Duas / Category
Illness and healing duas
Duas for asking healing, visiting the sick and keeping good health.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي
Dua of thankfulness for good health
Praise be to Allah who has kept me safe from what He afflicted you with, and who has favoured me above many of those He created.
Jami at-Tirmidhi, 3431وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
Dua of Prophet Ibrahim for healing
And when I am ill, it is He who heals me.
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 80اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي
Dua for bodily health
O Allah, grant health to my body, grant health to my hearing, grant health to my sight. There is no deity worthy of worship except You.
Sunan Abi Dawud, 5090لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Dua to comfort the sick
There is nothing to worry about; if Allah wills, it is a purification (of sins).
Sahih al-Bukhari, 3616أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ
Dua of Prophet Ayyub
Indeed, affliction (illness) has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.
Surah Al-Anbiya, 83بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ
Ruqyah dua
In the name of Allah I recite ruqyah over you, from everything that troubles you, from the evil of every soul or every envious eye. May Allah heal you. In the name of Allah I recite ruqyah over you.
Sahih Muslim, 2186اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ
Dua for protection from severe illness
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from vitiligo, madness, leprosy, and evil (severe) illnesses.
Sunan Abi Dawud, 1554اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ
Dua for healing the sick
O Allah, Lord of mankind, take away this sickness and grant healing. You alone are the Healer. There is no healer besides You. Grant a healing that leaves no trace of illness.
Sahih al-Bukhari, 5675; Sahih Muslim, 2191أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ
Dua for pain
I seek refuge in the might and power of Allah from the evil of what I feel and what I fear.
Sahih Muslim, 2202أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Dua when visiting the sick
I ask Allah, the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to grant you healing.
Sunan Abi Dawud, 3106