Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What can be recited for those who are suffering from illness?

The following things can be recited:

1. Recite the following six verses of healing from the Qur’an. The sick person can recite them in the morning and evening or they can be read over water and drunk in the morning and evening:

وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِينَ

وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ

يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ

2. The following prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ (al-Salat al-Tibbiyyah) can also be recited in the same way:

 

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ طِبِّ القُلوبِ و دَوائِها

وعَافِيةِ الأَبْدانِ و شِفائِها و قُوتِ الأَرْواحِ و غِذَائِها و نُورِ الأَبْصارِ و ضِيائِها وعلى آلِهِ وصَحْبِهِ وَ سَلِّمْ

Allahumma salli `ala sayyidina Muhammad tibbi’l-qulubi wa dawa’iha wa afiyati-l’abdani wa shifa’iha wa quti’l-arwahi wa ghidha’iha wa nuri’l-absari wa diya’iha wa `ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim 

O Allah bestow your peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Family and Companions, the source of medicine and healing for people’s hearts, the source of health and well-being for people’s bodies, the source of nourishment for people’s souls and the source of light for people’s vision.

 

3. Repeat the following in abundance:

يَالَطِيفًا بِخَلْقِهِ ، يَا عَلِيمًا بِخَلْقِهِ ، يَا خَبِيرًا بِخَلْقِهِ اُلْطُفْ بِنَا يَا لَطِيْفُ ، يَا عَلِيْمُ ، يَا خَبِيْرُ

Ya Latifan bi khalqihi ya `Aliman bi khalqihi ya Khabiran bi khalqihi ultuf bina ya Latifu ya `Alimu ya Khabiru

O One Who is gentle with His creation, O One who has complete knowledge of His creation, O One who has complete awareness of His creation! Treat us with gentleness O Gentle, O All-Knowing, O All-Aware!

 

4. Repeat twenty times in the morning and evening:

و إِذا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِين

Wa idha maridtu fa huwa yashfin

When I am ill, it is He Who cures me (26:80)

 

5. Repeat the following verse 7 times or up to 70 times a day

وَبِالْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَاهُ وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ

Wa bi’lhaqqi anzalnahu wa bi’lhaqqi nazal

We sent it down in truth, and in truth it has descended (17:105)

 

6. These surahs: al-Inshirah, al-Qadr, Quraysh, al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and al-Nas

 

7. This Prophetic dua:

Say 3 times:

بِسمِ الله

Bismillah

In the name of Allah

Then say 7 times:

أَعوذُ بِعِزِّةِ اللهِ و قُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ ما أَجِدُ و أُحاذِر

A`udhu bi `izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajid wa uhadhir

I seek refuge in Allah’s might and power from any evil that I am experiencing or I fear

 

8. Repeat this Prophetic dua:

 

بِاسْمِ اللهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤذِيكَ

Bismillahi arqika min kulli shay’in yu’dhik

In the name of Allah I seek healing for you from everything which harms you

 

9. This can also be repeated 100 times a day or more or less

رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّني الضُّرُّ و أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمينَ

Rabbi inni massani addurru wa anta arhamu’rrahimin

My Lord, affliction has seized me, but You are the Most Merciful

 

 

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Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What can be recited for the effects of black magic (sihr)?

Recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq and Surat al-Nas, (a minimum of 11 times along with these verses, also 11 times each)

قَالَ مُوسَى مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

(Yunus, 10:81)

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ

(Al-A`raf, 7:118)

وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ

(al-Qalam, 68:51)

 

Also read: Wird al-Sakran, Wird al-Nawawi and Wird al-Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim.

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What can be recited for a headache?

Put your hand on your head and recite Surat al-Qadr and the last four verses of Surat al-Hashr in the morning and evening.

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him).

I suffer from a severe affliction. I have visited the pious, and have asked Allah for relief from this. What is the way out of this affliction?

The answer is to absolutely lower yourself to Allah and turn to Him completely. Also try to relieve the hardships of those around you, according to your ability. Try to make other people happy. Go to the needy people that no-one cares about and honour them and treat them well. These are some of the most effective means of relieving afflictions. You must also have trust in your Lord, and remain at His door in a state of brokenness, pleading with Him and beseeching Him, and He will respond to you. Do not be hasty in concluding that “I supplicated and He did not respond to me.” Prayers to Allah in the night are arrows which do not miss their target, but those prayers are only answered at the time which Allah has decreed. Remember that Allah afflicts and tests His servants for a purpose. Perhaps they will find great goodness in that affliction that they would not have found had they not been through it. So have etiquette with your Lord and have hope in Him.

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What should someone who is in a state of depression do?

They should place their hope in Allah and remember Him abundantly.

They should recite the following in abundance:

لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنْ الْظَّالِمِين

La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min az-zalimin

‘There is no deity save You, transcendent are You, truly I am amongst the wrongdoers’

They should recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al- Inshirah, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq and Surat al-Nas after every prayer. They should also bestow abundant prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ.

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What advice do you have for someone who constantly has suicidal thoughts?

They should focus their thoughts on attaining the company of the Chosen One (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), bestow prayers upon him in abundance and seek forgiveness from Allah in abundance.