Sunnats When Treating And Visiting The Sick

1) It is Sunnah to take medication and undergo treatment during an illness. However, one should depend only on Allah Ta’ala for the cure.

2) It is Sunnah to treat an illness with Kulunji (black seed) and honey.

Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that Allah Ta’ala has placed cure in these two things. There are many Ahaadith narrated in praise of Kulunji and honey.

3) During treatment one should avoid those things which aggravate the illness.

4) It is Sunnah to visit one’s sick brother. Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, “Visit the sick.”

Hadrat Jaabir Radiallahu Anhu narrates, “I became sick. Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam came to visit me.”

5) After visiting the sick, it is Sunnah to leave quickly. It should not happen that the patient or his family are inconvenienced in any way by you remaining there for a long time.

6) To console the patient in any way possible is Sunnah. For example, one should say to him that, “InshaAllah you will recover very quickly, Allah Ta’ala is the Most Powerful.” One should not say such things which will instill fear in the sick person.

7) When visiting the sick one should say the following:

لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ اِنُ شَاءَ الله

Thereafter, recite the following Dua seven times for his recovery:

Do not become worried as this sickness will be a means of cleaning you from your sins, if Allah Ta’ala wishes

أَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يُشْفِيَكَأَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يُشْفِيَكَ

I ask Allah Ta’ala Who is All Powerful and the Lord of the Great Throne that He grants you recovery

Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has stated that by reading this Dua seven times, the sick person will be cured. However, if the time of his death has approached then nothing can delay that.