Health & Healing Bukhari 5750

Dua for Health and Healing

The prophetic dua for healing the sick — recited when visiting or caring for someone ill. Includes authentic ruqyah supplications from the Sunnah.

Primary Dua for the Sick

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

Transliteration: Allahumma Rabban-nas, adhhibil-ba'sa, ishfi antash-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uka, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama

Meaning: O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5750

Dua for Oneself When Ill

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَنِي

Meaning: I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal me. (Recite 7 times)
Abu Dawud 3106 (Sahih)

Benefits & Virtues

  • The Prophet would recite this dua when visiting the sick and wipe his hand over the area of pain
  • Acknowledges Allah as the only true Healer — doctors and medicine are only means
  • Can be recited for oneself or on behalf of others
  • Part of authentic ruqyah (spiritual healing) from the Sunnah

Related Duas

Dua for Protection
Dua for Anxiety
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