Dua #540•Bukhari: 5675

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#540

أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Transliteration

Adhhibil-ba’s Rabban-naas, washfi Antash-Shaafi, laa shifaa’a illaa shifaa’uka, shifaa’an laa yughadiru saqama

Translation

Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours, a cure that leaves no disease.

Hadith about the Dua

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى مَرِيضًا ـ أَوْ أُتِيَ بِهِ ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا ‏" ‏‏.‏ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبِي الضُّحَى إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالْمَرِيضِ، وَقَالَ جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى وَحْدَهُ، وَقَالَ إِذَا أَتَى مَرِيضًا‏.‏

Translation

Narrated `Aisha: Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought to him, he used to invoke Allah, saying, "Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours, a cure that leaves no disease." [Bukhari: 5675]

Common Questions

Allahumma Rabban-naas adhhibil-ba'sa washfi Antash-Shaafi laa shifaa'a illaa shifaa'uk shifaa'an laa yughaadiru saqamaa. This dua asks Allah to remove sickness. We pray for healing that removes all illness.

Allahumma Rabban-nas, adhhib al-ba'sa, ishfi anta al-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uka, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama. We ask the only Healer, Allah, for perfect health with no sickness left.

The Prophet said a sick person's dua is answered until they recover. Dua during sickness has special value.

Sickness removes sins and mistakes. Hadith teach us that illness erases bad deeds. Difficult times can become blessings.

Surah Al-Fatiha is read when you have problems. It is a dua asking Allah for help, mercy, and the right path. People read this surah from the Quran when they need comfort in hard times.

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