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Health & wellbeing

أدعية العافية

'Afiyah is a wide word: safety, health, and being spared from trials. The Prophet ﷺ called asking for it one of the best things a person can ask for.

  1. Wellbeing in body, hearing and sight

    اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

    Allahumma 'afini fi badani, Allahumma 'afini fi sam'i, Allahumma 'afini fi basari, la ilaha illa ant. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-kufri wal-faqr, Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'adhabil-qabr, la ilaha illa ant.

    O Allah, keep my body well. O Allah, keep my hearing well. O Allah, keep my sight well. There is no god but You. O Allah, I seek Your protection from disbelief and from poverty. O Allah, I seek Your protection from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

    Source: Sunan Abi DawudRecite 3×, morning & evening

    Abu Bakrah repeated these three times each morning and evening because he had heard the Prophet ﷺ pray with them.

  2. Pardon and wellbeing

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ

    Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afwa wal-'afiyata fid-dunya wal-akhirah

    O Allah, I ask You for pardon and for wellbeing in this world and the next.

    Source: Sunan Ibn Majah · Sunan Abi Dawud

    Asked which dua is best, the Prophet ﷺ answered three days running: ask your Lord for pardon and wellbeing in this world and the next (Sunan Ibn Majah). Sunan Abi Dawud reports a longer form he never left, morning or evening.

  3. Refuge from serious illness

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الأَسْقَامِ

    Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-barasi wal-jununi wal-judhami wa min sayyi'il-asqam

    O Allah, I seek Your protection from leprosy, madness, disfiguring disease, and every terrible illness.

    Source: Sunan Abi Dawud · Sunan an-Nasa'i

  4. Refuge from overwhelming trial

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلَاءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ

    Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min jahdil-bala', wa darakish-shaqa', wa su'il-qada', wa shamatatil-a'da'

    O Allah, I seek Your protection from trials too heavy to bear, from being overtaken by misery, from an evil outcome, and from enemies rejoicing at my misfortune.

    Source: Sahih al-Bukhari · Sahih Muslim

    The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from these four things and told his companions to do the same; the opening “Allahumma inni a'udhu bika” is the usual way of putting that into words.

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