Reciting Surah Al Fatiha

Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) went on a journey till they reached some of the Arab tribes (at night). They asked the latter to treat them as their guests but they refused. The chief of that tribe was then bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and they tried their best to cure him but in vain. Some of them said (to the others), "Nothing has benefited him, will you go to the people who resided here at night, it may be that some of them might possess something (as treatment)," They went to the group of the companions (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and said, "Our chief has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have tried everything but he has not benefited. Have you got anything (useful)?" One of them replied, "Yes, by Allah! I can recite a Ruqya, but as you have refused to accept us as your guests, I will not recite the Ruqya for you unless you fix for us some wages for it." They agrees to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them then went and recited (Surat-ul-Fatiha): 'All the praises are for the Lord of the Worlds' and puffed over the chief who became all right as if he was released from a chain, and got up and started walking, showing no signs of sickness. They paid them what they agreed to pay. Some of them (i.e. the companions) then suggested to divide their earnings among themselves, but the one who performed the recitation said, "Do not divide them till we go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and narrate the whole story to him, and wait for his order." So, they went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and narrated the story. 

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "How did you come to know that Surat Al Fatiha was recited as Ruqya?”

 

Surat Al Fatiha (سورة الفاتحة)

 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

 

 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds –

 

 الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

 

 مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

 Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

  

 It is You we worship and You we ask for help.

 

 Guide us to the straight path –

 

 The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

 (Sahih al-Bukhari 2276)

 

Supplication for seeking Allah’s protection for children

For a boy

أُعِيذُكَ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ ، وَهَامَّةٍ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

U‛eedhuka bi kalimaat-illaahit-taammati min kulli shayṭaanin, wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‛aynin laammah

I seek refuge for you by Allah's perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evil eye

 

For a girl

أُعِيذُكِ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ ، وَهَامَّةٍ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

U‛eedhuki bi kalimaat-illaahit-taammati min kulli shayṭaanin, wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‛aynin laammah

I seek refuge for you by Allah's perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evil eye

 

 

For two children

أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ ، وَهَامَّةٍ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

U‛eedhukumaa bi kalimaat-illaahit-taammati min kulli shayṭaanin, wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‛aynin laammah

I seek refuge for you by Allah's perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evil eye

 

For three or more children

أُعِيذُكُمْ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ ، وَهَامَّةٍ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

U‛eedhukum bi kalimaat-illaahit-taammati min kulli shayṭaanin, wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‛aynin laammah

I seek refuge for you by Allah's perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evil eye

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain (his grandsons) and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following (see above).

 (Sahih al-Bukhari 3371)

 

Supplication to heal the afflicted by pain or a wound

Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: When a person complained to the Prophet (ﷺ) about an ailment or suffered from a sore or a wound, the Prophet (ﷺ) would touch the ground with his index finger and then raise it (Sufyan bin `Uyainah, the narrator, demonstrated this with his index finger) and would recite:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا، بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا، ليُشْفَى سَقِيمُنَا، بِإِذْنِ رَبِّنَا

Bismillaahi, turbatu arḍinaa, bi reeqati ba‛ḍinaa, li yushfaaa saqeemunaa, bi’idhni rabbinaa

In the Name of Allah, the dust of our ground mixed with the saliva of some of us would cure our patient with the permission of our Rabb

 (Riyadh As Saliheen, Al Bukhari & Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 901)

 

Supplication when feeling pain in the body

Place your hand at the site of pain and say:

بِسْمِ اللهِ (ثلاث مرات)

Bis-mil-laah (3 Times)

In the name of Allah (3 times)

 

أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (سبع مرات)

A’udhu bi’izzatil-lahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhiru 

(7 times)

I seek refuge in the might and power of Allah from the evil of what I feel and what I fear (7 times)

 (Riyadh As Saliheen, Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 905)

 

Supplication when visitng the sick #1

When the Prophet (ﷺ) visited any ailing member of his family, he would touch the sick person with his right hand and would supplicate:

اللهم رب الناس، أذهب البأس، واشف، أنت الشافي لا شفاء إلا شفاؤك، شفاءً لا يغادر سقماً

Allahumma Rabban-nasi, adhhibil-ba'sa, washfi, Antash-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uka, shifaan la yughadiru saqaman

O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction, cure him (or her), for You are the One Who cures, there is no cure but Your cure, the cure after which no illness remains

 (Sahih al-Bukhari 5742)

 

Supplication when visiting the sick  #2

Any Muslim slave (of Allah), who visits a sick person whose prescribed moment of death has not arrived (yet) and supplicates (seven times)… Allah will cure him from that disease.

أَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيْكَ (سبع مرات)

As’alullaah-al-‛adheema rabbal-‛arshil-‛adheemi an yashfeeka (7 times)

I ask Allah The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you 

(7 times)

 (Sunan Abi Dawud 3106, Authenticated by Al Albani as Sahih)