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Sahih Muslim 2191a

Aishah reported: When any person amongst us fell ill, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace he upon him) used to rub him with his right band and then say: O Lord of the…

Aishah bint Abi Bakrnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ، زُهَيْرٌ (وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ) حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِذَا اشْتَكَى مِنَّا إِنْسَانٌ مَسَحَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا».

فَلَمَّا مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَثَقُلَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ لأَصْنَعَ بِهِ نَحْوَ مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِي ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى». قَالَتْ فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ قَضَى

Aishah reported: When any person amongst us fell ill, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace he upon him) used to rub him with his right band and then say: O Lord of the people, grant him health, heal him, for Thou art a Greet Healer. There is no healere, but with Thy healing Power one is healed and illness is removed.

She further added: When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fell ill, and his illness took a serious turn I took hold of hie hand to that I should do with it what he ward to do with that (i. e. I would rub his body with his sacred hand).

But he withdrew his hand from my hand and then said: O Allah, pardon me and make me join the companion. ship on She said. I was gazing at him constantly whereas he had passed away.

আবদুল মালিক ইবনু শু'আরব ইবনুল লায়স (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরায়রাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে এবং তিনি নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে মামার এর হাদীসের অনুরূপ বর্ণনা করেছেন। এ বর্ণনায় বলেছেন, যে ব্যক্তি দাফন করা পর্যন্ত জানাযার অনুসরণ করে। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ২০৫৯, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

‏عقیل بن خالد نے ابن شہاب سے روایت کی کہ انھوں نے کہا : مجھے کئی لو گوں نے حضرت ابو ہریرہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے حدیث سنا ئی اور انھوں نے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے جس طرح معمر کی حدیث ہے اور کہا : اور جو اس کو دفن کیے جا نے تک اس کے ساتھ رہا ۔

{…} Bana Abdülmelik b. Şuayb b. Leys rivayet etti. (dediki): Bana, babam, dedemden rivayet etti. Demişki: Bana Ukayl b. Hâlid, İbni Şihâb'dan naklen rivayet ettiki, şöyle demiş: Bana bir takım adamlar, Ebû Hureyre'den, o da Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen Ma'mer'in hadîsi gibi rivayette bulundular. Ebû Hureyre: «Cenaze defnedilinceye kadar onun arkasından gidene de» demiş

Sahih Muslim 2191a, Book 39, The Book of Greetings, Hadith 61. 1 min read

What it means

Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, he would supplicate for him saying: O Allah, (remove) and eliminate (the harm) and severe sickness, (Lord of the people), their Creator, and their Sustainer, (and heal) this sick person, (for You), may You be exalted, (are the Healer). I implore You by Your name, the Healer.

(There is no healing) that can occur to the sick (except Your healing) and Your well-being, (a healing) that completely (leaves behind) and retains (no illness) or any other sickness.

What it teaches

  • The Healer is Allah Almighty while the doctor and medicine are merely means that neither benefit nor harm except by Allah's permission.
  • Visiting the sick is one of the rights among Muslims, and it is even more deserving when it comes to family members.
  • Encouraging those who visit a sick person to supplicate for him with this blessed and transmitted supplication.
  • The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) practiced treatment through the Shariah-approved Ruqyah (faith-healing/incantation) with the Qur’an and good supplications. When he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) became ill, he would perform Ruqyah on himself, his family members, and others who were unwell.
  • Ibn Hajar said: There is confusion in supplicating for the recovery of the sick even though illness contains expiation for sins and a source of reward, as affirmed by the Hadīths. The answer is: Supplication itself is an act of worship and does not contradict the reward and expiation of sins, for these are obtained at the onset of illness and through dealing patiently with it. The supplicator is in a win-win position: either he attains his goal or is compensated with some benefit or protection from harm—all are from the grace of Allah Almighty.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍTold us
  3. 3Wahb ibn JarirWith, Third generation, died 206 AH

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