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Allah 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.

Dua 1 · Morning adhkar

Asking for pardon and well-being

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي. اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

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)
Dua 2 · Evening adhkar

Asking for pardon and well-being

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي. اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

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)
Dua 3 · Daily-life duas

Visiting someone who is ill

لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

La ba'sa, tahur inshaAllah.

No harm, a purification, if Allah wills.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3616

Also recommended to say seven times: 'As'alu-llaha-l-'Adheem, Rabba-l-'arshi-l-'adheem, an yashfiyak', I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you.