A prayer for the sick with a reason attached
It asks for recovery and then says what the recovery is for.
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى جَنَازَةٍ
Allāhumma-shfi ʿabdaka yankaʾu laka ʿaduwwan aw yamshī laka ilā janāzah
“O Allah, heal Your servant, that he may wound an enemy for You, or walk to a funeral for You.”
Where this comes from
Two ordinary uses for a working body, one at either end of the scale. Standing against something, or walking somewhere on foot for someone else. One narration of the same hadith has walking to the prayer in place of the funeral.
The full narration
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man comes to visit a sick person, he should say: O Allah, cure Thy servant, who may then wreak havoc on an enemy for your sake, or walk at a funeral for your sake. Abu Dawud said: Ibn As-Sarh (one of the narrators) said: "Ilas-salat (To the Salat)
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 3107
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Hasan