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45. When visiting the sick

 

  .45الدعاء للمريض في عيادته

(139)

When the Prophet r would enter upon a sick person he would say:

 ‘Never mind may it (the sickness) be a purification if Allah wills.’

(139) Lā Ba'sa Ţahūrun 'In Shā'a Al-Lhu
(139) لا بَأْسَ طَهُوْر ٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ. .

(140)  

Any Muslim servant who visits a sick person whose prescribed moment of death has not arrived and supplicates seven times:

 ‘I ask Allah The Supreme Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you’.

…he (the sick person) will be cured.’

(140) 'As'alu Allāha Al-`Ažīma Rabba Al-`Arshi Al-`Ažīmi 'An Yashfīka.

seven times

(140) أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ العَظِيْمَ، رَبَّ العَرْشِ العَظِيْمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيْكَ.
(سَبْعَ مَرَّات)
     

46. Excellence of visiting the sick

 

    .46فضل عيادة المريض

(141)  

‘Ali Ibn Abee Talib t related that he heard the Messenger of Allah r say: ‘If a man calls on his sick Muslim brother it is as if he walks reaping the fruits of Paradise until he sits and when he sits he is showered in mercy and if this was in the morning seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the evening and if this was in the evening seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the morning.’

 

 

(141) قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ المُسْلِمَ مَشَى فِي خِرَافَةِ الجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ غُدْوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُوْنَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَسَاءً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُوْنَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ. "

 
     

47. Supplication of the sick who have renounced all hope of life

 

 

  .47دعاء المريض الذي يئس من حياته

 

(142)  

 ‘O Allah forgive me have mercy upon me and unite me with the higher companions.’

            Refer to the Quran chapter 4 verse: 69.

(142) Al-Lahumma Aghfir Lī Wa Arĥamnī Wa 'Alĥiqnī Bir-Rafīqi Al-'A`lá.
(142) اللَّهمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيْقِ الأَعْلَى.

(143)  

AAaishah related that the Prophet r (during his illness in which he passed away) would dip his hands in water and then he would wipe his face and say:

 ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah death does indeed contain agony.’

AAaishah (R) related that the Prophet (S) (during his illness in which he passed away) would dip his hands in water and then he would wipe his face and say:

(143) Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Al-Lhu 'Inna Lilmawti Lasakarātin.
(143) جعل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عند موته يدخل يديه في الماء فيمسح بهما وجهه ويقول: لا إِلَهََ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلمَوْتِ لَسَكَرَات.ٍ
 

(144)  

 ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Allah is the greatest.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone without partner.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise.  None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and there is no might and no power except with Allah.’

(144) Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Allāhu Wa Al-Lhu 'Akbaru Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Allāhu Waĥdahu Lā Sharīka Lahu Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Allāhu Lahu Al-Mulku Wa Lahu Al-Ĥamdu Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Allāhu Wa Lā Ĥawla Wa Lā Qūwata 'Illā Bil-Lhi.
(144) لا إِلَهََ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُُ أَكْبَرُ، لا إِلَهََ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ، لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ، لا إِلَهََ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ.
 
     

48. Instruction for the one nearing death

 

   .48تلقين المحتضر

i.e. those around the sick should instruct and encourage him to say the shahadah.

(145)  

He whose last words are:

 ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.’

…will enter Paradise.

 

(145) Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā Al-Lhu.
(145) لا إِلَهََ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ.
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