reading that which has preceded from the verses and Surahs and
invocations, then he drinks it and bathes with it. As well as that being
beneficial in curing a man if he is not able to go to his wife. The verses
which are read in water, lote tree leaves, regarding those afflicted with magic
or not able to go to his wife they are as follows:
1. Reading Fatiha
2. Reading Ayatul-Kursi.
3. Reading the verses in Surah Araaf
4. Reading the verses in Surah Yunus.
5. The verses in Surah Taha
6. Surah Kaafiroon
7. Surah Ikhlaas, An-Naas and Al-Falaq three times.
8. Reading some of the legislated invocations such as:
"Allahumma Rabban-nasi, adhhibil-ba'sa, washfi, Antash-Shafi, la shifa'a
illa shifa'uka, shifaan la yughadiru saqaman [O Allah! the Rubb of mankind!
Remove this disease and cure (him or her)! You are the Great Curer. There is
no cure but through You, which leaves behind no disease]." Three times than
this is good, if he reads with that "In the name of Allah, may He cure you
from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard you from the evil of a jealous one
when he feels jealous and from the evil influence of eye." Three times than
this is good. If he reads that which has preceded on the one afflicted with
magic directly, he breathes on his head or chest than this is from the means
of cure by the will of Allah as well as preceded.
He also said 6, if he finds a different type of cure which has no harm in it by way
of papers, herbs, needles, then no problem so long as it is free from that which
Allah has made haram.

36 He 6 said: This is also from the chapter of Medicine and permissible treatments; this is due to it having
been tested and proven that it benefits the person afflicted with magic, and it benefits the one who has been
locked from his wife (Fatawa Noor ‘Ala al-Darb). He 6 said: This has been extensively tested and Allaah has
granted a lot benefit with it, and we have used it with many people and Allaah benefited them with it, so this
is a beneficial medicine for those who are afflicted with magic. (Majmoo’ Al-Fataawa (6/289).

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I (Shaykh Al-Iryaani) say: from the beneficial medicines are:

1. The Black Seed - The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “There is healing in black cumin for all
diseases except death.”37
2. Honey - Allah says, “In it is a cure for the people”
3. Hijaama
4. Cauterization - The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said, “Healing is in three things: A drink of
honey, the glass of the cupper, and cauterizing with fire.”38
5. Zamzam Water - The Hadith: “It is for what it is drank for.”39
6. 6. Olive Oil - The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said, “Eat of its oil and use it (the olives), for
indeed it is from a blessed tree.”40

7. Having Seven Dates from the Dates of Madina in the morning due to the
narration, “He who eats seven 'Ajwa dates every morning, will not be affected by
poison or magic on the day he eats them.”41 In a narration: “He who ate seven
dates (of the land situated) between these two lava plains in the morning, no poison

37 Bukhari (5688), Muslim (2215) from Abu Huraira 0

38 Bukhari (5680) from Ibn Abbas 5

39Musnad Ahmad from Jabir. (As-Saheeha 883). Al-Irwaa’ (1123). Al-Hafidh ibn Al-Qayyim 6 said in Zaad
Al-Ma’ad (4/356): I and other than me have tried seeking cure using Zamzam water and found wondrous
affairs from it, and I sought cure with it from a number of sicknesses, and I was cured by the Permission of
Allah.
40From a group of Companions (As-Saheeha 379). Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaama ibn Baaz 6 said as found in
Majmoo’ Al-Fataawa (9/409): There is no issue with reading Qur’an on water and oil in treating the sick and
the one afflicted with magic and the insane, but reading upon the sick along with blowing on him takes
precedence and it is more complete and beneficial.
He also said (1/52): Also doing Ruqya on water is fine, that is to read upon the water and the sick person is to
drink it, or it would be poured on him.

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will harm him until it is evening.”42 And the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said the 'ajwa' dates of
'Aliya' contain healing effects and these are antidote in the early morning.43

The sick one should be eager to seek cure by means of these medicines whether
that is by way of eating, drinking, or using it as oil, one should follow the direction
given to him by the people knowledgeable regarding these affairs.

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The Cure for Di culties, Anxiety, and Sorrow

A
llah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬used to say at the time of difficulty, "None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah, the Majestic, the Most Forbearing.
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the
Tremendous Throne. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of
the Heavens and the Lord of the Honourable Throne.44

Asmaa’ bint Umays 1 said the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said to me, should I not teach you
words that you say at times or difficulty Allah, Allah is my Lord. I do not associate
anything with Him.45

He ‫ ﷺ‬said, “The supplication of Dhun-Nun (Prophet Yunus) when he supplicated,

while in the belly of the whale was: ‘There is none worthy of worship except You,

42 Wording in Muslim

43 Muslim (2048) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1. In these narrations are the virtues of the dates
of Madina and its Ajwa, and the virtue of starting the day with seven dates from them. Specifying the Ajwa
of Madinah and the count of seven are from the affairs that the Legislator has specified, and we do not know
its wisdom, so it is obligatory to believe in it, and believe that its virtue and that there is a wisdom in it, and it
is likened to the number of prayers in a day, and the nisaab for zakat, and other similar affairs. This is what is
correct regarding this hadith. (An-Nawawi)

44 Bukhari (6346), Muslim (2730), from Ibn Abbas 5

45Abu-Dawood (1525) from Asmaa’ mint Umais. Ibn Hibban (764) from A’isha 1. Tabarani (12/12788)
As-Saheeha (2755). And from Thawban in Actions of the Day and Night of Al-Nasaa’i (657), As-Saheeha
(2070).

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Glory to You, Indeed, I have been of the transgressors. (Lā ilāha illā anta
subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn)’ So indeed, no Muslim man supplicates with
it for anything, ever, except Allah responds to him.”46

He ‫ ﷺ‬said, “No slave has said when afflicted with anxiety and sorrow “O Allah, I
am Your slave, and the son of Your male slave, and the son of your female slave.
My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). Your Judgment upon
me is assured, and Your Decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name
that You have named Yourself with, revealed in Your Book, taught any one of Your
creation, or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You, to
make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of
my sadness, and the reliever of my distress.” Except that Allah will take away that
anxiety and replace his sorrow with happiness. They said, Oh messenger of Allah
is it befitting for us to learn those statements he said yes it is befitting for the one
who heard them to learn them”47

He ‫ ﷺ‬said, “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness
and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by
debt and overpowered by men (i.e. others).”48

Ash-Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen 6 said, “Psychiatric illness are many it is not

possible for the doctors to only cure them by way of tangible medicines, but it’s
cure by way of Ruqya is beneficial and successful, similarly mental illness the
legislative medicines are beneficial for it, whereas tangible medicine may not
benefit.”

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46Musnad Ahmad (1/170), Musnad Al-Bazzar (3/363) from Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas 0. As-Saheeh Al-Musnad
(379): Saheeh li-Ghairihi. Saheeh At-Tirmidhi (2785)

47 Musnad Ahmad (4091) from Ibn Masoud 0. As-Saheeha (199): Saheeh

48 Bukhari (6369), Muslim (2706) from Anas ibn Malik 0.

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Cure for the Whispers of the Shaytan and Doubts

A
llah says:

َّ ْ َ ْ َ ٌ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ َّ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َّ
ٌ ‫ٱ)ِ ۚ إنَّ ُهۥ َس ِم‬
ٌ‫يع َعلِيم‬
ِ ِ ‫ما ينغنك مِن ٱلشيطـ ِن نزغ فٱست ِعذ ب‬C
“And if an evil whisper from Shaitan (Satan) tries to turn you away (O
Muhammad) (from doing good, etc.), then seek refuge in Allah. Verily, He is
the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.”49
[Surah Al-A’raf, (7):200]

The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said, "Satan comes to one of you and says, 'Who created so-and-
so? 'till he says, 'Who has created your Lord?' So, when he inspires such a
question, one should seek refuge with Allah and give up such thoughts.”50
In a wording, “He should say “I believe in Allah and his messenger.”51
In a wording, "Say Allah is one. Allah is He to whom the creation needs and
returns to. He has not begotten and He has not been begotten, and no one is equal
to Him." Then one should spit three times on his left side and seek refuge in Allah
from Satan.”52

49The best of that which is said is what Allah the Exalted taught us with, and commanded us with saying it.
(An-Nawawi)

50 Bukhari (3276), Muslim (134) from Abu Huraira 0

51 Wording in Muslim as found in the previous hadith.

52 Abu-Dawood (4722) from Abu Huraira 0. Also see Muslim (135).

Benefit: Ash-Shaykh Al-‘Allama Al-Albani 6 said in As-Saheeha (118): These authentic narrations are proof
that it is incumbent upon the one whom the shaytan has whispered to him with his statement: Who created
Allah? The he turns away from arguing with him to answer the question due to that which has come from the
aforementioned narration, and its summary, is that he says: I believe in Allah and His messenger, Allah is
One, He is Self-Sufficient, He Begets not, nor is He Begotten, and there is nothing like unto Him. Then he
spittles to his left three ties, and he seeks refuge in Allah from the shaytan, then he stops along with turning
away from the whisper. I believe that whoever does this in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, sincerely in
it, that there is no doubt that the whisper will leave him, and his shaytan will be turned away from him, due to
his statement ‫ﷺ‬: Then this will cause it to leave him.

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Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬and said:
Allah's Messenger, the Satan intervenes between me and my prayer and my
reciting of the Qur'an and he confounds me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬
said:, That is (the doing of a) Satan (devil) who is known as Khinzab, and when
you perceive its effect, seek refuge with Allah from it and spit three times to your
left. I did that and Allah dispelled that from me.53

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Advices and Directions

I
t is befitting for every Muslim that he is eager upon making monotheism a
realization, that he sticks to the book of Allah and the Sunnah. That he adheres
to Taqwa, returning to Allah, being up right on the legislation of Allah, having
true reliance on him, doing many good deeds, preserving the five daily prayers in
congregation, giving charity, doing good, purifying his house from pictures,
statues, music, musical instruments,54 and everything reprehensible.

It is also befitting that he is severely warned from going to magicians, fortune

tellers, warned from asking them questions, or believing what they say for it comes
from the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, “He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the
Unseen and believes in him, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty
days.”55

53 Muslim (2203).
54Note: Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah Ibn Baaz 6 as mentioned in Majmoo’ Al-Fataawa (9/429), (21/176): As
for seeking treatment with music, then this has no origin to it, rather it is from the actions of the foolish ones;
for music is not a cure, rather it is a disease, and it is from the instruments of [impermissible] entertainment,
and all of it is a sickness for the hearts, and it is the cause of the misguidance of the creation. Rather, the
correct treatment, and that which brings calmness to the souls is that the one who is sick listens to the
Qur’an, and the beneficial admonishments, and the beneficial narrations. As for treatment with music and
other than it from similar instruments, then it is what makes them accustomed to falsehood, and it increases
them in their sickness, and it prevents them from wanting to listen to the Qur’an and the Sunnah and the
beneficial admonishments, and there is no Might or Power except with Allah.
55 Muslim (2230) from some of the Mothers of the Believers.

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And he ‫ ﷺ‬said, “who goes to a fortune teller and believes what he says, he has
disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.’”56

As it is befitting for everyone Muslim that he protects himself with invocations and
remembrances which are affirmed from our Prophet ‫ﷺ‬.

Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah Ibn Baaz 6 said:

“These remembrances, and invocations of seeking refuge are from the greatest
means in protecting from the evil of magic and other than it from evils, for the one
who preserves upon them with truthfulness, belief, trust in Allah, reliance upon
him, and his heart has comfort with that which it indicates upon. It is also from the
greatest weapons to ceasing magic after it has occurred, along with a lot of
invocation to Allah, asking Him, the Exalted, that he removes the harm and
pain.”57

I (Ash-Shaykh Al Iraayni) say:

From the Remembrances of the Morning and Evening are:

1. Subhanallah Wa Bi Hamdihi 100 times [‫]ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ﷲ وﺑﺤﻤﺪه‬

2. Allāhumma anta Rabbī lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā `abduk, wa anā `alā
`ahdika wa wa`dika mastaṭa`t, a`ūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣana`t, abū'u laka bi
ni`matika `alay, wa abū'u bidhanbī faghfir lī fa'innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā
ant.

،‫ت‬ ْ ‫خ َل ْقت َ ِني وأنا َعبْ ُد َك وأنا على َع ْه ِد َك و َو ْع ِد َك ما‬

ُ ‫استَطَ ْع‬ َ ،‫ت‬ َ ْ‫إال أن‬ َ ْ‫ال َّل ُه َّم أن‬
ّ ‫ت َر ِّبي ال إ َل َه‬
‫ فا ْغ ِف ْر لِي فإنَّه ال َي ْغ ِف ُر‬،‫لك بذَنْ ِبي‬ ِ ‫لك‬
َ ‫بن ْع َم ِت َك َع َليَّ وأ َ ُبو ُء‬ َ ‫ أ ُبو ُء‬،‫ت‬ُ ‫صن َ ْع‬
َ ‫ش ِّر ما‬ َ ‫بك ِمن‬ َ ُ‫أ ُعوذ‬
َ ‫إال أ ْن‬
‫ت‬ َ ُ‫الذُّن‬
ّ ‫وب‬

56 Musnad Ahmad (2/408, 429, 476) from Abu Huraira 0. Graded: Good due to its supporting narrations.
57 Majmoo’ Al-Fataawa (3/278), (8/165), (26/167)

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O Allah, You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship but You. You created
me and I am your slave. I keep Your covenant, and my pledge to You so far as I am
able. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I admit to Your
blessings upon me, and I admit to my misdeeds. Forgive me, for there is none who
may forgive sins but You.58

3. When it was evening, the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to supplicate: "Amsaina wa amsal-

mulku lillah, wal-hamdu lillah. La 'ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu (We
have entered upon evening and the whole kingdom of Allah, too, has entered upon
evening. Praise is due to Allah. There is none who has the right to be worshiped but
Allah, the One who has no partner with Him)." He (the narrator) said: I think that
he (‫ )ﷺ‬used to follow the recitation with these words: "Lahul-mulku, wa lahul-
hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shi'in Qadir. Rabbi as'aluka khaira ma fi hadhihil-lailati,
wa khaira ma ba'daha; wa a'udhu bika min sharri ma fi hadhihil-lailati, wa sharri
ma ba'daha; Rabbi a'udhu bika minal- kasali, wa su'il-kibari; Rabbi a'udhu bika
min 'adhabin fin-nari, wa 'adhabin fil-qabri (His is the sovereignty and to Him is all
praise due, and He is Omnipotent. My Rubb, I beg of you good that lies in this
night and good that follows it, and I seek refuge in You from the evil that lies in
this night and from the evil of that which follows it. My Rubb! I seek refuge in You
from lethargy and the misery of old age. O Allah! I seek Your Protection from the
torment of Hell-fire and the punishment of the grave).

َ ‫يك له له امل ُ ْل ُك َو َل ُه‬

‫الح ْم ُد‬ َ ‫ش ِر‬ َ ‫ َو ْح َدهُ ال‬،َُّ‫إال اهلل‬ ّ ‫ وا ْل َح ْم ُد هللَِِّ ال إ َل َه‬،َِِّ‫سيْنا َوأ َ ْمسى امل ُ ْل ُك هلل‬
َ ‫أ َ ْم‬
َ ُ‫ َوأ َ ُعوذ‬،‫خ ْي ِر ما ِفيها‬
‫بك‬ َ ‫ َو‬،‫هذه ال َّل ْي َل ِة‬
ِ ‫خ ْي ِر‬َ ‫سأ َ ُل َك ِمن‬ ْ َ ‫ ال َّل ُه َّم إنِّي أ‬،‫ير‬ ِ ٍ
ٌ ‫َوهو على ُك ِّل شيء َقد‬
‫ َو ِفتْن َ ِة ال ُّدنْيا‬،‫الكبَ ِر‬
ِ ‫وء‬ِ ‫س‬
ُ ‫ َو‬،ِ ‫ وا ْل َه َرم‬،‫س ِل‬َ ‫بك ِم َن ال َك‬ َ ُ‫ ال َّل ُه َّم إنِّي أ َ ُعوذ‬،‫ش ِّر ما ِفيها‬ َ ‫ َو‬،‫ش ِّرها‬ َ ‫ِمن‬
.‫ذاب ال َقبْ ِر‬
ِ ‫َو َع‬

When it was morning, he (‫ )ﷺ‬would recite the same, replacing the words: "We
have entered upon evening and the whole kingdom of Allah, too, has entered upon

58Bukhari (6306) from Shaddad ibn Aws 0. Whoever says it in the day believing in what is in it, then he
dies before he reaches the evening, then he is from the people of Paradise, and whoever says it in the evening
while believing in what he is saying, then he dies before reaching the morning, then he is from the people of
Paradise.

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evening" with "We have entered upon morning and the whole kingdom of Allah
entered upon morning."

…َِِّ‫صبَحَ امل ُ ْل ُك هلل‬

ْ َ ‫صبَ ْحنا َوأ‬
ْ َ‫أ‬
(Replace the words "Amsaina, amsa, hadhihil-lailati, ma ba'daha with Asbahna,
asbaha, hadhal-yaumi, ma ba'dahu, respectively)59

4. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to say in the morning: "Allahumma bika asbahna, wa

bika amsaina, wa bika nahya, wa bika namutu, wa ilaikan-nushur

ُ ُّ ‫ وإليك الن‬،‫نموت‬
‫شور‬ ُ ‫ وبك نَ ْحيا وبك‬،‫أمسيْنا‬
َ ‫ال َّل ُه َّم بك أصبَ ْحنا وبك‬
(O Allah! With Your Power we have come to the morning, with Your Power we
come to the evening, with Your Power we live, and we die, and to You will we
return)." In the evening he would say: "Allahumma bika amsaina, wa bika nahya,
wa bika namutu, wa ilaikal-maseer
ُ
‫ﻧﻤﻮت وإﻟﯿﻚ اﻟﻤﺼﯿ ُﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﻠﱠﮭ ﱠﻢ ﺑﻚ أﻣﺴﯿﻨﺎ وﺑﻚ أﺻﺒﺤﻨﺎ وﺑﻚ ﻧﺤﯿﺎ وﺑﻚ‬
O Allah! With Your Power, we have come to the evening, by You do we live, by
You do we die, and to You is the return)."60

5. Allāhumma `ālima ‘l-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fātiras-samāwāti wa ‘l-ardh,Rabba

kulli shay'in wa malīkah,ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant,a`ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī,
wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa `alā nafsī sū'an, aw ajurrahu ilā
Muslim.
ٍ
‫ أش َه ُد أن ال إ َل َه‬،‫شيء وملي َك ُه‬ ِّ ‫رب‬
‫كل‬ َّ ،‫واألرض‬ ِ ِ
‫ماوات‬ َّ ‫فاطر‬
‫الس‬ ِ ‫والش‬
‫هادة‬ َّ ِ
‫الغيب‬ ‫ال َّله َّم عال َم‬
َ
‫ف على نَفسي سو ًء أو‬ َ ‫ وأن أقت ِر‬،‫رك ِه‬
ِ ‫وش‬ ِ ‫يطان‬
ِ َّ ‫وشر‬
‫الش‬ ِّ ِّ ‫ أعوذُ ِب َك من‬،‫أنت‬
،‫شر نفسي‬ َ ‫إال‬ ّ
ٍ ‫أج َّرهُ إلى مسلِم‬
ُ
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the evident, Maker of the heavens and the
earth, Lord of everything and its Master, I bear witness that there is none worthy of

59 Muslim (2723) from Abdullah ibn Masoud 0, and the additions are other wordings from him.
60 Musnad Ahmad (2/408,429,476) from Abu Huraira 0. Graded: Hasan with supporting routes.

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worship but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of
Satan and his helpers.61

6. He who recites three times every morning and evening: 'Bismillahil-ladhi la

yadurru ma'as-mihi shai'un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama'i, wa Huwas-Sami'ul-'Alim

‫السميعُ ال َعلي ُم‬ ِ ‫الس‬

َّ ‫ماء وهو‬ ِ ‫األر‬
َّ ‫ض وال في‬ ِ ُ َ‫باسم ِ اهللِ ا َّلذي ال ي‬
ْ ‫ض ُّر معَ اسمه شي ٌء في‬
(In the Name of Allah with Whose Name there is protection against every kind of
harm in the earth or in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing and All- Knowing),'
nothing will harm him.62

7. Allāhumma innī as'aluka 'l-`afwa wal `āfiyah fid-dunyā wal-Akhirah,

Allāhumma innī as'aluka 'l-`afwa wal `āfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya, wa ahlī, wa mālī,
Allāhummastur `awrātī, wa āmin raw`ātī, Allāhummaḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya,
wa min khalfī, wa `an yamīnī, wa `an shimālī, wa min fawqī, wa a`ūdhu
bi`aẓamatika an 'ughtāla min taḥtī.
ِ
‫ في‬،‫ ال َّله َّم إنِّي أسأ ُل َك العف َو والعافي َة‬،‫واآلخرة‬ ‫ في ال ُّدنيا‬،‫ال َّله َّم إنِّي أسأ ُل َك العف َو والعافي َة‬
ِ‫ ال َّله َّم احفَظْني من بني‬،‫وعاتي‬
ِ ‫وآم ْن َر‬ ِ ،‫ ال َّله َّم استُر َعوراتي‬،‫ وأهلي ومالي‬،‫نياي‬ َ ‫ِديني و ُد‬
ْ
‫تال ِمن تحتي‬ ِ
َ ‫بعظمت َك أن أ ُ ْغ‬ ِ َ‫ ومن ف‬،‫ وعن شمالي‬،‫ وعن يميني‬،‫ ومن خلفي‬،‫يدي‬
ُ‫ وأعوذ‬،‫وقي‬ َّ
O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and Your protection in this world and the next. O
Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and Your protection in my religion, in my worldly
affairs, in my family and in my wealth. O Allah, conceal my secrets and preserve
me from anguish. O Allah, guard me from what is in front of me and behind me,
from my left, and from my right, and from above me. I seek refuge in Your
Greatness from being struck down from beneath me.63

61Abu Dawood (5067), Tirmidhi (3392), from Abu Huraira 0. As-Saheeh Al-Musnad (1333): Graded:
Saheeh. Saheeh At-Tirmidhi (2701).
62Abu Dawood (5088), Tirmidhi (3388) from Uthman bin Affan 0. As-Saheeh Al-Musnad (910): Graded:
Hasan. Saheeh At-Tirmidhi (2697). Whoever says this in that morning, nothing will harm him until the
evening, and whoever says it in the evening, nothing will harm him until the morning.
63Abu Dawood (5074) from Abdullah bin Umar 5. As-Saheeh Al-Musnad (765): Graded: Saheeh. Saheeh
ibn Majah (3121).

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8. Aṣbahnā `alā fiṭrati ‘l-Islām, wa `alā kalimati ‘l-ikhlās, wa `alā dīni nabiyyinā
Muḥammadin (ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa sallam), wa `alā millati abīnā Ibrāhīm, ḥanīfan
Musliman wa mā kāna mina ‘l-mushrikīn.

‫وم َّل ِة أبينا إبراهي َم‬

ِ ،‫محم ٍد ﷺ‬
َّ ِ ،‫اإلخالص‬
ِ ‫ود‬
‫ين نب ِّينا‬ ِ ِ ِ‫ و َكل‬،ِ ‫طرة اإلسالم‬
‫مة‬ ِ ‫أَصبَ ْحنا على ِف‬
َ ‫ ولم َي ُك ْن ِم َن املُش ِرك‬،‫َحني ًفا‬
‫ني‬
We have entered a new day upon the natural religion of Islam, the word of sincere
devotion, the religion of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him), and the faith of our father Ibrahim. He was upright (in worshipping
Allah), and a Muslim. He was not of those who worship others besides Allah.64

9. "He who utters a hundred times in a day these words: 'La ilaha illallahu,
wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli sha'in
Qadir
ِ ٍ َ َ‫الَ إِ َل َه إِ ّال اهللَُّ َو ْح َدهُ ال‬
َ ‫ش ِر‬
ٌ ‫ َوهو على ُك ِّل شيء َقد‬،‫الح ْم ُد‬
‫ير‬ َ ‫ له امل ُ ْل ُك َو َل ُه‬،‫يك له‬
(there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him; His
is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent), he will have a
reward equivalent to that for emancipating ten slaves, a hundred good deeds will
be recorded to his credit, hundred of his sins will be blotted out from his scroll, and
he will be safeguarded against the devil on that day till the evening; and no one
will exceed him in doing more excellent good deeds except someone who has
recited these words more often than him.65

10. 'A'udhu bikalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa

َ‫خ َلق‬ َ ‫ات ِمن‬

َ ‫ش ِّر ما‬ ِ ‫مات اهللِ التّا ّم‬
ِ ِ‫أ َ ُعوذُ ب َكل‬

64Musnad Ahmad (14821) agreed from AbdulRahman ibn Abza 0. Graded: Saheeh. As-Saheeha (2989).
[Natural Religion]: It is the religion that Allah the Exalted made naturally disposed for His creation, so the
ascription is of natural to the religion is a clarification to that. [Sincere Word of Devotion]: It is a word that is
a proof of the sincerity of the person who says it, and the utterer obtains sincerity by it, and it is the word of
At-Tawheed [I.e. Laa Ilaaha Illa Allaah] (Sindi).
65 Bukhari (6403), Muslim (2691) from Abu Huraira 0.

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(I seek the protection of Allah's Perfect Words from the evil of whatever He has
created),' 3 times in the evening.66

11. When the night time would enter he would read the last two verses of Surah
Baqarah Allah says:

َّ َ َ َ ٌّ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ ّ َّ ْ َ َ ُ َ ُ ُ َّ َ َ َ
ِ)‫نزل إِلهِ مِن ربِهِۦ وٱلمؤمِنون ۚ ك ءامن بِٱ‬ ِ ‫ءامن ٱلرسول بِمآ أ‬
ّ َ ََْ ُ َُ َ ُ َ َ
‫َو َملـٰٓئِكتِهِۦ َوك ُتبِهِۦ َو ُر ُسلِهِۦ ^ نف ّ ِرق بي أح ٍد مِن‬
َ
َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ
^ ‫لك ٱلم ِصي‬C ‫ُّر ُسلِهِۦ ۚ وقالوا س ِمعنا وأطعنا ۖ غفرانك ربنا‬
ُ َ
َ‫ت ۗ َر َّبنا‬ ْ ‫ٱكتَ َس َب‬ ْ ْ ‫ٱ) َن ْف ًسا إ َّ^ ُو ْس َع َها ۚ ل َ َها َما َك َس َب‬
َ‫ت َو َعلَيْ َها ما‬ ُ َّ ‫ك ّل ِ ُف‬َ ُ
‫ي‬
ِ
ْ ْ َ َ َ َّ
ُ‫حلْ َتهۥ‬ َ َ ‫صا َك َما‬ ً ْ ‫خ َطأنَا ۚ َر َّب َنا َو َ^ َتْ ِم ْل َعلَيْ َنآ إ‬ ْ‫سينآ أو أ‬ِ ‫خذنآ إِن ن‬
َْ َُ َ
ِ ‫^ تؤا‬
ِ
َّ‫ٱع ُف َعنا‬ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ
‫¼ ٱلِين مِن قبلِنا ۚ ربنا و^ ت ِملنا ما ^ طاقة لا بِهِۦ ۖ و‬
َ‫ك ٰـفِرين‬ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َٰ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ
ِ ‫نا فٱنصنا ¼ ٱلقو ِم ٱل‬À‫وٱغفِر لا وٱرحنآ ۚ أنت مول‬
The Messenger (Muhammad ‫ )ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﮫ وﺳﻠﻢ‬believes in what has been sent
down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in
Allâh, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say), "We make no
distinction between one another of His Messengers" - and they say, "We hear,
and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return
(of all). Allâh burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that
(good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has
earned. "Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay
not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and
Christians); our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength
to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our

66Muslim (2709) in suspended form, Malik (1778), Musnad Ahmad (2/290, 374), Abu Dawood (3899), Ibn
Majah (3528) raised to the Prophet from Abu Huraira 0: Graded: Saheeh. Saheeh ibn Majah (2836). If he
says this, nothing will sting him that night. I.e. Scorpions and things of that nature.

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Maulâ (Patron, Supporter and Protector, etc.) and give us victory over the
disbelieving people.
[Surah Al-Baqarah, (2:285-286)]67
He would also read Surah Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Naas.68

12. At the time of sleeping, he would read Ayatul Kursi.69

َ ُ َّ ٌ ْ َ َ َ ٌ َ ُ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ُّ َ ْ ُّ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ َ ُ َّ
‫ٱ) ل إِلـه إِ^ هو ٱلح ٱلقيوم ۚ ^ تأخذهۥ ِسنة و^ نوم ۚ لۥ ما ِف‬
َ ‫ٱلس َم ٰـ َوٰت َو َما ف ْٱلَ ْر ِض ۗ َمن َذا َّٱلِى ي َ ْش َف ُع ع‬
َ‫ِندهُ ٓۥ إ َّ^ بإذْنِهِۦ ۚ َي ْعلَ ُم ما‬ َّ
ِِ ِ ِ ِ
َ ‫ش ٍء ّم ِْن عِلْ ِمهِۦٓ إ َّ^ ب َما َش‬
َ‫آء ۚ َو ِسع‬ ْ َ َ ُ ُ ََ ْ ُ َْ َ َ َ ْ َْ ََْ
ِ ِ ِ ‫بي أي ِدي ِهم وما خلفهم ۖ و^ يِيطون ب‬
ُ‫ل ٱلْ َع ِظيم‬ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ ُ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ٰ َ َّ ُ ُّ ْ ُ
ُّ ِ ‫حفظهما ۚ وهو ٱلع‬ ِ ‫ت وٱلرض ۖ و^ يـٔودهۥ‬ ِ ٰ ‫كر ِسيه ٱلسمـو‬
Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Al-
Hayyul-Qayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that
exists). Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is
in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is he that can intercede with
Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His
creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And
they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He
wills. His Kursî extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no
fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most
Great.
[Surah Al-Baqarah, (2:255)]

67Bukhari (5009), Muslim (808) from Abu Masoud Al-Ansari 0. Whoever reads these two verses from the
end of Surat Al-Baqarah in a night then they would suffice him. Meaning: Suffice him from every evil. (Ibn
Baz)
68Musnad Ahmad (4/148,158) from Uqbah ibn ‘Amer 0. “Do not let a night pass without reading them”.
Tahqeeq Al-Musnad (17334): Graded: Hasan. Saheeha (891),(2861).
69Bukhari (2311) in suspended form, and An-Nasa’i connected it in ‘Actions of the Day and Night’ (959)
from Abu Huraira 0. Graded: Saheeh. Saheeha (11/21). Whoever does this: There will not cease to be a
protector from Allah upon you, and no Shaytan will be able to come close to you until you awake in the
morning.

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13. When he would enter the toilet area he would say “Allāhumma 'innī 'a`ūdhu
bika minal-khubthi walkhabā’ith.
ِ ‫بائ‬
‫ث‬ ِ ‫خ‬ ِ ُ‫خب‬
َ ‫ث وال‬ ُ ‫بك ِم َن ال‬
َ ُ‫ال َّل ُه َّم إنِّي أ ُعوذ‬

O Allah, I seek protection in You from evil and the evil ones (or, from the evil male
and female Jinn)."70
And when exiting: Ghufranak.71
‫ُغفْرانَك‬

14. When he would get angry, he would say Authu Billahi Minashaytaanir Rajeem
ِ ‫الر‬
ِ ‫جيم‬ َّ ‫أ ُعوذُ باهللَِّ ِم َن‬
ِ ‫الش ْي‬
َّ ‫طان‬
15. When he would enter his house, he would remember Allah.72

16. When he would eat or drink, he would say Bismillah.73

17. He would recite Surah Al-Baqarah often.74

18. When he would arrive somewhere he would say: “A'udhu bikalimat-illahit-

tammati min sharri ma khalaqa

70 Bukhari (142), Muslim (375) from Anas ibn Malik 0.

71 Abu Dawood (30) from the Mother of the Believers, A’isha 1. Saheeh Abu Dawood (23), graded Hasan.
72Muslim (2018) from Jabir ibn Abdillah 0. “When a person enters his house and mentions the name of
Allah at the time of entering it and while eating the food, Satan says (addressing himself: You have no place
to spend the night and no evening meal; but when he enters without mentioning the name of Allah, the Satan
says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention the name of Allah while
eating food, he (the Satan) says: You have found a place to spend the night and evening meal.”
73Muslim (2017) from Hudhaifa 0. “Shaytan considers that food lawful on which Allah’s Name is not
mentioned.” Meaning: The shaytan is capable over a plate of food that a person began to eat from without
remembering Allah first. If no one had started to eat from it, then he does not gain that capability. (An-
Nawawi)
74Muslim (780) from Abu Huraira 0. “Shaytan flee from the house where Suratul Baqarah is recited
therein.” And from Abu Umamah Al-Bahili 0: “Read Suratul Baqarah, for taking recourse to it is a blessing,
and leaving it off is a cause for weakness, and the magicians are not able to confront it.” Collected by Muslim
(804).

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َ‫خ َلق‬ َ ‫ات ِمن‬

َ ‫ش ِّر ما‬ ِ ‫مات اهللِ التّا ّم‬
ِ ِ‫أ َ ُعوذُ ب َكل‬

(I seek refuge with the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has
created),' nothing will harm him until he leaves that place.”75

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Oh One Who Is Sick, Do Not Despair of a Cure

I
t comes from Abu Huraira 0 from the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬that he said, “There is no
disease that Allah has created, except that He also has created its treatment."76

From Jaabir 0 that he ‫ ﷺ‬said, “There is a remedy for every sickness, and when
the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious.”77

From Usamah ibn Shareek 0 he said the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said, “Make use of medical
treatment, for Allah has not made a disease without appointing a remedy for it,
with the exception of one disease, namely old age.”78

75Muslim (2708) from Khawlah bint Hakeem 1. If he says it: “Nothing will harm him until he leaves the
place [where he said it]”
76 Bukhari (5678)
77 Muslim (2204) and in the Hadeeth of Jaabir 0 is an indication that the cure is held at the sickness by the
permission of Allah, and that is when the medicine could exceed the boundary of the amount or the method
which causes it to be unsuccessful, rather it could even be a cause for another sickness. In the hadeeth of ibn
Masoud 0 is an indication that some of the cures are not known to everyone; and in the narrations you find
the establishment of taking the means, and that does not negate the act of reliance upon Allah for the one
who believes that it is by the Decree of Allah and His Permission and that it does not succeed in and of
itself, rather it does so by what Allah has Decreed for it, and that the cure could be turned into sickness if
Allah decided this affair, and in it is an indication towards the statement in the hadeeth of Jaabir 0: “By the
Permission of Allah”, so all of this is encompassed in the Decree of Allah and His Ordainment. Also seeking
medication does not negate reliance upon Allah, similar to how reliance upon Allah is not negated by you
quenching your thirst by drinking, or by satisfying your hunger by eating, and by you staying away from the
destructive affairs while calling upon Allah seeking wellbeing and protection from them, and other than it.
(Al-Fath)
78 Tirmidhi (2038), Abu Dawood (3855), Ibn Majah (3436).

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From Abdullah Ibn Masooud 0 he said the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said, “Allah does not send
down any disease, but He also sends down the cure for it those who are aware of it
are aware and those who are ignorant of it are ignorant.”79

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79 Musnad Ahmad (3438). Saheeh Al-Jami’ (5558).

Benefit: Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah ibn Baz 6 said as it comes in Majmoo’ Al-Fatawa (3/274): Seeking
medical treatment is permitted according to consensus, and for the Muslim to go to the doctor for sickness
that are internal, or wound related, or mental illness, and other than it; so that he can diagnose for him his
sickness, and to prescribe for him the treatment for it from that which is permitted by the legislation, in
accordance to that which he knows from his knowledge of medicine, since this is from the angle of taking
the means that are normally permitted, and this does not negate the act of relying upon Allah The Sublime
and the Exalted.

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‫صفة رقية الب صل ا) عليه وسلم‬
RUQYAH OF THE PROPHET ‫ﷺ‬

Written By:
Shaykh Abdullah bin Ahmad
Al-Iryani

Translated By:
Majid Jawed Al Afghanee

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