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Summary Chart of Ruqiyah Du’aa for the Sick [1]

Ruqyah (singular)/ Ruqaa (plural): Supplications to ask Allaah to cure sickness.

There are du’aa that the sick person says over himself and du’aa that the one visiting the sick says over him. (Not all of them need to be said altogether at one time).

The sources and ahaadeeth in full for the du’aa are listed below the chart with the same numbering as in the chart.

	أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم	Who says it
1	Sooratul Faatihah:	The sick person and the visitor
2	Sooratul Ikhlaas	The sick person and the visitor
3	Sooratul Falaq	The sick person and the visitor
4	Sooratun Naas	The sick person and the visitor
5	Sooratul Kaafiroon	The sick person
6	بِسْمِ اللَّهِ x3)‏‏( أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (x7) In the name of Allaah I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that I find and that I fear	The sick person
7	لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللهِ	The sick person (who has no hope of recovery)
8	اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى O Allah! Forgive me and bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join with the highest companions
9	بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ In the name of Allaah I make ruqyah over you from everything that may harm you and from the evil of every person or eye of the jealous one. Allaah cure you in the name of Allah I make ruqyah over you.	The visitor
10	اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِه وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا O Allaah, Lord of the people, remove the harm, cure him and You are the Curer, there is no cure except Your cure, a cure that leaves behind no illness.	The visitor
11	اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ مُذْهِبَ الْبَاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شَافِيَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا O Allaah, Lord of the people, remover of harm, cure for You are the Curer, there is no curer except You, a cure that leaves behind no illness .	The visitor
12	أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ (x7)    I ask Allaah the Most Great, Lord of the great throne to cure you.	The visitor
13	لا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إنْ شَاءَ الله Don’t worry a purification inshaa Allaah	The visitor
14	اللهم اشْفِ say the name 3 times i.e ‘O Allaah cure Bilaal’ x3	The visitor

Suwar in Full:

	أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم	The Noble Qur’aan Translation of Meanings
1	Sooratul Faatihah:	1. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.   2. All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).   3. The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.   4. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)   5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).   6. Guide us to the Straight Way  7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).
2	Sooratul Ikhlaas بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم	1. Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, (the) One. 2. "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). 3. "He begets not, nor was He begotten; 4. "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."
3	Sooratul Falaq بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم	1. Say: "I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak, 2. "From the evil of what He has created; 3. "And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness; (or the moon as it sets or goes away). 4. "And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots, 5. "And from the evil of the envier when he envies."
4	Sooratun Naas بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم	1. Say: "I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind, 2. "The King of mankind, 3. "The Ilah (God) of mankind, 4. "From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in one's heart after one remembers Allah) , 5. "Who whispers in the breasts of mankind, 6. "Of jinns and men."
5	Sooratul Kaafiroon بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم	1. Say (O Muhammad) to these Mushrikun and Kafirun): "O Al-Kafirun (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in Al-Qadar, etc.)! 2. "I worship not that which you worship, 3. "Nor will you worship that which I worship. 4. "And I shall not worship that which you are worshipping. 5. "Nor will you worship that which I worship. 6. "To you be your religion, and to me my religion (Islamic Monotheism)."

Sources used:

‘What to recite over the Sick’ by Shaykh ‘AbdurRazzaaq al Badr. Click here to read it on www.dhikrcharts.blogspot.com.

Jaam’i Saheeh al-Adhkaar by Shaykh Al-Albaanee. Daar al Moayyad. 2005

www.sunnah.com

Ahaadeeth in full according to the numbering in the chart above:

1.       It is narrated by Sa’eed al Khudree رضي الله عنه that, A group of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded on a journey till they dismounted near one of the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as their guests, but they (the tribe people) refused to entertain them. Then the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and he was given all sorts of treatment, but all in vain. Some of them said, "Will you go to the group (those travellers) who have dismounted near you and see if one of them has something useful?" They came to them and said, "O 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 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 (ﷺ) and 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."[2]

2.       3 & 4 In the two Saheehs ‘Aa’ishah رضي الله عنها  said, Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) became sick, he would recite Mu'awwidhat (Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An- Nas) and then blow over his body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two Surahs) and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.[3]

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى يَقْرَأُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ، فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا‏.‏

'A'isha reported that when any of the members of the household fell ill Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to blow over him by reciting Mu'awwidhatan, and when he suffered from the illness from which he died I used to blow over him and rubbed his body with his hand for his hand had greater blessing than my hand.[4]

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا مَرِضَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ نَفَثَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ فَلَمَّا مَرِضَ مَرَضَهُ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ جَعَلْتُ أَنْفُثُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُهُ بِيَدِ نَفْسِهِ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْ يَدِي ‏.‏

Saying ‘mu’awidhaat’ means Sooratul Ikhlaas, Sooratul Falaq and Sooratun Naas. Sooratul Ikhlaas is included with them due to it containing the description of ar-Rabb even if it does not have the word أعوذ. [5] The hadeeth indicates the great station of these three suwar and that they are a Ruqyah and a cure for pain by Allaah’s permission.

5.       ‘Alee رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was bitten by a scorpion whilst he was praying so when he finished he said,

Allaah cursed the scorpion. It doesn’t leave a person who is praying or anyone else. Then he asked for water and salt which he rubbed on it and recited Sooratul Kaafiroon, Sooratul Falaq and Sooratun Naas. (Silsilah Saheehah 548)

" لعن الله العقرب لا تدع مصليا ولا غيره. ثم دعا بماء وملح وجعل يمسح  عليها ويقرأ بـ * (قل يا أيها الكافرون) * و * (قل أعوذ برب الفلق) * و * (قل أعوذ برب الناس) * ".

6.       From what is recited over the sick person is what is authentic in Saheeh Muslim from ‘Uthmaan bin Abee al ‘Aas that he complained to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم of a pain in his body. So the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in your body and say Bismillah (in the name of Allah) three times and seven times أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ A'oodhu billaahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhaadhir  (I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that I find and that I fear).”[6]

عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ الثَّقَفِيِّ، أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَجَعًا يَجِدُهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي تَأَلَّمَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ وَقُلْ

 بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ ثَلاَثًا ‏.‏

وَقُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

7.       Aboo Hurayrah and Aboo Sa’eed رضي الله عنهما said that they witnessed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say,

If a servant says لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر Allaah says, my servant has spoken the truth there is none worthy of worship except Me and I am the Most Great.

If a servant says لا إله إلا الله وحده Allaah says, my servant has spoken the truth there is none worthy of worship except Me alone.

If a servant says لا إله إلا الله لا شريك له Allaah says, my servant has spoken the truth there is none worthy of worship except Me without partner to Me.

If a servant says لا إله إلا الله له الملك وله الحمد Allaah says, my servant has spoken the truth there is none worthy of worship except me and Mine is the dominion and to Me is all praise.

If a servant says لا إله إلا الله ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله Allaah says, my servant has spoken the truth there is none worthy of worship except Me and there is no might or power except by Me.

Whoever says this at the time of death – the fire will not touch him. (Silsilah Saheeh 1390)

عن أبي هريرة وأبي سعيد أنهما شهدا على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
قال:«إذا قال العبد: لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر قال الله: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا وأنا أكبر، فإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا وحدي فإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله لا شريك له قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا ولا شريك لي، فإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله له الملك وله الحمد قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا لي الملك ولي الحمد، فإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بي.... من رزقهن عند موته لم تمسه النار» .

8.  `Aisha رضي الله عنها  narrated:

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ), who was resting against me, saying, "O Allah! Forgive me and bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join with the highest companions (in Paradise)." See Qur'an (4.69). Saheeh al Bukhaaree 5674.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ مُسْتَنِدٌ إِلَىَّ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى ‏"‏‏.‏

9. It is authentically reported in Saheeh Muslim that Abu Sa'eed رضي الله عنه reported that Jibreel came to Allaah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

O Muhammad, have you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Jibreel) said: "In the name of Allaah I make ruqyah over you from everything that may harm you and from the evil of every person or eye of the jealous one. Allaah cure you in the name of Allah I make ruqyah over you."^[7]

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اشْتَكَيْتَ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ نَعَمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ ‏.‏

10. It is authentically related in the two Saheehs that `Aa’ishah رضي الله عنها said:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the place of ailment and used to say, "O Allah, Lord of the people! Remove the harm and heal the patient, for You are The Healer. There is no cure except Your cure; healing that will leave behind no ailment."^[8]

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُعَوِّذُ بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ، يَمْسَحُ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَيَقُولُ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِه وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا ‏"‏‏.‏

11. In Saheeh al Bukhaaree ‘Abdul `Aziz bin Suhayb رضي الله عنه said,

Thabit and I went to Anas bin Malik. Thabit said, "O Abu Hamza! I am sick." On that Anas said, "Shall I treat you with the Ruqyah of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Thabit said, "Yes," Anas recited, "O Allah! The Lord of the people, the Remover of harm! Heal! For You are The Healer. None brings about healing but You; a healing that will leave behind no ailment."^[9]

عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَثَابِتٌ، عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ ثَابِتٌ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ اشْتَكَيْتُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ أَلاَ أَرْقِيكَ بِرُقْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ مُذْهِبَ الْبَاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شَافِيَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا ‏"‏‏.‏

12. Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone visits a sick whose time (of death) has not come, and says with him seven times: I ask Allah, the Mighty, the Lord of the mighty Throne, to cure you, Allah will cure him from that disease. (Aboo Daawood no. 3106)

حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَبُو خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَحْضُرْ أَجَلُهُ فَقَالَ عِنْدَهُ سَبْعَ مِرَارٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ إِلاَّ عَافَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَرَضِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

13.   Narrated Ibn `Abbas رضي الله عنه :

The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit a sick bedouin. Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to a patient, he used to say to him, "Don't worry, if Allah will, it will be expiation (for your sins):" The bedouin said, "You say expiation? No, it is but a fever that is boiling or harassing an old man and will lead him to his grave without his will." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then, yes, it is so." (Saheeh al Bukhaaree 5656)

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُخْتَارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ ـ قَالَ ـ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ‏"‏ لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتَ طَهُورٌ، كَلاَّ بَلْ هِيَ حُمَّى تَفُورُ ـ أَوْ تَثُورُ ـ عَلَى شَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ، تُزِيرُهُ الْقُبُورَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَنَعَمْ إِذًا ‏"‏‏.‏

14. Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me during my illness and supplicated, "O Allah! Cure Sa'd. O Allah! Cure Sa'd. O Allah! Cure Sa'd."

(Muslim 1628).

وعن سعد بن أبي وقاص، رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ عادني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال‏:‏ ‏ "‏اللهم اشف سعداً، اللهم اشف سعداً، اللهم اشف سعداً‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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[1] Compiled by Umm ‘AbdirRahmaan 1440/2019         www.dhikrcharts.blogspot.com

[2] Saheeh al Bukhaaree 5749; Saheeh Muslim 2201.

[3] Saheeh al Bukharee 5016

[4] Saheeh Muslim 2192 a

[5] See Fath al Baari of Ibn Hajar 9/62

[6] Saheeh Muslim 2202

[7] Saheeh Muslim 2186

[8] Saheeh al-Bukhari 5743

[9] Saheeh al-Bukhari 5742