Dua for Visiting the Sick

لَا بَأْسَ، طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Transliteration: La ba'sa, tahurun in sha' Allah.

Translation: No harm — it is a purification (from sins), if Allah wills.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5656

When to recite: When visiting someone who is ill.

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Dua for Healing a Sick Person (7 Times)

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

Transliteration: As'alullahal-'Azim, Rabbal-'arshil-'azim, an yashfiyak.

Translation: I ask Allah the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to cure you.

How many times: 7 times

Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 3106; Jami at-Tirmidhi 2083

When to recite: At the bedside of a sick person whose appointed time has not come.

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Dua for Shifa (Allahumma Rabban-Nas Adhhibil-Ba's)

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِهِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

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

Translation: O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the hardship and heal him, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing — a healing that leaves no illness behind.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5743, 5675; Sahih Muslim 2191

When to recite: When visiting a sick person or treating yourself or a family member; it may be said while gently wiping the person with the right hand.

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Dua for Pain in the Body

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (×٣)، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (×٧)

Transliteration: Bismillah (3 times). A'udhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhir (7 times).

Translation: In the name of Allah (three times). I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and what I fear (seven times).

How many times: Bismillah 3 times, then the dua 7 times

Source: Sahih Muslim 2202

When to recite: When you feel pain, placing your hand on the part of the body that hurts.

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Dua of Prophet Ayyub for Illness and Hardship

أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Transliteration: Anni massaniyad-durru wa anta arhamur-rahimin.

Translation: Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.

Source: Quran 21:83 (Surah Al-Anbiya)

When to recite: During illness, pain or any prolonged hardship.

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Hadith references follow the standard numbering on sunnah.com. Quranic Arabic is the Uthmani text with the Pickthall (1930, public domain) translation; other translations are our own.

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