What a man was told to say when he asked to see again
He was offered the option of being patient first.
أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ لِتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ فَشَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ
Asʾaluka wa atawajjahu ilayka bi-nabiyyika Muḥammadin nabiyyi-r-raḥmah. Innī tawajjahtu bika ilā rabbī fī ḥājatī hādhihi li-tuqḍā lī. Allāhumma fa-shaffiʿhu fiyy
“I ask You and I turn to You by Your prophet Muhammad, the prophet of mercy. I have turned by you to my Lord in this need of mine, so that it may be granted. O Allah, accept his intercession for me.”
Where this comes from
A blind man asked him to pray that Allah would restore his sight. He said: if you wish I will delay that, and that would be better for you. The man said: pray. So he told him to perform the washing well, pray two units, and say this.
The full narration
Uthman bin Hunaif narrated that a blind man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:“Supplicate to Allah to heal me.” He (ﷺ) said: “If you wish I will supplicate for you, and if you wish, you can be patient, for that is better for you.” He said: “Then supplicate to Him.” He said: “So he ordered him to perform Wudu’ and to make his Wudu’ complete, and to supplicate with this supplication: ‘O Allah, I ask You and turn towards You by Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), the Prophet of Mercy. Indeed, I have turned to my Lord, by means of You, concerning this need of mine, so that it can be resolved, so O Allah so accept his intercession for me (Allāhumma innī as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika binabiyyka Muḥammadin nabi-ir-raḥmati, innī tawajjahtu bika ila rabbī fī ḥājatī hādhihī lituqḍā lī, Allāhumma fashaffi`hu fīyya).’”
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 3578
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Bashar Awad Maarouf: Hasan Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih