Someone you love is ill
Sitting beside the sick
21 verified supplications · 11 written out in full
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ
When someone you love is ill
Said seven times at the side of one who is sick.
لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
When you sit with someone who is ill
What the Prophet ﷺ would say to comfort the one who was sick.
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِهِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ …
Asking for someone to be healed
The Prophet ﷺ would wipe with his right hand while saying it.
اللَّهُمَّ فِي الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى
The last words he ﷺ said
Spoken as he was dying, with his hand raised.
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا وَأَتْمِمْ لَهُ هِجْرَتَهُ
Praying for a particular person to be healed
The Prophet ﷺ said this over Saʿd, naming him, three times.
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ …
When you need something to hold on to
What the Qur'an says it is for.
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ …
Who does the healing
Ibrāhīm ﷺ listing what his Lord does, and changing person for one clause
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ
What he ﷺ said while dying
Aisha watched him dipping his hand in water and wiping his face.
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا
Sitting with someone frightened of dying
Saʿd wept when he ﷺ visited him during his illness in Makkah.
أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اشْفِهِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً …
Wiping with the right hand while saying it
Aisha described exactly what he did when he visited someone ill.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى
What he said while Aisha held his hand
She was rubbing his hand with it while he was dying.
From the wider collections
Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.
اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5675 · Patients
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ مُذْهِبَ الْبَاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شَافِيَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5742 · Medicine
تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 5345 · The Book of Drinks
اشْفِهِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 5709 · The Book of Greetings
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ إِلاَّ عَافَاهُ اللَّهُ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3106 · Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ لَنَا فِي الْخَمْرِ بَيَانًا شِفَاءً فَنَزَلَتِ الآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3670 · Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ مُذْهِبَ الْبَاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شَافِيَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3890 · Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ إِلاَّ عُوفِيَ
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2083 · Chapters on Medicine
اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ وَاشْفِ فَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3565 · Chapters on Supplication
سُبْحَانَهُ لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً إِلاَّ وَضَعَ مَعَهُ شِفَاءً إِلاَّ الْهَرَمَ
Sunan Ibn Mājah 3436 · Chapters on Medicine