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9 duas

Dua for the sick

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Transliteration

Allahumma Rabban-nas, adhhibil-ba's, ishfi wa antash-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uk, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama

Translation

O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction. Cure, for You are the Curer. There is no cure except Your cure, a cure that leaves no illness behind.

Bukhari 5743

Dua when visiting the sick

لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Transliteration

La ba'sa tahurun in sha Allah

Translation

No harm — it is a purification, if Allah wills.

Bukhari 3616

Dua for pain in the body

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (ثلاثًا) أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (سبعًا)

Transliteration

Bismillah (3x), A'udhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhir (7x)

Translation

In the name of Allah (three times). I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and fear (seven times), placing the hand on the place of pain.

Muslim 2202

Dua for good health of body, hearing and sight

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Transliteration

Allahumma 'afini fi badani, Allahumma 'afini fi sam'i, Allahumma 'afini fi basari, la ilaha illa ant

Translation

O Allah, grant health to my body. O Allah, grant health to my hearing. O Allah, grant health to my sight. There is no god but You.

Abu Dawud 5090

Seeking refuge from serious illnesses

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الْأَسْقَامِ

Transliteration

Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-barasi wal-jununi wal-judhami wa min sayyi'il-asqam

Translation

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases.

Abu Dawud 1554

Dua of Prophet Ayyub (Job)

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Transliteration

Anni massaniyad-durru wa anta arhamur-rahimin

Translation

Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

Quran 21:83

Ruqyah of Jibril

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ، اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ

Transliteration

Bismillahi arqik, min kulli shay'in yu'dhik, min sharri kulli nafsin aw 'ayni hasid, Allahu yashfik, bismillahi arqik

Translation

In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye. May Allah cure you. In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah for you.

Muslim 2186

Gratitude for health

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا

Transliteration

Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi 'afani mimmab-talaka bihi wa faddalani 'ala kathirin mimman khalaqa tafdila

Translation

Praise be to Allah Who has spared me from what He has afflicted you with, and preferred me greatly over many of those He created.

Tirmidhi 3432

Dua for a long, righteous life

اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسِنْ عَاقِبَتَنَا فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ

Transliteration

Allahumma ahsin 'aqibatana fil-umuri kulliha, wa ajirna min khizyid-dunya wa 'adhabil-akhirah

Translation

O Allah, make good our end in all affairs, and protect us from disgrace in this world and punishment in the Hereafter.

Ahmad 17330