HADITH

“FROM THE CHAPTER OF WHAT TO SUPPLICATE OVER THE

SICK WITH”
FROM EXPLANATION OF RIYADH SALIHEEN VOLUME TWO
PAGE 1169
Explained by: Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-‘Uthaymeen (‫ﻤﻪ‬ ‫ﺭ ِﺣ‬ )
TRANSLATED BY : Abu Sulayman Muhammad Ibn Baker

SRQ

‫ﷲ‬
ُ ‫ﺻﻠﱠﻰ ﺍ‬  ‫ﻲ‬ ‫ﻨِﺒ‬‫ﻰ ﺍﻟ‬‫ﺒﺮِﻳ ﹶﻞ ﹶﺃﺗ‬‫ﻪ ﹶﺃ ﹾﻥ ِﺟ‬ ‫ﻨ‬‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﷲ‬
ُ ‫ﻰ ﺍ‬ ‫ﺿ‬ِ ‫ﺭ‬ ‫ﻱ‬  ‫ﺪ ِﺭ‬ ‫ﺨ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﻌﻲ ﺍﹾﻟ‬ ‫ﻦ ﹶﺃﺑِﻲ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻭ‬
‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬ ‫ ِﺑ‬: ‫ ﻗﹶﺎ ﹶﻝ‬، ‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﻧ‬ ‫ﺖ ؟ ﻗﹶﺎ ﹶﻝ‬  ‫ﻴ‬‫ﺘ ﹶﻜ‬‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﺪ ﺍ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﺤ‬
 ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ ﻳ‬: ‫ ﹶﻓﻘﹶﺎ ﹶﻝ‬، ‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﺳﱠﻠ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﻪ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠﻴ‬
، ‫ﺣﺎ ِﺳ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﻴ ٍﻦ‬‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﺲ ﹶﺃ‬
ٍ ‫ﻧ ﹾﻔ‬ ‫ﺮ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ ِﻣ‬، ‫ﻚ‬  ‫ﺆﺫِﻳ‬ ‫ﻲ ٍﺀ ﻳ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ ِﻣ‬، ‫ﻚ‬  ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﹶﺃ‬
 ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﻩ‬ ‫ﺍ‬‫ﺭﻭ‬ }1P
{‫ﺴﻠﹶﻢ‬ .‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﷲ ﹶﺃ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬
 ‫ ِﺑ‬، ‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺸﻔِﻴ‬
 ‫ﷲ ﻳ‬
ُ ‫ﺍ‬
On the authority of Abi Sa’ed Al Khudri ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻋ‬
 ‫ﷲ‬
ُ ‫ﻰ ﺍ‬ ‫ﺿ‬
ِ ‫ﺭ‬ , that Jibril
(‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) came to the Prophet (?) then said, O Muhammad are you
suffering from something? He replied yes, Jibril then said: “By
Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya (i.e. invocations by way of
mentioning Allah’s Names or verses from the Qur’an for the
purpose of healing) upon you, from everything may harm you, and
from every evil person or envious eye, O may Allah heal you, By
Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya.

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THE BOOK OF SALLAM #49, CHAPTER 16 “REMEDIES, ILLNESS, & RUQIYA HADITH #2186
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EYGPT, FIRST PRINT, 2001.

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 HADITH

Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih Al ‘Uthaymeen (‫ﻤﻪ‬ ‫ﺭ ِﺣ‬ ) said

concerning the hadith:

The author2 mentioned the hadith of Abi Sa’ed Al Khudri ‫ﷲ‬

ُ ‫ﻰ ﺍ‬ ‫ﺿ‬
ِ ‫ﺭ‬
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻨ‬‫ﻋ‬ that Jibril (‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) came to the Prophet (?) asking him:

﴾‫ﺖ‬
 ‫ﻴ‬‫ﺘ ﹶﻜ‬‫ﺷ‬ ‫﴿ﺍ‬
“Are you suffering?”

Meaning, Are you ill or sick…? The Prophet (?) said: Yes, then
Jibril (‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) replied:

‫ﻴ ٍﻦ‬‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﺲ ﹶﺃ‬

ٍ ‫ﻧ ﹾﻔ‬ ‫ﺮ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ ِﻣ‬، ‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺆﺫِﻳ‬ ‫ﻲ ٍﺀ ﻳ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ ِﻣ‬، ‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﷲ ﹶﺃ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬
 ‫﴿ ِﺑ‬
﴾.‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﷲ ﹶﺃ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬
 ‫ ِﺑ‬، ‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺸﻔِﻴ‬
 ‫ﷲ ﻳ‬
ُ ‫ ﺍ‬، ‫ﺎ ِﺳ ٍﺪ‬‫ﺣ‬
“By Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya (i.e. invocations by way of
mentioning Allah’s Names or verses from the Qur’an for the
purpose of healing) upon you, from everything that may harm you,
and from every evil person or envious eye, O may Allah heal you,
By Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya.

2
Imam Nawawi (‫ﻤﻪ‬ ‫ﺭ ِﺣ‬ ) the author of Riyadh Saliheen.

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 HADITH

This is the supplication of Jibril (‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) to the Prophet (?), Jibril
(‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) said to him:

﴾‫ﺖ‬
 ‫ﻴ‬‫ﺘ ﹶﻜ‬‫ﺷ‬ ‫﴿ ﺍ‬
“Are you suffering?”

The Prophet (?) replied with an affirmative, in that questioning

and answer is an indication to that there is no problem for the sick
to say to the people: “I’m sick”, when he is being asked. This is not
the from Complaining, for complaining is that you complain about
the Creator (Allah) to the creation, you would say for example:
“Allah caused me to become sick with this & that, you have
complained concerning the Lord to the creation, this is not
permissible, that is the reason Ya’qub (‫ﻼﻡ‬‫ﻴ ِﻪ ﺍﻟﺴ‬‫ﻋﹶﻠ‬ ) said:

﴾ÐÏÎÍÌËÊ﴿
“He said: I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allah”3

Rather when the person who is sick relates to others of his sickness
by way of notification, nor is this complaining, thus there is no
problem in doing so. This is why some of the general people say:
“Notifying is not complaining, this is good”.

3
Yusuf 12:86

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 HADITH

In this also there a proof denoting the suitability of reading over

the sick with this supplication:

﴾‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﷲ ﹶﺃ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬
 ‫﴿ ِﺑ‬
“By Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya…”

Meaning, I am reading over you.

﴾‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺆﺫِﻳ‬ ‫ﻲ ٍﺀ ﻳ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫﴿ ِﻣ‬
“…from everything that may harm you…”

From all illnesses, worries, grieves, or distress and so forth.

﴾‫ﺲ‬
ٍ ‫ﻧ ﹾﻔ‬ ‫ﺮ ﹸﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫﴿ ِﻣ‬
“…and from every evil person…”

From humans, jinn, or other than that, or:

﴾‫ﺎ ِﺳ ٍﺪ‬‫ﻴ ٍﻦ ﺣ‬‫ﻋ‬ ﴿

“… envious eye…”

Meaning, what the people call the evil eye, and that he is also the
envier, and refuge is sought in Allah from that, hasad means
having hatred for what Allah has bestowed upon the servant, this is
a wicked individual. This evil person rushes to cause calamity to
befall on the person that he has envy towards.

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 HADITH

Because of that Allah ‫ﺎﻟﹶﻰ‬‫ﺗﻌ‬ says:

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“…And from the evil of the envier when he envies”.4

And what happens is the person who is envied becomes full of

sorrow and grief due to the evil eye. For that reason Jibril said:

﴾‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺸﻔِﻴ‬
 ‫ﷲ ﻳ‬
ُ ‫ ﺍ‬، ‫ﺎ ِﺳ ٍﺪ‬‫ﻴ ٍﻦ ﺣ‬‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ ‫﴿ ﹶﺃ‬
“…or envious eye, O may Allah heal you…”

That is, free him & remove from him his sickness.

﴾‫ﻚ‬
 ‫ﺭﻗِﻴ‬ ‫ﷲ ﹶﺃ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻢ ﺍ‬
 ‫﴿ ِﺑ‬
“…By Allah’s Names I am using ruqiya…”

He began with the basmalah (i.e. in Allah’s names) at the

beginning and the ending of the supplication. So when a person is
faced with this type of situation (i.e. illness, sickness, the evil eye
etc.) he should say this supplication over someone else, because it
is better for him.

4
Falaq 113:5

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 HADITH

That is because anything that is of the Sunnah it more virtuous as a

means of protection, suppose you don’t know the supplication,
then say what is easier for you, like shafakallah (i.e. may Allah
heal you), or ’afakallah (i.e. may Allah grant you well being), or
saying I ask Allah that He heals you or grants you well being, or
similar to that.

In this hadith is a proof that the Prophet(?) like others is human,

and he was affected by sickness, in this hadith as well is an
evidence that reading or reciting over the sick does not nullify
one’s complete trust in Allah (i.e. Tawakul). On the other hand
seeking from other people to read over, within that is a deficiency
of Tawakul , that is because he asked the creation, and he relying
on their questioning him, Yet when a person comes to him & reads
over him while not refusing, there is nothing wrong in that nor
makes his Tawakul diminished any.

Because of this the Prophet (?) read over others, and was read
over himself, therefore this does not diminish a person’s complete
Tawakul whereas he is asked concerning his health by someone
else, and Allah is the one who grants success.