SHIFÂ (HEALING)

It is said at the end of the book Bostan-ul-Ârifin that Rasûlullah ’sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ visited ’Uthmân bin Abil’as ’radiy-Allâhu ’anh.’ He was very ill and was in great pain. Rasûlullah said to him, “Rub the painful area with your right hand seven times, and every time you do so, say this: ’A’ûzu bi’izzetillâhi ve qudretihi min sharri mâ-ejidu wa uhâziru.” ’Uthmân reported later that he had done as he had been told, and soon thereafter experienced a full recovery. ’Abdullah ibni Mas’ûd said that if a person reads every morning and every evening the first four âyats of Sûra Baqara, the Âyat-al Kursî, and then the next two âyats, and the last three âyats of Sûra Baqara, Satan will not enter his house. If you read this to an insane person he will recover. Anyone who is in trouble should read “estaghfirullah” (which means repentance) very often.

The book Hazînat-ul-asrâr says: ’Umar-ul-Fârûq ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said that Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ declared: “Fâtiha-i sherîfa, Âyatalkursî, Ikhlâs-i sherîf and those sûras beginning with Qul a’ûdhu are read on rain-water seventy times each. Those who drink this water successively seven mornings will have a full recovery from illness and pain.” [For preparing that water, some Sâlih Muslims must meet somewhere and read the above-mentioned surâs by breathing them on the water.] Imâm-i Ahmad, and Tirmuzî, and Nesâî, and Hâkim, and Bayhakî report that Sa’d Ibni Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ said that Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “Yûnus (Jonah) ’alaihi’s- salâm prayed in the dolphin by reciting the 87th ayât of Sûra Anbiyâ [His prayer was accepted and it was revealed that all the wishes of Muslims who will pray reading it will be granted until Doomsday.] It is certain that when a Muslim prays by reading that âyat-i-kerîma his wishes will be accepted by Allâhu ta’âlâ.” It is said in a report that this ayât should be recited forty times.