Chapter: Supplications to Be Said for the Sick

901 – ʿĀʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that when someone complained of pain in any part of his body, or had a sore or a wound, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would do the following with his finger. Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah—the narrator—placed his forefinger on the ground and then raised it, and the Prophet would say: “In the name of Allah. The soil of our land, mixed with the saliva of some of us, brings healing to our patient by permission of our Lord.” Agreed upon.

902 – She also related that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to visit any of his family who was ill, pass his right hand over him and say: “O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the hardship and cure [him]; You are the Healer. There is no cure except Your cure, a cure that leaves behind no illness.” Agreed upon.

[Explanation]

After the compiler, Imām al-Nawawī—may Allah have mercy on him—mentioned in Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn what indicates the recommendation of visiting the sick, he followed it with what should be supplicated for them and what may be done for them. He therefore cited two hadiths on the authority of ʿĀʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

The first: when the patient had a wound, an ulcer, or the like, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would moisten his finger, then wipe it over the ground, taking from