Duas for illness & healing. For yourself or someone you love
Allah (SWT) is Ash-Shaafi, the One who heals. The Prophet ﷺ taught short supplications for asking Him for healing, for the sick we visit, and for our own afwa wal-afiya (pardon and well-being) every morning and evening.
7 sourced Du'as Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source
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Anni massaniya-d-durr, the call of Ayyub (AS) in pain
Allahumma inni as'aluka-l-'afwa wa-l-'afiyata fi-d-dunya wa-l-akhira. Allahumma inni as'aluka-l-'afwa wa-l-'afiyata fi dini wa dunyaya wa ahli wa mali. Allahumma-stur 'awrati wa amin raw'ati. Allahumma-hfadhni min bayni yadayya wa min khalfi, wa 'an yamini wa 'an shimali, wa min fawqi, wa a'udhu bi 'adhamatika an ughtala min tahti.
“O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this life and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and set my fears at ease. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and behind me, to my right and to my left, and from above me. I seek refuge in Your greatness lest I be taken unaware from beneath me.”
Sunan Abi Dawud 5074, Sunan Ibn Majah 3871 (sahih)
Also recommended to say seven times: 'As'alu-llaha-l-'Adheem, Rabba-l-'arshi-l-'adheem, an yashfiyak', I ask Allah (SWT) the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you.
Allahumma Rabba-n-nas, adhhibi-l-ba's, ishfihi wa Anta-sh-Shafi. La shifa'a illa shifa'uk, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama.
“O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the suffering and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5743
A direct Prophetic supplication asking Allah (SWT) to remove suffering and grant a complete healing that leaves no illness behind.
As'alu-llaha-l-'Adheem, Rabba-l-'Arshi-l-'Adheem, an yashfiyak.
“I ask Allah the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to cure you.”
Sunan Abi Dawud 3106 (sahih)
A short supplication to say seven times when visiting an ill Muslim whose final moment has not arrived, asking Allah (SWT), Lord of the Mighty Throne, to grant healing.
Bismi-llahi arqik, min kulli shay'in yu'dhik, min sharri kulli nafsin aw 'ayni hasid. Allahu yashfik. Bismi-llahi arqik.
“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.”
Sahih Muslim 2186
An authentic ruqyah taught in Sahih Muslim, seeking Allah's healing and protection from harm and the envious eye without charms or unsupported formulas.