Cure for the Body and the Soul from Ahadith

Introduction:

The Ahadith of Masomeen^-asws presented here are compiled from various Ahadith books, however the main source of the Ahadith is the Tib-e-Aimma, which was compiled by Abu Atab Abd Allah and Al-Hussain, the sons of Bistam bin Sabur. Bistam was a companion of the sixth and seventh Imams^-asws.

In the Ahadith, there is cure for both body and soul of a believer. Rasool Allah^-saww has said that a hypocrite will not get any benefit even if it (the remedies from Ahadith) is tried on him (see the Hadith in the main text).  The Ahadith of Masomeen^-asws on healthy diet and adapting healthy life style, i.e., from Tib-e-Nabi, are presented in ‘Healthy Living from Ahadith’:

(http://hubeali.com/articles/Healthy%20Living%20from%20Ahadith.pdf).

Selected supplications for various needs, we frequently come across, are included in ‘Asking for Needs and Seeking Protection’:

http://hubeali.com/articles/Asking%20Needs%20from%20Ahadith_final.pdf.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ أَوْ تَبَيْطَرَ فَلْيَأْخُذِ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ وَلِيِّهِ وَ إِلَّا فَهُوَ لَهُ ضَامِنٌ .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said; ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘The one who treats people (doctor) or treats animals (vet), so let him take the waiver from his guardian, or else he would be held responsible for him’ (in the case of harm or death).^[1]

Why One Gets Ill?

It is important to first understand, why one gets ill? From where does the illness come from and who is the healer? Once infected, how to bear discomfort and how to look after those who are suffering from an illness? And how and for what time period one may attend to a patient?

أبي رحمه الله قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي بإسناده يرفعه إلى أبي عبد الله ع قال كان يسمى الطبيب المعالج فقال موسى بن عمران يا رب ممن الداء قال مني قال ممن الدواء قال مني قال فما يصنع الناس بالمعالج قال يطيب بذلك أنفسهم فسمي الطبيب لذلك

My father told me that he heard it from Saad bin Abdullah, who from Ahmed bin Abi Abdullah Barqi, who from a number of narrators referred to Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq^-asws:

During the time of earlier generations, a ‘Tabeeb’ (doctor) would be called ‘Muallij’ (reliever).  Hazrat Musa bin Imran^-as prayed to Allah^-azwj: ‘O My Lord! Please enlighten me from where does the disease originate? Allah^-azwj replied:  ‘It comes from Me’.  Hazrat Musa^-as then asked: ‘From where comes its treatment’?  Allah^-azwj replied: ‘From Me^-azwj’.  Hazrat Musa^-as asked: ‘Then why people go to a ‘Muallij’ (doctor)’?  Allah^-azwj replied: ‘To get comfort and peace of mind’.  That is why a doctor is called ‘Muallij’ the reliever of anxiety and provider of comfort to the sufferer.^[2]

وَ قَالَ ع سُوسُوا إِيمَانَكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَ حَصِّنُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِالزَّكَاةِ وَ ادْفَعُوا أَمْوَاجَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: Defend your faith in Allah^-azwj with the help of charity. Protect your wealth with the aid of Zakat. Let the supplications guard you from calamities and disasters.^[3]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَعْتَبِطُونَ اعْتِبَاطاً فَلَمَّا كَانَ زَمَانُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع قَالَ يَا رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِلْمَوْتِ عِلَّةً يُؤْجَرُ بِهَا الْمَيِّتُ وَ يُسَلَّى بِهَا عَنِ الْمُصَابِ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْمُومَ وَ هُوَ الْبِرْسَامُ ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ بَعْدَهُ الدَّاءَ

Imam Mohammed Baqir^-asws said, during the life of Hazrat Ibrahim^-as sudden death would fall on people, without any prior signs of a disease.  Hazrat Ibrahim^-as prayed to Allah^-azwj: ‘Please bring upon people disease before they die so that one would take the reward of observing patience before dying while others benefit from counselling him to observe patience and provide means to relieve them of their pain.  Thus, Allah^-azwj first sent down the fever followed by the other diseases.^[4]

مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْحُمَّى رَائِدُ الْمَوْتِ وَ هُوَ سِجْنُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ حَظُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنَ النَّارِ

Imam Abu Abullah^-asws said:  Fever is the precursor to death, which is Allah^-azwj’s prison on earth and is the protector of a ‘Momin’^[5] from the fire of the Hell (as his sins would be erased through sufferings).^[6]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ مَوْتَ الْفَجْأَةِ تَخْفِيفٌ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ أَخْذَةُ أَسَفٍ عَنِ الْكَافِرِ

Rasool Allah^-saww said:  An accidental death would reduce the sins of a ‘Momin’ but is a severe punishment for a Kafir (non-believer).^[7]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ أَكْثَرُ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ مَوَالِينَا بِالْبَطَنِ الذَّرِيعِ

Imam Ali Reza^-asws said: Most of our friends (followers) quickly die from the stomach related diseases.^[8]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ نَاجِيَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُبْتَلَى بِكُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ وَ يَمُوتُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا يَقْتُلُ نَفْسَهُ

Imam Mohammed Baqir^-asws said:  A ‘Momin’ will suffer from all sorts of afflictions and die from all possible causes but will never commit suicide.^[9]

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ وُهَيْبِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ مِيتَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَقَالَ يَمُوتُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ يَمُوتُ غَرَقاً وَ يَمُوتُ بِالْهَدْمِ وَ يُبْتَلَى بِالسَّبُعِ وَ يَمُوتُ بِالصَّاعِقَةِ وَ لَا تُصِيبُ ذَاكِرَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

Imam Abu Abdullah^-asws said: A ‘Momin’ may die from all types of disasters, including drowning, getting buried under rubble (collapse buildings), attacked by a beast, (or struck by lightening).  However, he will not be affected by any of these disasters while engaged in the remembrance of Allah^-azwj.^[10]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ النَّوَّاءِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَبْتَلِي الْمُؤْمِنَ بِكُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ وَ يُمِيتُهُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ وَ لَا يَبْتَلِيهِ بِذَهَابِ عَقْلِهِ أَ مَا تَرَى أَيُّوبَ ع كَيْفَ سَلَّطَ إِبْلِيسَ عَلَى مَالِهِ وَ وُلْدِهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهُ وَ لَمْ يُسَلِّطْهُ عَلَى عَقْلِهِ تَرَكَ لَهُ مَا يُوَحِّدُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ

It is narrated from Imam Abu Abullah^-asws that Allah^-azwj may engulf a ‘Momin’ in all sorts of calamities and would make him die from all types of deaths but will never inflict him from the loss of ‘Aql’^[11].  Hazrat Ayub^-as’s children, wealth and all dependents were targeted by Iblis^la but Prophet^-as’s ‘Aql’ was protected from being overtaken by Iblis^la.  This is due to the fact that Hazrat Ayub^-as had firm belief in Allah^-azwj, through the same ‘Aql’ ^[12]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا غَلَبَهُ ضَعْفُ الْكِبَرِ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْمَلَكَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُ فِي حَالِهِ تِلْكَ مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَ هُوَ شَابٌّ نَشِيطٌ صَحِيحٌ وَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا مَرِضَ وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَلَكاً يَكْتُبُ لَهُ فِي سُقْمِهِ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فِي صِحَّتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَهُ اللَّهُ وَ يَقْبِضَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْكَافِرُ إِذَا اشْتَغَلَ بِسُقْمٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مِنَ الشَّرِّ فِي صِحَّتِهِ

Imam Mohammed Baqir^-asws said:  When a ‘Momin’ loses his strength due to an old age, Allah^-azwj Commands one of His^-azwj angels to write down those good deeds in his accounts, which he used to perform when he was young and healthy.  And similarly, when he becomes ill, Allah^-azwj Asks an angel to write down in his favour, all that he used to do in the time of his good health, until the time his soul is extracted and similarly when a non-believer becomes ill, Allah^-azwj writes for him the sins which he used to commit while being healthy.^[13]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِلْمَلَكِ الْمُوَكَّلِ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا مَرِضَ اكْتُبْ لَهُ مَا كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ لَهُ فِي صِحَّتِهِ فَإِنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي صَيَّرْتُهُ فِي حِبَالِي

It is narrated from Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq^-asws that Rasool Allah^-saww said:  ‘Allah^-azwj Instructs to one of His^-azwj angels to write down in the accounts of that Momin who is suffering from a disease, which he used to perform prior to getting ill.  As I^-azwj have imprisoned him through letting a disease fall on him.^[14]

عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍع سَهَرُ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَنَةٍ

Imam Mohammed Baqir^-asws said: One would get the reward of one year’s worship if that person had remained awake all night due to discomfort from a disease.^[15]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ سَهَرُ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ وَجَعٍ أَفْضَلُ وَ أَعْظَمُ أَجْراً مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَنَةٍ

Imam^-asws also said, remaining awake due to pain or sickness during a night is more rewarding than the worship of a whole year.^[16]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ حُمَّى لَيْلَةٍ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا قَبْلَهَا وَ لِمَا بَعْدَهَا

Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq^-asws said:  The fever of one night is compensation for the sins committed before it and after it. ^[17]

The Illness and the Sins:

‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَتَّابٍ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ابْنَا بِسْطَامَ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ بِقَزْوِينَ وَ كَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ عُلَمَاءِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ص قَالَ: عَادَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ مِنْ عِلَّتِكَ؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ كَثِيراً وَ أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ كَثْرَةَ الضَّجَرِ قَالَ فَلَا تَضْجَرْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا يُصِيبُهُ وَجَعٌ إِلَّا بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ سَبَقَ مِنْهُ وَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجَعُ تَطْهِيرٌ لَهُ قَالَ سَلْمَانُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْتَ وَ هُوَ كَمَا ذَكَرْتَ فَلَيْسَ لَنَا فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ خَلَا التَّطْهِيرِ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَا سَلْمَانُ إِنَّ لَكُمُ الْأَجْرَ بِالصَّبْرِ عَلَيْهِ وَ التَّضَرُّعِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ اسْمُهُ وَ الدُّعَاءِ لَهُ بِهِمَا يُكْتَبُ لَكُمُ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَ يُرْفَعُ لَكُمُ الدَّرَجَاتُ وَ أَمَّا الْوَجَعُ فَهُوَ خَاصَّةً تَطْهِيرٌ وَ كَفَّارَةٌ قَالَ فَقَبَّلَ سَلْمَانُ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ بَكَى وَ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ يُمَيِّزُ لَنَا هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءَ لَوْلَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

Abu Atab and Al-Hussain, the sons of Bistam, narrated from Mohammed Ibn Khalaf of Qazvin – one of the scholars of the Ahl Al-Bayt from Al-Hasan Ibn Ali Al-Washsha, who from Abd Allah Ibn Sinan, who from his brother Mohammed who says from:

(Imam) Jafar Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, who from his^-asws grand father^-asws , who from Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws who said, that Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws visited Salman Al-Farisi and said: O Abu Abd Allah, how is your illness? He replied: O Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, praise to Allah^-azwj, I complain to you^-asws of much distress.

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: Do not be distressed, O Abu Abd Allah, for there is not one of our Shias afflicted with a pain (waja) but that it is for a sin previously committed by him, and the pain is purification for him. Salman said: If it is as you say then there is no recompense in it for us except to be purified. Ali^-asws said: O Salman, there is recompense in it for you in enduring it patiently and beseeching Allah^-azwj. For by praying to Him^-azwj in these two ways, He^-azwj will Credit you (with) good deeds and Raise your status (in the Hereafter). As for the pain, it is especially for the purification and ‘Kufara’ (expiation) of sins. He (Imam Hussain^-asws) said: Salman kissed his^-asws forehead and wept, saying: Were it not for you^-asws, O Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, who would distinguish these matters for us?[18]

وَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَتَّابٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَشَّاءُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع‏: مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ تَخَوَّفَ الْبَلَاءَ فَتَقَدَّمَ فِيهِ بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ الْبَلَاءَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يَرُدُّ الْبَلَاءَ وَ قَدْ أُبْرِمَ إِبْرَاماً قَالَ الْوَشَّاءُ فَقُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ دُعَاءٌ مُوَقَّتٌ؟ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي فَقَدْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الصَّادِقَ ع فَقَالَ نَعَمْ أَمَّا دُعَاءُ الشِّيعَةِ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَفِي كُلِّ عِلَّةٍ مِنَ الْعِلَلِ دُعَاءٌ مُوَقَّتٌ وَ أَمَّا دُعَاءُ الْمُسْتَبْصِرِينَ فَلَيْسَ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ دُعَاءٌ مُوَقَّتٌ لِأَنَّ الْمُسْتَبْصِرِينَ الْبَالِغِينَ دُعَاؤُهُمْ لَا يُحْجَبُ.

It has been narrated from Abu Atab Abd Allah Ibn Bistam, from Mohammed Ibn Khalaf, from Al-Washsha, from Abd Allah Ibn Sinan, from his brother Mohammed Ibn Sinan, who says:

(Imam) Jafar^-asws Ibn Mohammed^-asws has said: There is no one who, when fearing ‘Al-Bala’ (affliction), precedes it with prayer except that Allah^-azwj Turns away that ‘Al-Bala’ (Affliction) from him. Do you not know that Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said that Rasool Allah^-saww used to say: O Ali^-asws, He^-asws replied: At your^-saww service, Ya Rasool Allah^-saww. He^-saww (Rasool Allah) said: Prayer repels ‘Al-Bala’ (affliction), and that has been conclusively established.

Al-Washsha said: I asked Abd Allah Ibn Sinan: Is there a particular prayer for that? He replied: I asked Al-Sadiq^-asws about that and he^-asws said: Yes, a vulnerable Shia has a particular prayer for every illness. Those endowed with perception have no particular prayer, for the prayer of those endowed with perception is not veiled.[19]

أَبُو عَتَّابٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ وَ أَظُنُّ الْحُسَيْنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيْضاً عَنْهُ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سِنَانٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏: سَهَرُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ عِبَادَةُ سَنَةٍ.

Abu Atab narrated from Mohammed Ibn Khalaf and from al-Hussain Ibn Bistam, who from Al-Washsha, from Abd Allah Ibn Sinan, from Mohammed Ibn Sinan, who says:

Al-Sadiq^-asws has said: One night’s sleeplessness during an illness that afflicts a believer is (equal to) a year’s worship.[20] Also in another Hadith Imam says: one night’s fever expiates a year’s sins.[21]

A Supplication for All Body:

And from a chain of narrators from:

Imam Al-Sadiq^-asws has said for the relief from a pain (in the body) one to recite:

بِسْمِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الطَّاهِرِ الْمُطَهَّرِ الْقُدُّوسِ الْمُبَارَكِ الَّذِي مَنْ سَأَلَكَ بِهِ أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَ مَنْ دَعَاكَ بِهِ أَجَبْتَهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُعَافِيَنِي مِمَّا أَجِدُ فِي رَأْسِي وَ فِي سَمْعِي وَ فِي بَصَرِي وَ فِي بَطْنِي وَ فِي ظَهْرِي وَ فِي يَدَيَّ وَ فِي رِجْلَيَّ وَ فِي جَسَدِي وَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَعْضَائِي وَ جَوَارِحِي إِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِمَا تَشَاءُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

In the name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate: O Allah^-azwj, I plead to You^-azwj by Your^-azwj Pure, Immaculate, Most Holy and Blessed Name, by Which whoever asks of You^-azwj, You^-azwj Grant him, and by Which whoever calls on You^-azwj, You^-azwj Answer him, to Bless Mohammed^-saww and his family^-asws, and to heal the suffering in my head (al-ra’s), my hearing (al-sam’), my sight (al-basar), my belly, my back (al-zahr), my hand (al-yad), my foot, my body (al-jasad), and in my all my organs (al-a’da) and limbs (al-jawarhi). Surely, You^-azwj are Gracious to whomsoever You^-azwj will, and You^-azwj are Powerful over all things.[22]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الْجَوَالِيقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) .

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Hisham Al Jawaleyqi,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said:

يَا مُنْزِلَ الشِّفَاءِ وَ مُذْهِبَ الدَّاءِ أَنْزِلْ عَلَى مَا بِي مِنْ دَاءٍ شِفَاءً .

‘O (Who) Sends down the healing and Removes the illness, Send down a healing upon what is with me from the illness!’^[23]

Shooting Body Pain Cure:

قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الخزار [الْخَزَّازُ] الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي فَضَالَةُ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏: مَنْ أَصَابَهُ أَلَمٌ فِي جَسَدِهِ فَلْيُعَوِّذْ نَفْسَهُ وَ لْيَقُلْ

The narrator says, Al-Khazzaz Al-Razi narrated from Faddala, who from Aban Ibn Uthman, from Abu Hamza Al-Thumali, who says:

(Imam) Al-Baqir^-asws says that Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: Whoever is afflicted with a (shooting) pain in his body, let him invoke protection for himself and say:

أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى الْأَشْيَاءِ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِجَبَّارِ السَّمَاءِ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِمَنْ لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ دَاءٌ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِالَّذِي اسْمُهُ بَرَكَةٌ وَ شِفَاءٌ

I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Power over things. I seek protection for myself in the Omnipotent of the Heavens. I seek protection for myself in the One^-azwj with Whose Name no disease harms. I seek refuge for myself in the One^-azwj Whose Name is a Blessing and a Cure.

فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ أَلَمٌ وَ لَا دَاءٌ.

If he recites that, no pain or illness will afflict him.[24]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَحْبُوبٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَوْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ أَلَماً وَ وَجَعاً فِي جَسَدِي فَقَالَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ.

Ali Ibn Ibrahim Al-Wasiti narrated from Mahbub, from Mohammed Ibn Sulayman al-Awdi, form Abu al-Jarud, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Harith al-Awdi, from Abu al-Jarud, from abu Ishaq from al-Harith al-Awar, who says:

I complained to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws of aches and pains in my body. He^-asws said: when anyone of you suffers (from pain), let him recite:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ آلِهِ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, and Blessings of Allah^-azwj on Rasool Allah^-saww and his family^-asws. I take refuge from the evil that I suffer in the Might of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Power over what He^-azwj Wills.

فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ الْأَذَى إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

If he recites that, Allah^-azwj will Turn Away the affliction from him, if He^-azwj, the Exalted, Wills.[25]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ زُرْبِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ تَضَعُ يَدَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْوَجَعُ وَ تَقُولُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from one of his companions, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Dawood Bin Zurby,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘You should place your hand upon painful place, and you should be saying three times,

اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي حَقّاً لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ لَهَا وَ لِكُلِّ عَظِيمَةٍ فَفَرِّجْهَا عَنِّي .

‘Allah^-azwj! Allah^-azwj is my Lord^-azwj truly. I do not associate anything with Him^-azwj. O Allah^-azwj! You^-azwj are (the help) for it (the pain), and for all great troubles, so (please) Relieve it from me’.^[26]

عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ مُفَضَّلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لِلْأَوْجَاعِ تَقُولُ.

From him, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Dawood, from Mufazzal,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws for the pains.  ‘You should be saying,:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ كَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ لِلَّهِ فِي عِرْقٍ سَاكِنٍ وَ غَيْرِ سَاكِنٍ عَلَى عَبْدٍ شَاكِرٍ وَ غَيْرِ شَاكِرٍ وَ تَأْخُذْ لِحْيَتَكَ بِيَدِكَ الْيُمْنَى بَعْدَ صَلَاةٍ مَفْرُوضَةٍ وَ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ فَرِّجْ عَنِّي كُرْبَتِي وَ عَجِّلْ عَافِيَتِي وَ اكْشِفْ ضُرِّي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ احْرِصْ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مَعَ دُمُوعٍ وَ بُكَاءٍ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj! How many Bounties of Allah^-azwj are in the calm veins and agitated veins, upon a grateful servant and an ungrateful servant’, and you should grab your beard by your right hand after the Obligatory Salat, and you should be saying, ‘Relieve from me my worries, and Hasten my good health, and Remove my harm’, three times, and make sure that, that happens to be along with tears and weeping’.[27]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَجَعاً بِي فَقَالَ قُلْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from a man who said,

‘I went over to Abu Abdullah^-asws and I complained to him^-asws of my pain. So he^-asws said, ‘Say,

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj’, then wipe your hand over it and say,

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِجَلَالِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَحْذَرُ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِي تَقُولُهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

‘I seek Refuge by the Might of Allah^-azwj, and I seek Refuge with the Power of Allah^-azwj, and I seek Refuge with the Majesty of Allah^-azwj, and I seek Refuge with the Magnificence of Allah^-azwj, and I seek Refuge with the Hold of Allah^-azwj, and I seek Refuge with Rasool-Allah^-saww, and I seek Refuge with the Names of Allah^-azwj, from the evil of what I am cautious of, and from the evil of what I fear upon myself’. You should be saying it seven times’.

قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهَا الْوَجَعَ عَنِّي .

He (the narrator) said, ‘So I did it, and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Removed the pain by it’.^[28]

Head Pain Relief:

سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَصِيرِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: مَنِ اشْتَكَى رَأْسَهُ فَلْيَمْسَحْهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ لْيَقُلْ ‏- سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

Sahl Ibn Ahmad narrated from Ali Ibn Numan from Ibn Muskan from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Qusayr from

Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘Whoever suffers from a complaint of the head, let him put his hand on it and recite seven times:

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

“I take refuge in Allah^-azwj, in Whose trust is that which is on the land and in the sea, in the heavens and the earth, and He^-azwj is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.”

فَإِنَّهُ يُرْفَعُ عَنْهُ الْوَجَعُ

He will be relieved of the pain.’[29]

حَرِيزُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَزِيدَ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَجَعَ رَأْسِي وَ مَا أَجِدُ مِنْهُ لَيْلًا وَ نَهَاراً فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ لِنَفْسِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Hariz bin Ayyub al-Jurjani narrated from Muhammad Ibn Abu Nasr from Thalaba from Amr Ibn Yazid al-Sayqal form who says:

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad^-asws Ibn ’Ali ^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws, that I (Al-Sayqal) complained to him^-asws of a pain in my head, and of my suffering from it night and day. He^-asws (Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad^-asws) said: “Place your hand on it (head) and say seven times:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ‏ شَيْ‏ءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لا فِي السَّماءِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ مِمَّا اسْتَجَارَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ص

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, with Whose Name nothing on the earth or in the heavens causes injury. He^-azwj is the All-hearing, the All-knowing. O Allah^-azwj, I seek refuge in You^-azwj from that which Muhammad^-saww, blessings on him^-saww and his family^-asws, sought refuge for himself^-saww.’

فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ حُسْنِ تَوْفِيقِهِ.

If you recite it (the pain) will subside, by the Authority of Allah^-azwj, and if He^-azwj Enables you (to recite it).”[30]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ وَ كَانَ رَاوِيَةً لِعُلُومِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ ع قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الدَّيْلَمِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَا أَزَالُ أَجِدُ فِي رَأْسِي شَكَاةً وَ رُبَّمَا أَسْهَرَتْنِي وَ شَغَلَتْنِي عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بِاللَّيْلِ قَالَ يَا دَاوُدُ إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَامْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ

‘Ali Ibn Urwa al-Ahwazi a narrator of the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, narrated from al-Daylami from Dawud al-Raqqi from

Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar^-asws says that he (Dawud) said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I suffer constantly from a complaint in my head, and sometimes it keeps me awake at nights and distracts me from performing the night prayer.” He^-asws replied: “O Dawud, when you experience any of that (pain), pass your hand over it and say:

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا اعْتَرَانِي بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ كَلِمَاتِهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَ لَا فَاجِرٌ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَجَرْتَنِي مِنْ شَكَاتِي هَذِهِ

‘I take refuge in Allah^-azwj, and seek Protection for myself from all that afflicts me, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, and His^-azwj Perfect Words, which neither the righteous nor the ungodly can disregard, I seek Protection for myself with Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, and with Rasool Allah^-saww and his family^-asws, the pure, the chosen ones^-asws. O Allah^-azwj, by their claim over You^-azwj, Protect me from this suffering of mine.’

فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّكَ بَعْدُ.

It will not afflict you again.”[31]

أَبُو صَلْتٍ الْهَرَوِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرِّضَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَ‏ الْبَاقِرُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع‏: عَلِّمْ شِيعَتَنَا لِوَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ

Abu Salt Al-Harawi has narrated from:

(Imam) Al-Reza^-asws (narrates) from his father from Al-Baqir^-asws who said: “Teach our Shia to recite the following for a pain (relief) in the head:

يَا طَاهِيُّ يَا ذر يَا طمنة يَا طنات

“Ya Tahiyu, Ya Dharr, Ya Tamana, Ya Tannat”.

فَإِنَّهَا أسامى [أَسَامٍ‏] عِظَامٌ لَهَا مَكَانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَصْرِفُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ذَلِكَ.

They are Sublime Names and have an Authority given by Allah^-azwj, the Exalted and Sublime. Allah^-azwj will turn that [pain] away from them.’[32]

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ قَالَ: حَضَرْتُهُ يَوْماً وَ قَدْ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ بَعْضُ إِخْوَانِنَا فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَهْلِي يُصِيبُهُمْ كَثِيراً هَذَا الْوَجَعُ الْمَلْعُونُ قَالَ وَ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ وَجَعُ الرَّأْسِ قَالَ خُذْ قَدَحاً مِنْ مَاءٍ وَ اقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ‏

‘Abd Allah Ibn Bistam narrated from Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim from

(Ishaq) says that he was with Abu Al-Hasan Al-Askari^-asws one day when one of our brothers complained to him^-asws, saying: “O son of Rasool Allah^-saww, my family suffers much from this accursed pain.” He^-asws asked: “And what is it?” The man replied: “Pain (recurring) in the head.”

He^-asws said: “Take a cup of water and recite over it:

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ {21:30}

Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe? (21:30).

‏ ثُمَّ اشْرَبْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Then drink it and pain will not afflict them, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.”[33]

An Invocation for Headache

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ السِّنَانِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ذِي الثَّفِنَاتِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: هَذِهِ عُوذَةٌ نَزَلَ بِهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ النَّبِيُّ ع يُصَدَّعُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَوِّذْ صُدَاعَكَ بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ يُخَفِّفِ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ عَوَّذَ بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى أَيِّ وَجَعٍ يُصِيبُهُ شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ بِإِذْنِهِ تَمْسَحُ يَدَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي وَ تَقُولُ

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sinan al-Sinani from Yunus Ibn Zabyan from al-Mufaddal Ibn ’Umar from

Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘This is an invocation revealed by Jibrail^-as to the Prophet^-saww when the latter was suffering from a headache (Al-Suda). Jibrail^-as said: “O Muhammad^-saww, take refuge from your headache with this invocation, Allah^-azwj will relieve you of it.” Then he^-as said: “O Muhammad^-saww, whosoever takes refuge with this invocation seven times of any pain that afflicts him. Allah^-azwj will Heal him if He^-azwj wills. Pass your^-saww hand over the painful area and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ تَقَدَّسَ ذِكْرُهُ رَبِّنَا الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْرُهُ نَافِذٌ مَاضٍ كَمَا أَنَّ أَمْرَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ اجْعَلْ رَحْمَتَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَ خَطَايَانَا يَا رَبَّ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ أَنْزِلْ شِفَاءً مِنْ شِفَائِكَ وَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ عَلَى فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانَةَ وَ تُسَمِّي اسْمَهُ.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, our Lord, Whose Mention is glorified in the Heavens, our Lord^-azwj, Whose Command in the Heavens and the earth is executed and performed. Just as Your^-azwj command is executed in the heavens, bestow Your^-azwj Mercy on earth, and Forgive us for our sins and our faults. O Lord^-azwj of the pious^-asws, the pure ones^-asws, Bestow a cure, and Mercy from Your^-azwj Mercy, on so-and-so, son of so-and-so’, and mention his name.”[34]

Another invocation for headache:

يَا مُصَغِّرَ الْكُبَرَاءِ وَ يَا مُكَبِّرَ الصُّغَرَاءِ وَ يَا مُذْهِبَ الرِّجْسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُطَهِّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيراً صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ امْسَحْ مَا بِي مِنْ صُدَاعٍ وَ شَقِيقَةٍ.

‘O the One^-azwj Who diminishes the great and magnifies the small; O the (One^-azwj) who Kept Away the un-cleanliness from Muhammad^-saww and his family^-asws, and their^-asws complete Purifier. Bless Muhammad^-saww and his family^-asws. Remove what is in me of headache and migraine (Al-Shaqiqa).’[35]

An Invocation for Migraine

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّرَّاجُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ وَ كَانَ أَقْدَمَ مِنْ حَرِيزٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ إِلَّا أَنَّ حَرِيزاً كَانَ أَسْبَغَ عِلْماً مِنْ حَبِيبٍ هَذَا قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى الْبَاقِرِ ع شَقِيقَةً تَعْتَرِينِي فِي كُلِّ أُسْبُوعٍ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الشِّقِّ الَّذِي يَعْتَرِيكَ وَ قُلْ

Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Siraj narrated from Ibn Mahbub from Hisham Ibn Salim from Habib al-Sijistani-he was older than Hariz al-Sijistani, though Hariz was superior in knowledge to Habib-who said:

(The narrator says) ‘I complained to Al-Baqir^-asws of a migraine that afflicted me once or twice every week. Al-Baqir^-asws said: “Place your hand on the side which pains you and say:

يَا ظَاهِراً مَوْجُوداً وَ يَا بَاطِناً غَيْرَ مَفْقُودٍ ارْدُدْ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ الضَّعِيفِ أَيَادِيَكَ الْجَمِيلَةَ عِنْدَهُ وَ أَذْهِبْ عَنْهُ مَا بِهِ مِنْ أَذًى إِنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ قَدِيرٌ.

‘O Apparent, Present, O Hidden, but not absent, answer Your^-azwj weak servant with Your^-azwj Gracious Help. Remove from him his pain. Surely, You^-azwj are Compassionate, Loving, All-powerful.

تَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً تُعَافَى مِنْهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

Recite this three times and you will be relieved of the pain, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.”[36]

السَّيَّارِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يَعُودُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَتْهُ شَقِيقَةٌ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ الْعُوذَةِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ.

Another invocation of migraine: Al-Sayyari narrated from Muhammad Ibn Ali from Muhammad Ibn Muslim from Ali Ibn Abu Hamza from Abu Basir, who said:

‘I heard Muhammad^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws, peace be upon him, when visiting one of his followers, who mention that he was afflicted with a migraine. He^-asws cited an invocation similar to the preceding one.’

يُكْتَبُ فِي قِرْطَاسٍ وَ يُعَلَّقُ عَلَى الْجَانِبِ الَّذِي يَشْتَكِي‏

Another invocation for migraine: ‘Write the following on a paper and attach it to the part which suffering:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِإِلَهٍ اسْتَحْدَثْنَاكَ وَ لَا بِرَبِّ يَبِيدُ ذِكْرُكَ وَ لَا مَلِيكٍ يَشْرَكُكَ قَوْمٌ يَقْضُونَ مَعَكَ وَ لَا كَانَ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ إِلَهٍ نَلْجَأُ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ نَتَعَوَّذُ بِهِ وَ نَدْعُوهُ وَ نَدَعُكَ وَ لَا أَعَانَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِنَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ فَيُسْأَلَ فِيكَ سُبْحَانَكَ وَ بِحَمْدِكَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اشْفِهِ بِشِفَائِكَ عَاجِلًا.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. I bear witness that You^-azwj are not a god that we have invented, nor a lord whose mention has ceased, nor a king with whom people associate partners, nor was there before You^-azwj a god in whom we took refuge, or sought protection, or prayed to. We pray to You^-azwj, and no one assists You^-azwj in our creation nor is responsible for You^-azwj. Glory be to You^-azwj and Praise! Bless Muhammad^-saww and his family^-asws. Cure this quickly with your^-azwj Cure.”[37]

An Invocation for Pain in the Eye:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏ لَمَّا دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ قِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ أَرْمَدُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ائْتُونِي بِهِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَرْمَدُ لَا أُبْصِرُ شَيْئاً قَالَ فَقَالَ ادْنُ مِنِّي يَا عَلِيُّ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَمَسَحَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عَيْنِي فَقَالَ

Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Abu Jafar narrated from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad Ibn Muslim from

Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws, from Al-Baqir^-asws from Ali Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws from his father^-asws, who said that ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws said: ‘When Rasool Allah^-saww called me^-asws on the day of Khaybar, he^-saww was told: ‘Ya Rasool Allah^-saww, he^-asws has inflammation (al-ramad) of the eyes.” Rasool Allah^-saww said: “Bring him^-asws to me^-saww.” So I^-asws went to him^-saww and said: “Ya Rasool Allah^-saww, I^-asws have inflammation of the eyes which hinders my^-asws sight.” Rasool Allah^-saww said: “Approach me^-saww, O ‘Ali^-asws.” I^-asws approached him^-saww and he^-saww passed his^-saww hand over my^-asws eyes and recited:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِهِ الْحَرَّ وَ الْبَرْدَ وَ قِهِ الْأَذَى وَ الْبَلَاءَ.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, and peace be on Rasool Allah^-saww. Ya Allah^-azwj, Protect him^-asws from the heat and the cold, and preserve him from harm and affliction.”

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَبَرَأْتُ وَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ خَصَّهُ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَ اصْطَفَاهُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا وَجَدْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَرّاً وَ لَا بَرْداً وَ لَا أَذًى فِي عَيْنِي قَالَ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ رُبَّمَا خَرَجَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الشَّاتِي الشَّدِيدِ الْبَرْدِ وَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ شق [شَفٌ‏] فَيُقَالُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَ مَا تُصِيبُ الْبَرْدَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَصَابَنِي حَرٌّ وَ لَا بَرْدٌ مُنْذُ عَوَّذَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ رُبَّمَا خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا فِي الْيَوْمِ الْحَارِّ الشَّدِيدِ الْحَرِّ فِي جُبَّةٍ مَحْشُوَّةٍ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَ مَا يُصِيبُكَ مَا يُصِيبُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ هَذَا الْحَرِّ حَتَّى تَلْبَسَ الْمَحْشُوَّ؟ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

‘Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws recovered, and by Him^-azwj Who honoured him^-saww with Prophethood, bestowed on him^-saww the Message, and Chose him^-asws over His^-azwj servants. I^-asws felt neither heat nor cold nor pain in my eyes after that.’

He (the Imam^-asws) said: ‘Sometimes ‘Ali^-asws would go out on a bitterly cold winter’s day with a torn shirt. It would be said: “O Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, are you not affected by the cold?” He^-asws would reply: “Neither heat nor cold has affected me^-asws since Rasool Allah^-saww protected me^-asws with the invocation.” Sometimes he^-asws would come out to us^-asws on an extremely hot day in a padded garment, and it would be said to him^-asws: “Are you^-asws not affected as other people are by this severe heat, so that you^-asws wear a padded garment?” He^-asws would give them the same reply.’[38]

An Invocation for Pain in the Ear

خِرَاشُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُمْهُورٍ الْقُمِّيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَجَعاً فِي أُذُنِي فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ ‏ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Khirash Ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi narrated from Muhammaad Ibn Jamhur al-Qummi from Yunus Ibn Zabyan from

He (the narrator) says that I complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws of pain in one of my ears (Al-Udhun). He^-asws said: “Place your hand over it, and say seven times:

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

‘I take refuge in Allah^-azwj, in Whom trust that which is on the land and in the sea, in the Heavens and the earth; and He^-azwj is All-hearing, All-knowing.’

فَإِنَّهُ يَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ أَسْلَمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو النَّصِيبِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي ربيته [زَيْنَبَةَ] عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: أَنَّهُ عَوَّذَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ وَجَعِ الْأُذُنِ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ هَذَا.

It will be cured, Allah, the Exalted, willing.”

Aslam Ibn ‘Amr al-Nusaybi narrated from Ali Ibn Rabbayta from Muhammad ibn Salman from his father from Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws that he^-asws recited an invocation of protection similar to this, for one of his^-asws companions who had an earache.[39]

An Invocation for Deafness

حَنَانُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ الْفِلَسْطِينِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنِ الْمُنَخَّلِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ ع‏: أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَيْهِ صَمَماً فَقَالَ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ اقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ‏

Hannan Ibn Jabir al-Filistini narrated from Muhammad Ibn Ali from Ibn Sinan from Ammar Ibn Marwan from al-Munkhal from Jabir from

Abu Jafar Muhammad^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws who said that a man complained to him^-asws of deafness (Al-Samam). Abu Jafar^-asws said: Pass your hand over him and recite:

لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا هذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلى‏ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خاشِعاً مُتَصَدِّعاً مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَ تِلْكَ الْأَمْثالُ نَضْرِبُها لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخالِقُ الْبارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْماءُ الْحُسْنى‏ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏.(59:21-24)

If We had sent down this QURAN upon a mountain, thou wouldst have seen it humbled, split asunder out of the fear of God, And We make these examples for men; haply they will reflect. He is God; there is no god but He. He is the knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-merciful, the All-compassionate. He is God. There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-holy, the All-peaceable, the All-faithful, the All-preserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, the All-sublime. Glory be to God, above that they associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him; He is the All-mighty, the All-wise. (59:21-4).[40]

An Invocation for Pain Afflicting the Mouth

حَرِيزُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سُمَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا إِلَيْهِ وَلِيٌّ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَجَعاً فِي فَمِهِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَكَ ذَلِكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ‏

Hariz Ibn Ayyub al-Jurjani narrated from Abu Samina from Ali Ibn Asbat from Abu Hamza from Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, that Abu Basir said:

‘One of his (Abu Abd Allah^-asws’s) followers complained to him^-asws of pain in his mouth (Al-fam). Abu Abd Allah^-asws said, “When that afflicts you, place your hand over it and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ دَاءٌ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ الَّتِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ قُدُّوساً قُدُّوساً قُدُّوساً بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبِّ الطَّاهِرِ الْمُقَدَّسِ الْمُبَارَكِ الَّذِي مَنْ سَأَلَكَ بِهِ أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَ مَنْ دَعَاكَ بِهِ أَجَبْتَهُ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ أَنْ تُعَافِيَنِي مِمَّا أَجِدُ فِي فَمِي وَ فِي رَأْسِي وَ فِي سَمْعِي وَ فِي بَصَرِي وَ فِي بَطْنِي وَ فِي ظَهْرِي وَ فِي يَدَيَّ وَ فِي رِجْلَيَّ وَ فِي جَمِيعِ جَوَارِحِي كُلِّهَا.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, with Whose Name illness causes no harm; I take refuge in the Words of Allah^-azwj, with Which nothing harms, Most Holy, Most Holy, Most Holy. By Your^-azwj Name, O Lord^-azwj, the Pure, the Holy, the Blessed, whoever asks You^-azwj by it, You^-azwj Grant it to him, and whoever calls on You^-azwj by it, You^-azwj Grant it to him, and whoever calls on You^-azwj by it, You^-azwj answer him. I ask You^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, to Bless Muhammad^-saww, the Prophet^-saww, and his^-saww Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws, and to heal the suffering in my mouth, my head, my hearing, my sight, my belly, my back, my hand, my foot, and in all my limbs.’

فَإِنَّهُ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

You will be relieved of your pain, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.”

An Invocation for the Toothache:

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ [أَحْمَدَ] مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَوَاتِيمِيُّ قَالَ: قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ‏ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ حَنَانٍ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَجَعَ أَضْرَاسِي وَ أَنَّهُ يُسْهِرُنِي اللَّيْلَ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَصِيرٍ إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِذَلِكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ اقْرَأْ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ

Abu Abd Allah al-Hussain ibn Ahmed, from Mohammed al-Khawatimi, narrates from al-Hussain ibn Ali ibn Yaqteen, from Hanan Al-Sayqal, from Abi Basir, who says:

I complained to Abi Jafar Al-Baqir ^-asws about my toothache, which kept me awake at night. He said: O Abu Basir! Put your hand where is pain and Recite the Sura Al-Hamd (1), the two Suras of taking refuge (Al-Falaq (113) and Al-Nas (114). and the Sura Al-Ikhlas (112). And then recite

وَ تَرَى الْجِبالَ تَحْسَبُها جامِدَةً وَ هِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحابِ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِما تَفْعَلُونَ‏(27:88)

And you see the mountains, you think them to be solid, and they shall pass away as the passing away of the cloud– the handiwork of Allah Who has made everything thoroughly; surely He is Aware of what you do. (27:88)

فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُ.

The pain will subside, and it will not come back.’[41]

حَدَّثَنَا حَمْدَانُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ رَجُلًا بِذَلِكَ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ قَالَ اقْرَأْ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ وَ لَا يَعُودُ.

Hamdan ibn Auyon Al-Rai, narrates from Abu Talib, from Younis, from Abi Hamza, who heard it from Sama ibn Mehran, who says:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: If a person suffers (from toothache) he should recite once Inna Anzalna (97), and the (pain) will not return to him.[42]

وَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنِ اشْتَكَى مِنْ ضِرْسِهِ فَلْيَأْخُذْ عَنْ مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ وَ لْيَمْسَحْهُ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَشْتَكِي وَ يَقُولُ.

(And for pain in the teeth), from Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws has said: ‘Whoever complains of pain in the teeth, let him take the object on which he performs his sajdah (Prostration), and rub it on the painful area and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ الشَّافِي اللَّهُ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and the Healer, Allah^-azwj; there is no Might nor Power except in Allah, the Most High, the Mighty.[43]

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي ع قَالَ: ضُرِبَتْ عَلَى أَسْنَانِي فَجَعَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا السُّعْدَ وَ قَالَ خَلُّ الْخَمْرِ يَشُدُّ اللِّثَةَ وَ قَالَ تَأْخُذُ حِنْطَةً وَ تَقْشُرُهَا وَ تَسْتَخْرِجُ دُهْنَهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ الضِّرْسُ مَأْكُولًا مُتَحَفِّراً تَقْطُرُ فِيهِ قَطْرَتَانِ مِنَ الدُّهْنِ وَ اجْعَلْ مِنْهُ فِي قُطْنَةٍ وَ اجْعَلْهَا فِي أُذُنِكَ الَّتِي تَلِي الضِّرْسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْسِمُ ذَلِكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

(The narrator) has reported that I said to Abu Al-Hassan^-asws: ‘My teeth (Al-Asnan) were hurting me and I applied Cyperus rotundus[44] (al-sud) to them. He^-asws said: Wine vinegar strengthens the gums. He^-asws also said: Take wheat (al-hinta), husk it, and extract the oil. If the tooth is decayed and rotten, put two drops of the oil in it. Put some oil on a piece of cotton and place it in the ear near the tooth, for three nights. It will stop (the decay), Allah^-azwj, Willing.[45]

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الرُّقْيَةَ رُقْيَةُ الضِّرْسِ وَ هِيَ نَافِعَةٌ لَا تُخَالِفُ أَبَداً أَصْلًا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حمد [تَعْمِدُ] إِلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَوْرَاقٍ مِنْ وَرَقِ الزَّيْتُونِ فكتب [فَتَكْتُبُ‏] عَلَى وَجْهِ الْوَرَقَةِ –

Ibrahim Ibn Khalid narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Abd Rabbihi, from Thalaba, from Abu Baseer, who says:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: This is a charm for the teeth (toothache). It is beneficial and will never fail, Allah^-azwj Willing: (start with Praising Allah^-azwj), (take) three leaves of the olive tree (al-Zaytun), and write on the face of the leaf:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا مَلِكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَلَكٌ وَ أَنْتَ لَهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ ياهيا شراهيا أَخْرِجِ الدَّاءَ وَ أَنْزِلِ الشِّفَاءَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً

In the Name of Allah^-azwj. There is no sovereign mightier than Allah^-azwj, the King, and you^-saww are His Khalifa. Ya Haya, Sharahiyya, remove the illness and send the cure, and May Allah^-azwj Bless Mohammed^-saww and his family^-saww and with (us may be) the peace and their^-asws recognition.[46]

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ياهيا شراهيا اسْمَانِ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِالْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ وَ تَكْتُبُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْوَرَقَةِ ذَلِكَ وَ تَشُدُّ بِغَزْلِ جَارِيَةٍ لَمْ تَحِضْ فِي خِرْقَةٍ نَظِيفَةٍ وَ تَعْقِدُ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعَ عُقَدٍ وَ تُسَمِّي عَلَى كُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ بِاسْمِ نَبِيٍّ وَ الْأَسَامِي آدَمُ نُوحٌ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُوسَى عِيسَى شُعَيْبٌ وَ تُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ع وَ تُعَلِّقُهُ عَلَيْهِ يَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘Ya Haya, Sharahiyya’ are two of the Names of Allah^-azwj in Hebrew. Write that on the back of the leaf, and tie it in a clean piece of cloth with a thread spun by a maid servant who was (clean) and tie seven knots in it and name each knot with the name of one the Prophets^-as – Adam^-as, Nuh^-as, Ibrahim^-as, Musa^-as, Isa^-as, Shayb^-as and Mohammed^-saww – and pray for Mohammed^-saww and his family^-asws, peace be on him and on them, and attach it to it (the tooth). It will be cured, Allah^-azwj Willing.

جَبْرَئِيلُ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع‏: الْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعُجْبِ لِدَابَّةٍ تَكُونُ فِي الْفَمِ تَأْكُلُ الْعَظْمَ وَ تَتْرُكُ اللَّحْمَ أَنَا أُرْقِي وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الشَّافِي الْكَافِي‏.

From Jibrail^-as, Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws says: How amazing it is that a creature eats the bone (al-azm) and leaves the flesh (al-lahm). I make an invocation by Allah^-azwj the Healer, the All-sufficient.

لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ‏ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ وَ إِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادَّارَأْتُمْ فِيها وَ اللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ ما كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ فَقُلْنا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِها ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

And when you killed a man, then you disagreed with respect to that, and Allah was to bring forth that which you were going to hide. So We said: Strike the (dead body) with part of the (Sacrificed cow), thus Allah brings the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that you may understand.

تَضَعُ إِصْبَعَكَ عَلَى الضِّرْسِ ثُمَّ تُرْقِيهِ مِنْ جَانِبِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِهَذَا يَبْرَأُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

Place your finger on the tooth then recite this invocation seven times, on both its sides. It will be cured, Allah^-azwj Willing.

Additional Ahadith on Tooth Ache:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ الطَّيَّارِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ (عليه السلام) فَرَآنِي أَتَأَوَّهُ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ قُلْتُ ضِرْسِي فَقَالَ لَوِ احْتَجَمْتَ فَاحْتَجَمْتُ فَسَكَنَ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي مَا تَدَاوَى النَّاسُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْ مَصَّةِ دَمٍ أَمْ مُزْعَةِ عَسَلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا الْمُزْعَةُ عَسَلٍ [عَسَلًا] قَالَ لَعْقَةُ عَسَلٍ.

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Kufy, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzaal, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Al-Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Hamza Bin Al-Tayyaar who said:

I was in the presence of Abu Al-Hassan the First^-asws. He^-asws saw me groaning (with pain). So he^-asws said: ‘What is the matter with you?’ I said, ‘My molar (toothache)’. So he^-asws said: ‘If only you had cupping done’. So I got cupping done and it settled down. I informed him^-asws of it’. So he^-asws said to me: ‘There is no better cure for the people than the sucking out of the blood and a certain amount of honey’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws, what is a certain amount of honey?’ He^-asws said: ‘A lick of honey’.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Suleyman Bin Ja’far Al Ja’fary who said:

I heard Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws saying: ‘To cure the toothache, take colocynth (a bitter fruit), peel it, then extracts its oil. So if the tooth has a cavity, apply the drops by cotton, place it inside the cavity and lie down upon the back. He should do this for three nights. And if the tooth does not have a cavity to it and it has a smell to it, apply the drops in each side of that tooth during the night. Every night two or three drops. He would be free (cured) by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.

قَالَ وَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لِوَجَعِ الْفَمِ وَ الدَّمِ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْأَسْنَانِ وَ الضَّرَبَانِ وَ الْحُمْرَةِ الَّتِي تَقَعُ فِي الْفَمِ تَأْخُذُ حَنْظَلَةً رَطْبَةً قَدِ اصْفَرَّتْ فَتَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَباً مِنْ طِينٍ ثُمَّ تَثْقُبُ رَأْسَهَا وَ تُدْخِلُ سِكِّيناً جَوْفَهَا فَتَحُكُّ جَوَانِبَهَا بِرِفْقٍ ثُمَّ تَصُبُّ عَلَيْهَا خَلَّ تَمْرٍ حَامِضاً شَدِيدَ الْحُمُوضَةِ ثُمَّ تَضَعُهَا عَلَى النَّارِ فَتُغْلِيهَا غَلَيَاناً شَدِيداً ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ صَاحِبُهُ مِنْهُ كُلَّمَا احْتَمَلَ ظُفُرُهُ فَيَدْلُكُ بِهِ فِيهِ وَ يَتَمَضْمَضُ بِخَلٍّ وَ إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ مَا فِي الْحَنْظَلَةِ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ أَوْ بَسْتُوقَةٍ فَعَلَ وَ كُلَّمَا فَنِيَ خَلُّهُ أَعَادَ مَكَانَهُ وَ كُلَّمَا عَتَقَ كَانَ خَيْراً لَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And I heard him^-asws saying: ‘For the pain in the mouth and the blood which comes out from the teeth, and the ulcers and the redness which takes place in the mouth, take damp colocynth which has turned yellow, place it in a pot of clay, pierce its head and enter a knife inside it. Then gently rub its sides, then pour over it dates and vinegar, and it would be intensely bitter. Then place it upon the fire and boil it intensely. Then take from it all that can be carried by his finger, rub it in his mouth, and gargle with the vinegar. If he likes he can transfer what is in the colocynth into a bottle or bowl. And when all that becomes less, he can refill it with vinegar, and he would be free from all that, Allah^-azwj Willing’.

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها على ضرس يؤلم و يضرب سكن بإذن الله تعالى، و من قرأها على ما يأكله أمن ما فيه و رزقه الله السلامة فيه».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it (88 – Sura Al-Ghashiya) upon toothache, it would calm down by the Permission of Allah^-azwj the High. And the one who recites it upon what he has eaten, he would be safe from whatever was in it, and Allah^-azwj would Give him the Sustenance of safety in it’.[47]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله): أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله كثواب الذين أجل الله أحلامهم، و إن كتبت و علقت على الضرس المضروب سكن ألمه من ساعته».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one recites this Chapter (68 – Al-Qalam), Allah^-azwj would Give to him the Rewards of the ones whose dreams Allah^-azwj has Fulfilled. And if it is written and attached (Amulet) for the toothache, it would settle down after a while’.[48]

A proven Invocation for the teeth

: تَقْرَأُ الْحَمْدَ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ مَعَ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ تَقْرَأُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ وَ بَعْدَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ

Recite the Sura Al-Hamd (1), the two Suras of taking refuge (Al-Falaq (113) and Al-Nas (114). and the Sura Al-Ikhlas (112). Say, ‘In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate,’ with each Sura. After the Sura Al-Ikhlas (112), say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ وَ لَهُ ما سَكَنَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏ قُلْنا يا نارُ كُونِي بَرْداً وَ سَلاماً عَلى‏ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ أَرادُوا بِهِ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْناهُمُ الْأَخْسَرِينَ‏ نُودِيَ أَنْ بُورِكَ مَنْ فِي النَّارِ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَها وَ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

‘In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, And to Him belongs whatsoever inhabits the night and the day: and He is the All-hearing, All-knowing (6:13). We said: O fire, be cooled and safe for Ibrahim! They desired to outwit him: so We made them the worse losers (21: 69-70). He was called: Blessed is He who is in the fire, and he who is about it. Glory be to God, the Lord of all Being! (27:8).

بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ

‘Then say after that:

اللَّهُمَّ يَا كَافِيَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ لَا يَكْفِي مِنْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ اكْفِ عَبْدَكَ وَ ابْنَ أَمَتِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَخَافُ وَ يَحْذَرُ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجَعِ الَّذِي يَشْكُوهُ إِلَيْكَ.

‘O Allah^-azwj, O the One^-azwj Who Protects from everything, and nothing protects You^-azwj, Protect Your^-azwj servant and the son of your bondmaid (al-ima), from the evil of what he fears and is wary of in this pain of which he complains to You^-azwj.’[49]

An Invocation for coughing

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ‏ قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ ع‏: مَنِ اشْتَكَى حَلْقَهُ وَ كَثُرَ سُعَالُهُ وَ اشْتَدَّ يَأْسُ بَنِيهِ فَلْيُعَوِّذْ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَ كَانَ يُسَمِّيهَا الْجَامِعَةَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ

Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Mihran Al-Kufy narrated from Ayyub from Amr Ibn Shimr from Jabir from

Abu Jafar Muhammad^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws Ibn al-Hussain^-asws who from Al-Hussain, who said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: “Whosoever has a complaint of the throat (al-halq) and excessive coughing (al-sual) and the desperation of his body increases, let him take refuge with these words, which are called ‘the comprehensive’ (al-jamia), for all things:

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَجَائِي وَ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَ عِمَادِي وَ غِيَاثِي وَ رِفْعَتِي وَ جَمَالِي وَ أَنْتَ مَفْزَعُ الْمَفْزَعِينَ لَيْسَ لِلْهَارِبِينَ مَهْرَبٌ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ وَ لَا لِلْعَالَمِينَ مُعَوَّلٌ إِلَّا عَلَيْكَ وَ لَا لِلرَّاغِبِينَ مُرَغَّبٌ إِلَّا لَدَيْكَ وَ لَا لِلْمَظْلُومِينَ نَاصِرٌ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَ لَا لِذِي الْحَوَائِجِ مَقْصَدٌ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ وَ لَا لِلطَّالِبِينَ عَطَاءٌ إِلَّا مِنْ لَدَيْكَ وَ لَا لِلتَائِبِينَ مَتَابٌ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ وَ لَيْسَ الرِّزْقُ وَ الْخَيْرُ وَ الْفَرَجُ إِلَّا بِيَدِكَ حَزَنَتْنِي الْأُمُورُ الْفَادِحَةُ وَ أَعْيَتْنِي الْمَسَالِكُ الضَّيِّقَةُ وَ احْتَوَشَتْنِي الْأَوْجَاعُ الْمُوجِعَةُ وَ لَمْ أَجِدْ فَتْحَ بَابِ الْفَرَجِ إِلَّا

بِيَدِكَ فَأَقَمْتُ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِكَ وَ اسْتَفْتَحْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِالدُّعَاءِ إِغْلَاقَهُ فَافْتَحْ يَا رَبِّ لِلْمُسْتَفْتِحِ وَ اسْتَجِبْ لِلدَّاعِي وَ فَرِّجِ الْكَرْبَ وَ اكْشِفِ الضُّرَّ وَ سُدَّ الْفَقْرَ وَ أَجْلِ الْحُزْنَ وَ انْفِ الْهَمَّ وَ اسْتَنْقِذْنِي مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أشقيت [أَشْفَيْتُ‏] عَلَيْهَا وَ لَا أَجِدُ لِخَلَاصِي مِنْهَا غَيْرَكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا مَنْ‏ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذا دَعاهُ وَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ ارْحَمْنِي وَ اكْشِفْ مَا بِي مِنْ غَمٍّ وَ كَرْبٍ وَ وَجَعٍ وَ دَاءٍ رَبِّ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ لَمْ أَرْجُ فَرَجِي مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِكَ فَارْحَمْنِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْبَائِسِ الْفَقِيرِ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْخَائِفِ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْمُسْتَغِيثِ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْمَكْرُوبِ الضَّرِيرِ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْمَلْهُوفِ الْمُسْتَعِيذِ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْعَبْدِ الْمُشْفِقِ الْهَالِكِ الْغَرِيقِ الْخَائِفِ الْوَجِلِ هَذَا مَكَانُ مَنِ انْتَبَهَ مِنْ رَقْدَتِهِ وَ اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ غَفْلَتِهِ وَ أَفْرَقَ مِنْ عِلَّتِهِ وَ شِدَّةِ وَجَعِهِ وَ خَافَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ وَ اعْتَرَفَ بِذَنْبِهِ وَ أَخْبَتَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ وَ بَكَى مِنْ حَذَرِهِ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ وَ اسْتَعْبَرَ وَ اسْتَقَالَ وَ اسْتَعْفَى وَ اللَّهِ إِلَى رَبِّهِ وَ رَهِبَ مِنْ سَطْوَتِهِ وَ أَرْسَلَ مِنْ عَبْرَتِهِ وَ رَجَا وَ بَكَى وَ دَعَا وَ نَادَى رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ فَتَلَافَنِي قَدْ تَرَى مَكَانِي وَ تَسْمَعُ كَلَامِي وَ تَعْلَمُ سَرَائِرِي وَ عَلَانِيَتِي وَ تَعْلَمُ حَاجَتِي وَ تُحِيطُ بِمَا عِنْدِي وَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِي مِنْ عَلَانِيَتِي وَ سِرِّي وَ مَا أُبْدِي وَ مَا يُكِنُّهُ صَدْرِي فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ تَلِي التَّدْبِيرَ وَ تَقْبَلُ الْمَعَاذِيرَ وَ تُمْضِي الْمَقَادِيرَ بِسُؤَالِ مَنْ أَسَاءَ وَ اعْتَرَفَ وَ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ وَ اقْتَرَفَ وَ نَدِمَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ وَ أَنَابَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ وَ أَسِفَ وَ لَاذَ بِفِنَائِهِ وَ عَكَفَ وَ أَنَاخَ رَجَاهُ وَ عَطَفَ وَ تَبَتَّلَ إِلَى مُقِيلِ عَثْرَتِهِ [وَ] قَابِلِ تَوْبَتِهِ وَ غَافِرِ حَوْبَتِهِ وَ رَاحِمِ غُرْبَتِهِ وَ كَاشِفِ كُرْبَتِهِ وَ شَافِي عِلَّتِهِ أَنْ تَرْحَمَ تَجَاوُزِي بِكَ وَ تَضَرُّعِي إِلَيْكَ وَ تَغْفِرَ لِي‏ جَمِيعَ مَا أَخْطَأْتُهُ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ أَحْصَاهُ كِتَابُكَ وَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ عِلْمِكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَ خَطَايَايَ وَ جَرَائِرِي فِي خَلَوَاتِي وَ فَجَرَاتِي وَ سَيِّئَاتِي وَ هَفَوَاتِي وَ هَنَاتِي وَ جَمِيعِ مَا تَشْهَدُ بِهِ حَفَظَتُكَ وَ كَتَبَتْهُ مَلَائِكَتُكَ فِي الصِّغَرِ وَ بَعْدَ الْبُلُوغِ وَ الشَّيْبِ وَ الشَّبَابِ وَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ الْغُدُوِّ وَ الْآصَالِ وَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَ الْأَبْكَارِ وَ الضُّحَى وَ الْأَسْحَارِ وَ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَ فِي السَّفَرِ وَ فِي الْخَلَاءِ وَ الْمَلَإِ وَ أَنْ تَجَاوَزَ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِي‏ فِي أَصْحابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَعْدَ الصِّدْقِ الَّذِي كانُوا يُوعَدُونَ‏ اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ عَنِّي الْعِلَلَ

الْغَاشِيَةَ فِي جِسْمِي وَ فِي شَعْرِي وَ بَشَرِي وَ عُرُوقِي وَ عَصَبِي وَ جَوَارِحِي فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَكْشِفُهَا غَيْرُكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ يَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ.

O Allah^-azwj, You^-azwj are my Hope, and You^-azwj are my Trust, my Support, my Succour, my Exalter, my Beauty. You^-azwj are the Refuge of those who are afraid.

There is no sanctuary for those who flee except in You^-azwj.

There is no one on whom human beings can rely except You^-azwj.

There is no wish for those who desire except before You^-azwj.

There is no helper for the oppressed but You^-azwj.

There is no object for the needy except You^-azwj.

There is nothing to be given for the seekers except from You^-azwj.

There is no place to turn for the repentant except You^-azwj.

Sustenance and good and deliverance are only in Your^-azwj Hand.

Oppressive matters have grieved me, difficult straits have wearied me, and painful ailments have encompassed me.

I do not find the opening of the door of deliverance open except by Your^-azwj Hand.

Thus, I stand before You^-azwj and seek help from You^-azwj, with prayer, against its closing.

Open, O Lord^-azwj, to the one who asks for help, and answer the one who calls out.

Dispel the grief, remove the harm, fulfil the need, remove the sorrow, banish the anxieties, and save me from destruction, for I am on the brink of it.

I do not find my salvation from it other than in You^-azwj.

O Allah^-azwj, O He^-azwj who answers the constrained, when one calls unto Him^-azwj, and Removes the evil (27:62), have mercy on me and remove what is in me of sorrow and grief and pain and illness.

Lord^-azwj, if You^-azwj do not, I do not expect my deliverance from other than You^-azwj.

Have mercy on me, O Most Merciful of the Merciful.

This is the position of the wretched, the poor.

This is the position of one who is afraid, one seeking refuge.

This is the position of one calling for help.

This is the position of the sorrowful, the hurt.

This is the position of the troubled, the one seeking protection.

This is the position of the servant, apprehensive, dying, drowning, frightened, fearful.

This is the position of one who has awakened from his sleep, been aroused from his forgetfulness,

recovered from his illness and the severity of his pain, and is afraid because of his offences.

He acknowledges his sins, is humble before his Lord, and weeps in fear of Him^-azwj.

He asks forgiveness, sheds tears, and seeks pardon by Allah^-azwj, from his Lord.

He dreads His^-azwj Power, sheds his tears, and hopes, weeps, and prays and calls: Lord, affliction has visited me (21:83) so set me right.

You^-azwj see my position. You^-azwj hear my words, You^-azwj know my secret thoughts and my public affairs.

You know my need and You know me thoroughly. Nothing in my affairs, whether open or secret, apparent or concealed in my breast, is hidden from You^-azwj.

So I ask You^-azwj, since You^-azwj have Authority over regulating [affairs], accepting pleas, and fixing destinies, with the request of one who has done wrong and confessed, wronged his soul, and committed crimes. He has repented for what is past and turned to his Lord^-azwj. He has regretted and taken refuge in His^-azwj courtyard, held back and restrained his desire, and devoted himself to the Revoker of his lapses, the Acceptor of his repentance, the Forgiver of his sins, the One^-azwj Who has Mercy on his repentance, the Forgiver of his sins, the One^-azwj Who has Mercy on his state of exile, the Remover of his distress and the Healer of his illness. Have Mercy on my transgressions and my entreaties to You^-azwj. Forgive me all my deviations from Your^-azwj Book which have been counted in Your^-azwj record. Your^-azwj past knowledge of my sins, faults, and offences in privacy, my immorality, my evil deeds, my lapses, and all that Your^-azwj recording angels witness and have written down during childhood and after puberty, in old age and youth, by night and day, early morning and evening, late evening and day break, forenoon and dawn, and at home and in travels, in solitude and in public. Overlook my evil deeds among the inhabitants of Paradise the promise of the very truth, which they were promised (46:16).

O Allah^-azwj, by the right of Muhammad^-saww and his family^-asws, remove from me the overwhelming illnesses in my body (al-jism), my hair (al-shar), my skin (al-bashari), my blood vessels (al-uruq), my nerves (al-asab), and my limbs, for there is no one who will remove that other than You^-azwj, O Most Merciful of the Merciful, O Answerer of the call of the distressed.”[50]

An Invocation for Anxieties in the Chest

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ التَّفْلِيسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَجِدُ بَلَابِلَ فِي صَدْرِي وَ وَسَاوِسَ فِي فُؤَادِي حَتَّى لَرُبَّمَا قَطَعَ صَلَاتِي وَ شَوَّشَ عَلَيَّ قِرَاءَتِي قَالَ وَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ عُوذَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع؟ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي قَالَ إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ

Abu al-Qasim al-Tafflisi narrated from Hamad Ibn Isa from Hariz Ibn Abd Allah al-Sijistani from

Hariz says: I said Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I experience anxieties (al-baladi) in my chest and temptations (al-wasawis) in my heart (Al-Fuaad) so that I sometimes break off my prayer and become confused in my recitation.” Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: “And what about the invocation of Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws?” I replied: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, teach (it to) me.” He^-asws said: “When you experience something of this, place your hand on it and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ مَنَنْتَ عَلَيَّ بِالْإِيمَانِ وَ أَوْدَعْتَنِي الْقُرْآنَ وَ رَزَقْتَنِي صِيَامَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَ الرِّضْوَانِ وَ الرَّأْفَةِ وَ الْغُفْرَانِ وَ تَمَامِ مَا أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنَ النِّعَمِ وَ الْإِحْسَانِ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا دَائِمُ يَا رَحْمَانُ سُبْحَانَكَ وَ لَيْسَ لِي أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ سُبْحَانَكَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْكَرَامَاتِ مِنَ الْهَوَانِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُجْلِيَ عَنْ قَلْبِي الْأَحْزَانَ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj and by Allah^-azwj. Ya Allah^-azwj. You^-azwj have Blessed me with Eman (faith) and entrusted me with the QURAN, and bestowed on me fasting in the month of Ramadan. Grant me Mercy and acceptance and compassion and forgiveness and all that You^-azwj have Bestowed on me of Blessings and Beneficence. O Compassionate, O Benefactor, O Everlasting, O Merciful, Glory be to You^-azwj. I have no one but You^-azwj, Glory be to You^-azwj. I take refuge in You^-azwj after these expressions of esteem, from abasement. I ask You^-azwj to remove the sorrows from my heart.’

تَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى مِنْهَا بِعَوْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.

Repeat this three times and you will be cured of it, with the help of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted. And bless the Prophet^-saww, Blessings of Allah^-azwj upon him^-saww, and Mercy and blessings upon his family^-asws.”[51]

An Invocation for a Pain in the Belly:

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ‏ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي أَخاً يَشْتَكِي بَطْنَهُ فَقَالَ مُرْ أَخَاكَ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ شَرْبَةَ عَسَلٍ بِمَاءٍ حَارٍّ فَانْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْغَدِ وَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَسْقَيْتُهُ وَ مَا انْتَفَعَ بِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَ كَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ اذْهَبْ فَأَسْقِ أَخَاكَ شَرْبَةَ عَسَلٍ وَ عَوِّذْهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ أَخَا هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مُنَافِقٌ فَمِنْ هَاهُنَا لَا تَنْفَعُهُ الشَّرْبَةُ.

Al- Hussain Ibn Bistam narrated from Muhammad Ibn Khalaf from al-Washsha from Abd Allah Ibn Sinan from

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad^-asws from his^-asws grand father^-asws who said: ‘A man complained to the Prophet^-saww and said: “Ya Rasool Allah^-saww, I have a brother who has a complaint of the belly.” The Prophet replied: “Tell your brother to take a drink of honey with hot water.” The man returned to him the next day and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I gave him the drink but he did not benefit from it.” Rasool Allah^-saww said: “Allah^-azwj has said the Truth, and the belly of your brother has lied. Go, and give your brother the drink of honey and invoke for him the Sura Al-Fatiha (chapter 1) seven times.” When the man left, the Prophet said: Ya Ali, the brother of this man is a hypocrite. Whosoever is such, the drink will not benefit him.”

: وَ شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَجَعَ الْبَطْنِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ مَاءً حَارّاً وَ يَقُولَ

A man complained to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws of pain in the belly. He^-asws instructed him to drink hot water and say:

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ يَا إِلَهَ الْآلِهَةِ يَا مَلِكَ الْمُلُوكِ يَا سَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ اشْفِنِي بِشِفَائِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ سُقْمٍ فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ.

‘O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Merciful, O Compassionate, O Lord^-azwj of the lords, O God^-azwj of the gods, O King^-azwj of the kings, O Master^-azwj of the masters. Heal me with Your^-azwj cures from every disease and illness, for I am Your^-azwj servant and the son of Your^-azwj servant: I turn about in Your^-azwj grasp.’

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوَاتِيمِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ حَسَّانَ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع وَجَعَ السُّرَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي وَ قُلْ‏ ثَلَاثاً فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ.

Abu Abd Allah Al-Khawatimi narrated from Ibn Yaqtin from Hassan al-Sayqal from Abu Basir, who said:

‘A man complained to Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws of pain of the navel (al-surra). Al-Sadiq^-asws told him: “Go, and put your hand on the painful area and say three times: You will be cured, Allah^-azwj Willing:

وَ إِنَّهُ لَكِتابٌ عَزِيزٌ لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

Surely it is a Book Sublime. Falsehood comes not to it from before it nor from behind it. A revelation from One All-wise, All-laudable (41:41-42):[52]

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: مَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَكَاةً قَطُّ فَقَالَ بِإِخْلَاصِ نِيَّةٍ وَ مَسَحَ مَوْضِعَ الْعِلَّةِ ‏.

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘There is not one among the faithfuls who says with sincere intention, while passing his hand over the area of the illness,

وَ نُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ما هُوَ شِفاءٌ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ لا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَساراً

We send down of the QURAN, that which is a cure and a mercy to the believers. The unbelievers it increases not, except in loss (17:82),

إِلَّا عُوفِيَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْعِلَّةِ أَيَّةِ عِلَّةٍ كَانَتْ وَ مِصْدَاقُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْآيَةِ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ‏ شِفاءٌ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

But that he is cured of that illness, whatever it may be. The truth of that is confirmed in the verse, where it says a cure and a mercy for the believers.’[53]

An Invocation and Medication for Pain of the Waist

حَرِيزُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سُمَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرَ ع فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَجِدُ فِي خَاصِرَتِي وَجَعاً شَدِيداً وَ قَدْ عَالَجْتُهُ بِعَلَاجٍ كَثِيرٍ فَلَيْسَ يَبْرَأُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ‏ أَنْتَ مِنْ عُوذَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع؟ قَالَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ؟ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَوْضِعِ السُّجُودِ ثُمَّ امْسَحْهُ وَ اقْرَأْ

Hariz Ibn Ayyub narrated from Abu Samina from Ali Ibn Asbat from Abu Hamza from Hamran Ibn Ayan, who said:

‘A man questioned Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Al-Baqir^-asws saying: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I suffer from severe pain in the waist (al-khasira) and have treated it with many remedies, but it has not been cured.” Al-Baqir^-asws said: “What about the invocation of Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws?” The man replied: “And what is that, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws?” He^-asws said: “When you complete your prayers, put your hand on the place of prostration, stroke it, and say:

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّما خَلَقْناكُمْ عَبَثاً وَ أَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنا لا تُرْجَعُونَ فَتَعالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ وَ مَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ لا بُرْهانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّما حِسابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ إِنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الْكافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَ ارْحَمْ وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ‏.

What, did you think that We created you only for sport, and that you would not be returned to Us? Then high exalted be God, the King, the True! There is no god but He, the Lord of the noble Throne. Whosoever calls upon another god with God, whereof he no proof, his reckoning is with his Lord. Surely the unbelievers shall not prosper. And say: My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for Thou art the best of the merciful (23:115-118).”

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَذَهَبَ عَنِّي بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

The man said: “I did that and the pain subsided, praise be to Allah, the Exalted.”[54]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: اشْرَبُوا الْكَاشِمَ فَإِنَّهُ جَيِّدٌ لِوَجَعِ الْخَاصِرَةِ.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sinan from

Abu Abd Allah^-asws who said: ‘Rasool Allah^-saww said: “Drink lovage[55] (al-kashim), for it is good for pain of the waist.”

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏: مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ لَا يَضُرَّهُ طَعَامٌ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ حَتَّى يَجُوعَ وَ تَنْقَى مَعِدَتُهُ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ فَلْيُسَمِّ اللَّهَ وَ لْيُجَيِّدِ الْمَضْغَ وَ لْيَكُفَّ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ وَ هُوَ يَشْتَهِيهِ وَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ.

Also from him from Muhammad Ibn Yahya from Yunus Ibn Zabyan from Jabir from

Abu Jafar^-asws, who said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: “Whoever wishes that food may not harm him, let him not eat until he is hungry and his abdomen (al-maida) is cleansed. When he eats, let him take the Name of Allah^-azwj and chew well and let him stop eating while he still has an appetite for it (food) and wants it.”

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ أَرَادَ الْبَقَاءَ وَ لَا بَقَاءَ فَلْيُخَفِّفِ الرِّدَاءَ وَ لْيُبَاكِرِ الْغِذَاءَ وَ لْيُقِلَّ مُجَامَعَةَ النِّسَاءِ.

‘Abd Allah Ibn Bistam narrated from Muhammad Ibn Razin from Hammad Ibn Isa from Hariz from

Abu Abd Allah^-asws says that Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: ‘Whoever wishes for the eternal life in the next world, and not for permanence in this world, let him wear light clothes, eat early, and have intercourse (al-mujamia) with women less frequently.[56]

An Invocation for Pain of the Spleen

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَجَجْتُ وَ نَوَيْتُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي أَنْ أَقْصِدَكَ فَإِنَّ بِي وَجَعُ الطِّحَالِ وَ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لِي بِالْفَرَجِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَدْ كَفَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فَإِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِهِ فَاكْتُبْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ وَ اشْرَبْهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَدْفَعُ‏ عَنْكَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجَعَ‏

Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Mihran al-Kufy narrated from Ayyub from ‘Umar Ibn Shimr from Jabir from

Abu Jafar^-asws said: ‘A man from Khurasan came to Ali^-asws Ibn Al- Hussain^-asws and said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I performed the Hajj and resolved to call on you^-asws upon my departure, for I have a pain in the spleen (al-tihal). Pray for me to be relieved of it.”

Ali^-asws Ibn Al- Hussain^-asws replied: “Allah^-azwj has Protected you from that, praise be to Him^-azwj. When you experience the pain, write this verse with saffron (al-zafaran) mixed with the water of [the] Zamzam [spring in Mecca], and drink it. Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, will Drive Away that pain from you Say:

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمنَ أَيًّا ما تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْأَسْماءُ الْحُسْنى‏ وَ لا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاتِكَ وَ لا تُخافِتْ بِها وَ ابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ سَبِيلًا وَ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً

Call upon God, or call upon the Merciful; which so ever you call upon, to Him belong the Names Most Beautiful. And be thou not loud in thy prayer, nor hushed therein, but seek thou for a way between that. And say: Praise belongs to God, who has not taken to Him a son, and who has not any associate in the Kingdom, nor any protector out of humbleness. And magnify Him with repeated magnificats (17:110-11).

تَكْتُبُ عَلَى رَقِّ ظَبْيٍ وَ عَلِّقْهَا عَلَى الْعَضُدِ الْأَيْسَرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ وَ هِيَ هَذِهِ التَّرْجَمَةُ

Write the following on the parchment of a gazelle (ghazal) and attach it to your left arm (al-adud) for seven days and the pain will abate:”

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الصَّحَّافِ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَجَعَ الطِّحَالِ وَ قَدْ عَالَجَهُ بِكُلِّ عِلَاجٍ وَ أَنَّهُ يَزْدَادُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ شَرّاً حَتَّى أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْهَلَكَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اشْتَرِ بِقِطْعَةِ فِضَّةٍ كُرَّاثاً وَ اقْلِهِ قَلْياً جَيِّداً بِسَمْنٍ عَرَبِيٍّ وَ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ بِهِ هَذَا الْوَجَعُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ بَرِئَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Ahmad Ibn Yazid narrated from al-Sahhaf al-Kufi from

Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar^-asws from Al-Sadiq^-asws, from Al-Baqir^-asws that he^-asws said: ‘One of his followers complained to Al-Baqir^-asws of pain in the spleen. And (said that) he had treated it with every remedy but its evil increased every day until he was on the threshold of death. Al-Baqir^-asws said to him: “Buy a piece of silver/white leek (al-kurrath) and fry it well in Arab clarified butter (samn ‘arabi). Give it for three days to the one who has this pain. If that is done, he will be cured. Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.”’[57]

An Invocation for Pain of the Bladder

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ السِّنَانِيُّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع وَجَعَ الْمَثَانَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَوِّذْهُ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ إِذَا نِمْتَ ثَلَاثاً وَ إِذَا انْتَبَهْتَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِنَّهُ لَا تُحِسُّ بِهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sinan al-Sinani from al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar from Muhammad Ibn Ismail from Abu Zaynab, who said:

‘One of our brothers complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws of pain in the bladder (al-mathana). Al-Sadiq^-asws said: “Seek protection for it with these verses, three times before you sleep, and once when you awaken, and you will not experience the pain after that:

‏ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ أَ لَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ ما لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَ لا نَصِيرٍ

Do you not know that Allah has power over all things? Do you not know that Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or helper?” (2:106-107).

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَمَا أَحْسَسْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِوَجَعٍ

The man said: “I did that and did not experience the pain again.”[58]

An Invocation for Pain in the Back

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَوَارِينِيُّ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي فَضَالَةُ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ هَمْدَانَ إِلَى‏ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَجَعَ الظَّهْرِ وَ أَنَّهُ يَسْهَرُ اللَّيْلَ فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي مِنْهُ وَ اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثاً وَ ما كانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ كِتاباً مُؤَجَّلًا وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوابَ الدُّنْيا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْها وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوابَ الْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْها وَ سَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ‏ وَ اقْرَأْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ‏ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ إِلَى آخِرِهَا فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى مِنَ الْعِلَلِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Al-Khidr Ibn Muhammad narrated from al-Hawarini from Faddala from Aban Ibn ‘Uthman from Ibn Abu Hamza al-Thumali from

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘A man from Hamadan complained to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws of backache and he was a night watchman, he^-asws said: ‘Place your hand on the area, which you are complaining of and recite three times (3:145)

‘وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ كِتَابًا مُؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ

“No soul can die except by the Permission of Allah^-azwj Who has Decreed its term, and one who wants the Reward of the world is Given from it, and one who wants the Reward of the hereafter is Given from it, and We Recompense the thankful”,

and recite seven times ‘  انا انزلناه في ليلة القدر’ [97] till its end (the whole chapter). You will recover from the illness, Allah^-azwj, the High, Willing.’[59]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَجَعَ الْخَاصِرَةِ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِمَا يَسْقُطُ مِنْ الْخِوَانِ فَكُلْهُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَذَهَبَ عَنِّي

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abdullah Bin Salih Al Khash’amy who said,

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws of the waist pain. So he^-asws said: ‘Upon you is with what falls from the table-spread, so eat it’. So I did that, so it went away from me’.

قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ كُنْتُ وَجَدْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْجَانِبِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ الْأَيْسَرِ فَأَخَذْتُ ذَلِكَ فَانْتَفَعْتُ بِهِ .

Ibrahim (the narrator) said, ‘I had found that in the right side and the left, so I took with that (eating the fallen crumbs), so I benefited by it’.[60]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ مَنْ تَغَيَّرَ عَلَيْهِ مَاءُ الظَّهْرِ فَلْيَنْفَعْ لَهُ اللَّبَنُ الْحَلِيبُ وَ الْعَسَلُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Nuh Bin Shuayb, from the one whom he mentioned:

Abu Al-Hassan^-asws having said: ‘The one whose water of the back (semen) has changed, so the butter milk and the honey would be beneficial for him’.[61]

An Invocation for Pain of the Thighs

أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكَاتِبُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدُكُمْ وَجَعَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فِي تَوْرٍ كبيرة [كَبِيرٍ] أَوْ طَشْتٍ فِي الْمَاءِ الْمُسْخَنِ وَ لِيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لْيَقْرَأْ

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Katib narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Zafarani from Hammad Ibn Isa from

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: When one of you suffers from pain of the thighs (al-fakhdhan), let him sit in a large vessel or basin of heated water and place his hand there (on his thighs) and recite:

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ كانَتا رَتْقاً فَفَتَقْناهُما وَ جَعَلْنا مِنَ الْماءِ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ حَيٍّ أَ فَلا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏.

Have not the unbelievers then beheld that the heavens and the earth were a mass all sewn up, and then We unstitched them and of water fashioned every living thing? Will they not believe?” (21:30).

وباسناده الى حماد بن عيسى يرفعه الى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: إذا شكى احدكم وجع الفخذين فيلجلس في تور كبير وطست، في الماء المسخن، وليضع يده عليه وليقرأ: ” أو لم ير الذين كفروا ان السماوات والارض كانتا رتقا ففتقناهما وجعلنا من الماء كل شئ حى أفلا يؤمنون “.

And by his chain going up to Hamaad Bin Isa who (says) when being asked:

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws has said: ‘When one of you complains about soreness of the two thighs, so he should sit himself in a large basin of heated water, and place his hand upon it and recite:

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ {30}

Do not those who disbelieve see that the skies and the earth were closed up, but We have Opened them? And We have Made from water every living thing, will they not then believe? (21:30)’^[62]

An Invocation for Pain of the Legs:

خِدَاشُ بْنُ سَبْرَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بَيَّاعِ السَّابِرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى الصَّادِقِ ع وَجَعَ السَّاقَيْنِ وَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقْعَدَنِي عَنْ أُمُورِي وَ أَسْبَابِي فَقَالَ عَوِّذْهُمَا قُلْتُ بِمَا ذَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ ‏

Khaddash Ibn Sabra narrated from Muhammad Ibn Jamhur from Safwan Bayya’ al-Sabiri from Salim Ibn Muhammad, who said:

‘I complained to Al-Sadiq^-asws of pain in my legs (al-saqayn) and that it had prevented me from pursuing my affairs and earning my living. He^-asws said: “Recite an invocation of protection over them.” I asked: “With what, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws?” He^-asws said: “With this verse. Recite it seven times and you will be cured, Allah, the Exalted, willing:

وَ اتْلُ ما أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتابِ رَبِّكَ لا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِماتِهِ وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَداً

Recite what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord; no man can change His words. Apart from Him, thou wilt find no refuge.” (18:27).

قَالَ فَعَوَّذْتُهُمَا سَبْعاً كَمَا أَمَرَنِي فَرُفِعَ الْوَجَعُ عَنِّي رَفْعاً حَتَّى لَمْ أُحِسَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْه

He said: ‘I recited the invocation over them seven times as the Imam^-asws had instructed me, and I never experienced the pain again.’[63]

An Invocation and Medications for Haemorrhoids (Piles):

الْحَوَارِينِيُّ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّابِرِيُّ وَ لَيْسَ هُوَ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: مَنْ عَوَّذَ الْبَوَاسِيرَ بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ كُفِيَ شَرَّهَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ هِيَ

Al-Hawarini al-Razi narrated from Safwan Ibn Yahya al-Sabiri -and he is not Safwan al-Jammal-from Yaqub Ibn Shuayb from Aban Ibn Taghlab from ‘Abd al-’Ala from Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami from

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: ‘Whosoever seeks protection from haemorrhoids with this invocation will be protected from its evil, Allah^-azwj the Exalted Willing. It is:

يَا جَوَادُ يَا مَاجِدُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا قَرِيبُ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا بَارِئُ يَا رَاحِمُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ ارْدُدْ عَلَيَّ نِعْمَتَكَ وَ اكْفِنِي أَمْرَ وَجَعِي فَإِنَّهُ يُعَافَى مِنْهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

“O Magnanimous, O Exalted, O Compassionate, O Near, O Responder, O Creator, O Merciful, Bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws, and Bestow on me Your^-azwj Blessing, and Protect me from my pain.” He will be cured of it, Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, Willing.[64]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَزِيدَ الصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقَ ع وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ بِهِ الْبَوَاسِيرُ الشَّدِيدُ وَ قَدْ وُصِفَ لَهُ دَوَاءٌ سُكُرُّجَةٌ مِنْ نَبِيذٍ صُلْبٍ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ اللَّذَّةَ وَ لَكِنْ يُرِيدُ بِهِ الدَّوَاءَ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَا جُرْعَةً قُلْتُ لِمَ؟ قَالَ حَرَامٌ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا حَرَّمَهُ دَوَاءً وَ لَا شِفَاءً خُذْ كُرَّاثاً بَيْضَاءَ فَتَقْطَعُ رَأْسَهَا الْأَبْيَضَ وَ لَا تَغْسِلْهُ وَ تَقْطَعُهُ صِغَاراً صِغَاراً وَ تَأْخُذُ سَنَاماً فَتُذِيبُهُ وَ تُلْقِيهِ عَلَى الْكُرَّاثِ وَ تَأْخُذُ عَشْرَ جَوْزَاتٍ فَتُقَشِّرُهَا وَ تَدُقُّهَا مَعَ وَزْنِ عَشْرِ دَرَاهِمَ جُبُنّاً فَارِسِيّاً وَ تُلْقِي الْكُرَّاثَ عَلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا نَضِجَ أَلْقَيْتَ‏ عَلَيْهِ الْجَوْزَ وَ الْجُبُنَّ ثُمَّ أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَنِ النَّارِ فَأَكَلْتَهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ بِخُبْزٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةً وَ تَحْتَمِي عَنْ غَيْرِهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ تَأْخُذُ بَعْدَهَا أَبْهَلَ مُحَمَّصٍ قَلِيلًا بِالْخُبْزِ وَ جَوْزٍ مُقَشَّرٍ بَعْدَ السَّنَامِ وَ الْكُرَّاثِ تَأْخُذُ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ نِصْفَ أُوقِيَّةٍ دُهْنَ شَيْرَجٍ عَلَى الرِّيقِ وَ أُوقِيَّةً كُنْدُرَ ذَكَرٍ تَدُقُّهُ وَ تَسْتَسْقِهِ وَ تَأْخُذُ بَعْدَهُ نِصْفَ أُوقِيَّةٍ شَيْرَجَ آخَرَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ تُؤَخِّرُ أَكْلَكَ إِلَى بَعْدِ الظُّهْرِ تَبْرَأُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Mihran al-Kafi narrated from Ismail Ibn Yazid from Amro Ibn Yazid al-Sayqal, who said:

‘I called on Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws and asked him^-asws about a man who had severe haemorrhoids. He had been prescribed a bowl of strong wine (al-nabidh) and he did not want to take it for the enjoyment of it, but as a medication.

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: “No, not a mouthful.” I asked: “Why?” He^-asws replied: “It is forbidden. Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, does not Create a medication or cure in anything He^-azwj has Forbidden. Take a white leek and cut off its white head. Do not wash it or cut it up into small pieces. Take fat from the hump of the camel (al-sinam), melt it, and pour it over the leek. Take ten walnuts (jawzat), shell them, and grind them with the weight of ten dirhams of Persian cheese (gibn farsi). Put the leek on the fire. When it is well cooked, add the walnuts and cheese to it and remove it from the fire. Eat it on an empty stomach with bread, for three days or seven days, and abstain from other food. After it, take a little roasted savin (abhal) with bread and shelled walnuts. After the fat of the camel’s hump and the leek, take, in the Name of Allah, half an awqiya (weight – 33.8 grams)[65] of sesame oil (shiraj) on an empty stomach, and an awaiya of [the resin of the] male storax [tree] (kundur dhakar). Grind and drink it. After that take another half awaqiya of sesame oil. Take it for three days and delay your eating until after noon. You will be cured, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.”[66]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله من الأجر بعدد كل حرف أنزل على إبراهيم و موسى و محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و إذا قرئت على الأذن الوجعة زال ذلك عنها، و إن قرئت على البواسير قلعتهن و برى‏ء صاحبهن سريعا».

And from Khawas Al-Quran, who has narrated:

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (87 – Surat Al-Ala), Allah^-azwj would Give him from the Recompense of the number of every letter which was Revealed upon Ibrahim^-as and Musa^-as, and Muhammad^-saww. And when it is recited upon painful illness that would decline from him. And if it is recited upon the haemorrhoids (piles), it would free the person from it very quickly’.[67]

عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مَرْوَكِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ نَشِيطِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلَ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ لَا أَرَى بِأَكْلِ الْحُبَارَى بَأْساً وَ إِنَّهُ جَيِّدٌ لِلْبَوَاسِيرِ وَ وَجَعِ الظَّهْرِ وَ هُوَ مِمَّا يُعِينُ عَلَى كَثْرَةِ الْجِمَاعِ .

From him, from Ali Bin Suleyman, from Marwak Bin Ubeyd, from Basheyt Bin Salih who said,

‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan^-asws the 1st saying: ‘I^-asws do not see a problem with eating the bustard, and it is very good for the haemorrhoids, and the back pain, and it is from what aids upon the frequency of the copulation’.[68]

عَنْهُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ رَأَى أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) بِخُرَاسَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْكُرَّاثَ مِنَ الْبُسْتَانِ كَمَا هُوَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ فِيهِ السَّمَادَ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تَعَلَّقُ بِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ هُوَ جَيِّدٌ لِلْبَوَاسِيرِ .

From him, from Dawood Bin Abu Dawood,

(It has been narrated) from a man who saw Abu Al-Hassan^-asws at Khurasan eating the leek from the orchards just as it was. So it was said to him^-asws, ‘There is compost in it’. So he^-asws said: ‘Nothing from it attaches to it, and it is good for the haemorrhoids’.[69]

Pale Colour: (Treatment for Haemorrhoids/Piles)

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ الْجَرِيرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ ع‏: يَا جَرِيرِيُّ أَرَى لَوْنَكَ قَدِ امْتَقَعَ أَ بِكَ بَوَاسِيرُ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ لَا يَحْرِمَنِي الْأَجْرَ قَالَ أَ فَلَا أَصِفُ لَكَ دَوَاءً؟ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَالَجْتُهُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَلْفِ دَوَاءٍ فَمَا انْتَفَعْتُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ إِنَّ بَوَاسِيرِي تَشْخُبُ دَماً قَالَ وَيْحَكَ يَا جَرِيرِيُّ فَإِنِّي طَبِيبُ الْأَطِبَّاءِ وَ رَأْسُ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ رَأْسُ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَ مَعْدِنُ الْفُقَهَاءِ وَ سَيِّدُ أَوْلَادِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ قُلْتُ كَذَلِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ قَالَ إِنَّ بَوَاسِيرَكَ إِنَاثٌ تَشْخُبُ الدِّمَاءَ قَالَ قُلْتُ صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِشَمْعٍ وَ دُهْنِ زَنْبَقٍ وَ لُبْنَى عَسَلٍ وَ سُمَّاقٍ وَ سَرْوِ كَتَّانٍ اجْمَعْهُ فِي مِغْرَفَةٍ عَلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَطَ فَخُذْ مِنْهُ قَدْرَ حِمَّصَةٍ فَالْطَخْ بِهَا الْمَقْعَدَةَ تَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ الْجَرِيرِيُّ فَوَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَتَّى بَرَأْتُ مِمَّا كَانَ بِي فَمَا حَسَسْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِدَمٍ وَ لَا وَجَعٍ قَالَ الْجَرِيرِيُّ فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ قَابِلٍ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ قَدْ بَرَأْتَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ‏ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ شُعَيْبَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ بَوَاسِيرُهُ لَيْسَتْ كَمَا كَانَتْ بِكَ إِنَّهَا ذُكْرَانٌ فَقَالَ قُلْ لَهُ لِيَأْخُذْ أبراذر [بَلَاذُراً] فَيَجْعَلُهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ وَ لْيَحْفِرْ حَفِيرَةً وَ لْيَخْرِقْ آجُرَّةً فَيَثْقُبُ فِيهَا ثُقْبَةً ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ تِلْكَ الأبراذر [الْبَلَاذُرَ] عَلَى النَّارِ وَ يَجْعَلُ الْآجُرَّةَ عَلَيْهَا وَ لْيَقْعُدْ عَلَى الْآجُرَّةِ وَ لْيَجْعَلِ الثُّقْبَةَ حِيَالَ الْمَقْعَدَةِ فَإِذَا ارْتَفَعَ الْبُخَارُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَصَابَهُ حَرَارَتُهُ فَلْيَكُنْ هُوَ بِمَدِّ مَا يَجِدُ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا كَانَتْ خَمْسَةَ ثَئَالِيلَ إِلَى سَبْعَةِ ثَئَالِيلَ فَإِنْ وَاتَتْهُ فَلْيَقْلَعْهَا وَ يَرْمِ بِهَا وَ إِلَّا فَلْيَجْعَلِ الثُّلُثَ الثَّانِيَ مِنَ الأبراذر [الْبَلَاذُرِ] عَلَيْهَا فَإِنَّهُ يَقْلَعُهَا بِأُصُولِهَا ثُمَّ لْيَأْخُذِ الْمَرْهَمَ الشَّمْعَ وَ دُهْنَ الزَّنْبَقِ وَ لُبْنَى عَسَلٍ وَ سَرْوَ كَتَّانٍ هَكَذَا قَالَ هَاهُنَا لِلذُّكْرَانِ فَلْيَجْمَعْهُ عَلَى مَا وَصَفْتُ لِيَطَّلِي بِهَا الْمَقْعَدَةَ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ طَلْيَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَرَجَعْتُ فَوَصَفْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَعَمِلَهُ فَبَرَأَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ قَابِلٍ حَجَجْتُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبِرْنَا بِخَبَرِ شُعَيْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ عَلَى الْبَشَرِ وَ جَعَلَكَ حُجَّةً فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا طَلَى بِهَا إِلَّا طَلْيَةً وَاحِدَةً.

Ahmad Ibn Ishaq has narrated from Abd Allah Ibn Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Abu Najran from Abu Mohammed Al-Thumali from Ishaq Al-Jariri, who said:

Al-Baqir^-asws has said (to me):  ‘O Jariri, I^-asws see you have become pale. Do you have haemorrhoids? I replied: Yes, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, and I ask Allah^-azwj not to deny me the reward.  He^-asws said: Shall I^-asws suggest a medication for you?  I replied: ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, by Allah^-azwj, I have treated it with more than a thousand remedies, but I have not benefited from any and my haemorrhoids are bleeding.  He^-asws said:  Woe be to you, Jariri.  I^-asws am the physician of physicians, the leader of the scholars and the sages, the treasure-house of the religious scholars, and the chief of the progeny of the Prophets^-as on the earth.

I said: ‘It is so, my lord^-asws and master.’  He^-asws said:  Your haemorrhoids are female (inath), they pour out blood.  I said: ‘You^-asws are right, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws.  He^-asws said: You must take beeswax (sham), the oil of jasmine (duhn zanbaq), storax (lubna asal), sumac, sar, and flax.  Put them together on a ladle over the fire.  When they are mixed together, take a quantity equal to a chick-pea and smear it on your buttocks (al-maqad).  You will be cured, Allah Willing.

Al-Jariri said:  By Allah, there is no god but Him^-azwj, I did that only once and I was cured of what was in me.  I did not experience any bleeding or pain after that.

Al-Jariri said:  I waylaid him^-asws the next time and he^-asws said to me: ‘O Abu Ishaq, you have been cured, Praise be to Allah.  I replied: (yes) May I be your sacrifice.  Then he said:  As for Shu’ayb Ibn Ishaq, his haemorrhoids are not as they were with you.  They are masculine (dhukran).  Then he said:  ‘Tell him to take abradhar (Cashews) and divide it into three parts.  Let him dig a hole (for fire), then pierce a baked brick and make a hole in it (through it).  Then put that ‘abradhar’ on the fire, place the brick over it, and sit on it.  Let the hole on the brick be opposite (in line with the back passage) the buttocks.  When the fumes rise from it, it’s heat will reach him.  Let him prolong (his sitting) as long as possible, perhaps five to seven ‘nathalil’ (time).  If it is successful, let him remove it and throw it away.  If not, let him put the second (and) third of ‘abradhar’ on it and it will remove it completely.  Then let him apply the ointment (al-arham) of beeswax, oil of jasmine, storax, sar and flax.  This is for the masculine haemorrhoids, so let him prepare it as I have prescribed and coat the buttocks with it with only a single coating.  I returned and prescribed that to him (Shu’ayb).  He did it and was cured, by the Will of Allah^-azwj.

When I performed the Hajj next time, he^-asws said to me: ‘O Abu Ishaq, tell me^-asws the News of Shu’ayb, I said to him^-asws: O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, by Him^-azwj Who Chose you^-asws over mankind and Made you^-asws a Proof (Hujja) on earth, he only applied one coating of it (and he was cured).[70]

An Invocation for Pain of the Genitals:

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ قَالَ: حَجَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَ إِذَا بِالْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ يَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ وَجَعَ الْفَرْجِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الصَّادِقُ ع إِنَّكَ كَشَفْتَ عَوْرَتَكَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ مِنَ الْمَوَاضِعِ فَأَعْقَبَكَ اللَّهُ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ وَ لَكِنْ عَوِّذْهُ بِالْعُوذَةِ الَّتِي عَوَّذَ بِهَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَبَا وَائِلَةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَعُدْ قَالَ لَهُ الْمُعَلَّى يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا الْعُوذَةُ؟ قَالَ قُلْ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَضَعَ يَدَكَ الْيُسْرَى عَلَيْهِ وَ تَقُولَ

With this chain of transmitters (al-isnad) from Hariz al-Sijistani, who said:

‘I performed the Hajj and called on Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws in Medina, and Al-Mualla Ibn Khunays, may Allah^-azwj have Mercy on him, was complaining to him^-asws of pain in the genitals (al-farj). Al-Sadiq^-asws said to him: “You exposed your private parts (al-aura) on some occasion, and Allah^-azwj has Punished you with this pain. But seek protection for it with the invocation which Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws gave Abu Wa’lla, after which it [the pain] did not recur.”

Al-Mualla asked: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, what is the invocation?” He replied^-asws: “Put your left hand on them and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ‏ بَلى‏ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَ هُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ وَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَ فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَ لَا مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ

‘In the name of Allah, and by Allah, Nay, but whosoever submits his will to God, being a good-doer, his wage is with his Lord, and no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow (2:112).

O Allah^-azwj, I have submitted myself to You^-azwj and entrusted my affairs to You^-azwj.

ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

If you recite it three times, you will be cured, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.”[71]

An Invocation for Pain of the Feet:

حَنَانُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَشْقَرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا قَدَرْتُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ وَجَعِ رِجْلَيَّ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ عُوذَةِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ؟ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ الْآيَةُ

Hannab Ibn Jabir narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Sayrafi from al- Hussain al-Ashqar from ‘Amr Ibn Abu al-Miqdam from Jabir al-ju’fi from

Muhammad Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘I was with, Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws, peace be upon him, when one of our Shi’a from the Banu Umayya came to him and said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I was hardly able to walk to you because of the pain in my feet.”

The Imam^-asws said: “What about the invocation of Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws?” The man said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, and what is that?” He^-asws replied: “The verses are:

إِنَّا فَتَحْنا لَكَ فَتْحاً مُبِيناً لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ وَ يُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ يَهْدِيَكَ صِراطاً مُسْتَقِيماً وَ يَنْصُرَكَ اللَّهُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدادُوا إِيماناً مَعَ إِيمانِهِمْ وَ لِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدِينَ فِيها وَ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئاتِهِمْ وَ كانَ ذلِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً وَ يُعَذِّبَ الْمُنافِقِينَ وَ الْمُنافِقاتِ وَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ الْمُشْرِكاتِ الظَّانِّينَ بِاللَّهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ عَلَيْهِمْ دائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَعَنَهُمْ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ وَ ساءَتْ مَصِيراً وَ لِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً

Surely, We have given thee a manifest victory, that God may forgive thee thy former and thy latter sins, and complete His blessing upon thee, thy former and thy latter sins, and complete His blessing upon thee, and guide thee on a straight path, and that God may help thee with mighty help. It is He who sent down the Shechina into the hearts of the believers, that they might add faith to their faith-to God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth; God is All-knowing, All-wise-and that He may admit the believers, men and women and women and women alike, into gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to dwell forever, and acquit them of their evil deeds. That is in God’s sight a mighty triumph, that He may chastise the hypocrites, men and women alike, and the idolaters, men and women alike, and those who think evil thoughts of God. Against them shall be the evil turn of fortune. God is wroth with them, and has cursed them, and has prepared for them Hell-an evil homecoming! To God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth; God is All-mighty, All-wise (48:1-7).”

قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ فَمَا أَحْسَسْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهَا بِعَوْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

The man said: “I did as he instructed and did not experience any of the pain after that, with the help of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted.”[72]

An Invocation for the Hamstring and the Sole of the Foot

أَبُو عَتَّابٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ‏ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‏: أَنَّ رَجُلًا اشْتَكَى إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَجِدُ وَجَعاً فِي عَرَاقِيبِي قَدْ مَنَعَنِي مِنَ النُّهُوضِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْعُوذَةِ؟ قَالَ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُهَا قَالَ فَإِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِهَا فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهَا وَ قُلْ.

Abu ‘Atab ‘Abd Allah Ibn Bistam narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad al-Awdi from Safwan al-Jummal from

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad^-asws from his^-asws father^-asws from ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws (who said): ‘A man complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws and said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I suffer from pain in my hamstring (al-urqub) which prevents me from standing up for prayer.” He^-asws said: “What prevents you from (reciting) the invocation?” He replied: “I do not know it.” He^-asws said: “When you experience the pain, place your hand there and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ ما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَ الْأَرْضُ جَمِيعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ السَّماواتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ سُبْحانَهُ وَ تَعالى‏ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ‏

‘In the Name of Allah, and by Allah, and peace be upon Rasool Allah, blessings of Allah, and peace be upon Rasool Allah, blessings of Allah on him and his family.’ Then recite over it: They measure not God with His true measure. The earth altogether shall be His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens shall be rolled up in His right hand. Glory be to Him! High be He exalted above that they associate! (39:67).”

فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ ذَلِكَ فَشَفَاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

The man did that and Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Healed him.’[73]

An Invocation for Swelling in all the Joints:

الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْمَحْمُودِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏: قَالَ لِي يَا جَابِرُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى كُلِّ وَرَمٍ آخِرَ سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ

Al-Hasan Ibn Salih al-Mahmudi narrated from Abu ‘Amr Ibn Shimr from Jabir Ibn Yazid al-Jufi from

Muhammad^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws said: ‘O Jabir.’ I (Jabir) replied: ‘At your service, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws.’ He^-asws said: ‘Recite over every swelling (al-waram) the end of the Sura Al-Hashr

لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا هذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلى‏ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خاشِعاً مُتَصَدِّعاً مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَ تِلْكَ الْأَمْثالُ نَضْرِبُها لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخالِقُ الْبارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْماءُ الْحُسْنى‏ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏

If We had sent down this QURAN upon a mountain, thou wouldst have seen it humbled, split asunder out of the fear of God. And those similitudes-We strike them for men; haply they will reflect. He is God; there is no god but He. He is the knower of the Unseen and the Visible; He is the All-merciful, the All-compassionate. He is God; there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-holy, the All-peaceable, the All-faithful, the All-preserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, the All-sublime. Glory be to God, above that they associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shapper. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him: He is the All-mighty, the All-wise (59:21-4).

وَ اتْلُ عَلَيْهَا ثَلَاثاً فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

Recite it three times over the swelling, and it will subside. Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.

تَأْخُذُ سِكِّيناً وَ تُمِرُّهَا عَلَى الْوَرَمِ وَ تَقُولُ

“Take a knife and pass it over the swelling and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنَ الجد [الْحَدِّ] وَ الْحَدِيدِ وَ مِنْ أمر [أَثَرِ] الْعُودِ وَ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ الْمَلْبُودِ وَ مِنْ عِرْقِ الْعَاقِرِ وَ مِنْ وَرَمِ الآخر [الْآجَرِ] وَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ عَقْدِهِ وَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ وَ بَرْدِهِ امْضِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فِي الْإِنْسِ وَ الْأَنْعَامِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَتَحْتُ وَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَتَمْتُ

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I charm you from affliction and iron and an affair of recurring grief and from the matted stone and from the root of a barren tree (irq al-aqir), and from another swelling, and from food and its ganglia (al-aqd), and from drink and its coldness. Pass, with the will of Allah^-azwj, for a time to humans and cattle. In the Name of Allah^-azwj I begin, and in the Name of Allah^-azwj I end.”

ثُمَّ أَوْتِدِ السِّكِّينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ.

Then drive the knife into the earth.’[74]

An Invocation to Neutralize Spells:

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مِيثَمٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الْأَسَدِيِ‏: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَأْمُرُ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَدْ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ السِّحْرَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ فِي رَقِّ ظَبْيٍ وَ عَلِّقْهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ وَ لَا يَجُوزُ كَيْدُهُ فِيكَ

‘Abd Allah Ibn al-’Ala al-Qazwini narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad from Hammad Ibn Isa Ibn Ya’qub ibn Shoaib from ‘Imran Ibn Maytham from ‘Ubaya Ibn Rabi al-Asadi, that he heard:

Amir Al-Momineen^-asws instructed one of his^-asws companions, when the latter complained of spells (al-sihr). He^-asws said: ‘Write [the following] on the parchment of a gazelle and fasten it to yourself. The spell will not harm you and its stratagems will not affect you.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ‏ قالَ مُوسى‏ ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ‏ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ‏.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, and what Allah^-azwj Wills. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, there is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj. Musa said, What you have brought is spells. God will assuredly bring it to naught. God sets not right the work of those who do corruption (10:81-2). So the truth came to pass, and false was proved what they were doing. So they were vanquished there, and they turned about, humbled (7:118-119).”[75]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّبَعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ ظَرِيفٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏: قَالَ الْأَصْبَغُ أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ مِنْهُ ع وَ قَالَ لِي يَا أَصْبَغُ هَذِهِ عُوذَةُ السِّحْرِ وَ الْخَوْفِ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ تَقُولُهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Rabi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Ghalib from Sa’d Ibn Zarif from al-Asbagh Ibn Nubata from

Al-Asbagh reports from Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws : ‘I took this invocation from him. He^-asws said to me: “O Asbagh, this is an invocation for spells and fear (al-khauf) of the ruler (al-sultan). Recite it seven times:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ‏ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَ نَجْعَلُ لَكُما سُلْطاناً فَلا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُما بِآياتِنا أَنْتُما وَ مَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغالِبُونَ‏

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, We will strengthen your arm with your brother, and We will give you both an authority, so that they shall not reach you; (go) with Our signs; you two and those who follow you shall be uppermost. (28:35).’

وَ تَقُولُ فِي وَجْهِ الْمَاءِ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَبْدَأَ بِصَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Recite it seven times over water when you have completed the night prayer (salat al-layl) and before you begin the morning prayer (salat al-nahar). It (spells) will not harm you, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.”[76]

An Invocation for a Woman Experiencing Difficulty in Child Birth:

الْخَوَاتِيمِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ آيَتَيْنِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ الْمُنْزَلِ يُكْتَبَانِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا عَسُرَ عَلَيْهَا وَلَدُهَا يُكْتَبَانِ فِي رَقِّ ظَبْيٍ وَ تُعَلِّقُهُ عَلَيْهَا فِي حَقْوَيْهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ‏

Al-Khawatimi narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘ali al-Sayrafi from Muhammad Ibn Aslam from al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi from Aban Ibn Abu al-Ayyash from salim Ibn Qays al-Hilali from

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, peace be upon him, who said: ‘I know of two verses in the revealed Book of Allah^-azwj, prescribed for a woman experiencing difficulty (al-‘usr) in childbirth (al-wilada). Write them on the parchment of a gazelle and fasten it to her groin (al-haqw). Write seven times:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ‏ إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً

 “In the Name of Allah, and by Allah. Truly with hardship comes ease, truly with hardship comes ease (94:5-6).”

مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً

يا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ عَظِيمٌ يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَها تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتْ وَ تَضَعُ كُلُّ ذاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَها وَ تَرَى النَّاسَ‏ سُكارى‏ وَ ما هُمْ بِسُكارى‏ وَ لكِنَّ عَذابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ

Write once:

“O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing. On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving suck shall quit in confusion what she suckled, and every pregnant woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe. (22:1-2).”

تُكْتَبُ فِي وَرَقَةٍ تُرْبَطُ بِخَيْطٍ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ غَيْرِ مَفْتُولٍ وَ تُشَدُّ عَلَى فَخِذِهَا الْأَيْسَرِ فَإِذَا وَلَدَتْهُ قَطَعْتَهُ مِنْ سَاعَتِهَا وَ لَا تَتَوَانَى عَنْهُ وَ يُكْتَبُ حين [حَنَّى‏] وَلَدَتْ مَرْيَمَ وَ مَرْيَمُ وَلَدَتْ حي [حَيّاً] يَا حَيُّ اهْبِطْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ السَّاعَةَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Write [the following] on a paper and tie it with an untwisted fibre of flax (kattan) and fasten it on to her left thigh. When she has given birth, cut it off at once and do not delay in doing it. Write: “At the time when Maryam gave birth, Maryam brought forth a living [being]. O living [being] come down to the earth immediately, by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted.”[77]

An Invocation for a Child who Cries often, for one Afraid of the Night, and for a Woman Sleepless from Pain:

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَعْزِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع مَأْثُورَةً عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ‏. وَ لِمَنْ يَفْزَعُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا سَهِرَتْ مِنْ وَجَعٍ

Abu al-Muizz al-Wasiti narrated from Muhammad Ibn Sulayman from Marwan Ibn al-Jahm from Muhammad Ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar^-asws from Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws that he said that there is a cure for those who get frightened at night and for a women who is sleepless at night from pain.

فَضَرَبْنا عَلَى آذانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَداً ثُمَّ بَعَثْناهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصى‏ لِما لَبِثُوا أَمَداً

Then We smote their ears many years in the Cave. Afterwards We raised them up again, that We might know which of the two parties would better calculate the while they had tarried (18:11-12).[78]

An Invocation for a Stubborn Carrier:

حَاتِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمُقْرِئُ إِمَامُ مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: بَيْنَا هُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ إِذْ نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ كَآبَةٌ وَ حُزْنٌ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ قَالَ دَابَّتِي حَرُونٌ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ اقْرَأْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي أُذُنِهَا

Hatim Ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Azdi narrated from Abu Jafar al-Maqri, the Imam of the mosque of al-Kufa, from Jabir Ibn Rashid from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws that he [Jabir] said: ‘While we were on a journey, Al-Sadiq^-asws noticed a man looking gloomy and dejected. He^-asws asked him: “What is wrong with you?” He replied: My beast is stubborn (harun). He^-asws (Al-Sadiq^-asws) said: “Woe be to you, recite this verse in its ear:

أَوَ لَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنا لَهُمْ مِمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينا أَنْعاماً فَهُمْ لَها مالِكُونَ وَ ذَلَّلْناها لَهُمْ فَمِنْها رَكُوبُهُمْ وَ مِنْها يَأْكُلُونَ‏.

Have they not seen how that We have created for them of that Our hands wrought of the cattle that they own? We hav subdued them to them, and some of them they ride, and some they eat. (36:71-2)”[79]

An Invocation for a Journey:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الدَّيْلَمِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَخَافَ اللُّصُوصَ وَ السَّبُعَ فَلْيَكْتُبْ عَلَى عُرْفِ دَابَّتِهِ‏

‘Ali Ibn ‘Urwa al-Ahwazi narrated from al-Daylami from Dawud al-Raqqi from

Musa Ibn Jafar^-asws said: ‘Whoever is on a journey (al-safar) and fears thieves (al-lusus) and predatory animals (al-sab’), let him write on the mane (al-’urf) of his beast/transport:

لا تَخافُ دَرَكاً وَ لا تَخْشى‏

Fearing not overtaking, neither afraid (20:77).

فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمَنُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

He will be safe, Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, Willing.’

قَالَ دَاوُدُ الرَّقِّيُّ فَحَجَجْتُ فَلَمَّا كُنَّا بِالْبَادِيَةِ جَاءَ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَطَعُوا عَلَى‏ الْقَافِلَةِ وَ أَنَا فِيهِمْ فَكَتَبْتُ عَلَى عُرْفِ جَمَلِي‏ لا تَخافُ دَرَكاً وَ لا تَخْشى‏ فَوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً ص بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ خَصَّهُ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَ شَرَّفَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالْإِمَامَةِ مَا نَازَعَنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَعْمَاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي

Dawud al-Raqqi said: ‘I performed the Hajj, and when we were in the desert, a group of Bedouins way laid the caravan in which I was. I wrote on the mane of my camel (al-jamal):

Fearing not overtaking, neither afraid (20:77).

By Him^-azwj Who sent Muhammad^-saww, Blessings of Allah^-azwj on him^-saww and his family^-asws, with the Prophet-hood, bestowed on him^-saww the Message, and honoured Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws with the Imamate, not one of them challenged me and Allah^-azwj made them blind (a’ma) to me.’[80]

An Invocation for all Illnesses:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ آدَمَ الْمُقْرِئُ وَ كَانَ يَخْدُمُ الرِّضَا بِخُرَاسَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏: وَ قَالَ لِي يَوْماً يَا زَكَرِيَّا قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُلْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْعِلَلِ

‘Ali Ibn Ishaq al-Basri narrated from

Zakariya Ibn Adam al-Maqri, who used to serve Al-Reza^-asws in Khurasan, said: ‘One day Al-Reza^-asws said to me: “O Zakariya.” I answered “At your service. O son of Rasool Allah^-asws.” He^-asws said: “Recite for all illness:

يَا مُنْزِلَ الشِّفَاءِ وَ مُذْهِبَ الدَّاءِ أَنْزِلْ عَلَى وَجَعِيَ الشِّفَاءَ.

‘O Bestower of healing and Remover of illness, send down healing for my ailment.’

فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

You will be restored to health. Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, Willing.”[81]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْمَوْلَى قَالَ: أَمْلَى عَلَيْنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقُ ع الْعُوذَةَ الَّتِي تُسَمَّى الْجَامِعَةَ

Mohammed Ibn Ismail has narrated from Mohammed Ibn Khalid Abu Abd Allah, from Sadan Ibn Muslim, from Saad Al-Mawla, who says:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws dictated to us the invocation called ‘the comprehensive’ (It is):

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ‏ شَيْ‏ءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لا فِي السَّماءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الطَّاهِرِ الطُّهْرِ الْمُطَهَّرِ الْمُقَدَّسِ السَّلَامِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الَّذِي مَنْ سَأَلَكَ بِهِ أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَ مَنْ دَعَاكَ بِهِ أَجَبْتَهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُعَافِيَنِي‏ مِمَّا أَجِدُ فِي سَمْعِي وَ بَصَرِي وَ فِي يَدِي وَ رِجْلَيَّ وَ فِي شَعْرِي وَ بَشَرِي وَ فِي بَطْنِي إِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِمَا تَشَاءُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate.  In the Name of Allah^-azwj with Whose Name nothing in the earth or in the Heavens causes harm.  Ya Allah^-azwj, I plead You^-azwj by Your^-azwj Pure, Chaste, Immaculate, Holy, Perfect, Preserving, Protective, and Blessed Name, by Which whoever asks, You^-azwj Grant him, and by Which whoever calls You^-azwj, You^-azwj answer him, to Bless Mohammed^-saww and the family^-asws of Mohammed^-saww and to cure me of what I suffer in my hearing and my sight, my hand and my foot, my hair and my skin (al-bashari) and my belly.  Surely, You^-azwj are Gracious to whomsoever You^-azwj Will, and You^-azwj are Powerful over all things.[82]

An Invocation for Sciatica

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحْرِزِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏: أَنَّهُ عَلَّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ عِرْقَ النَّسَا فَقَالَ إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِهِ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ‏

Mualla Ibn Ibrahim al-Wasiti narrated from Ibn Mahbub from Muhriz Ibn Sulayman al-Azraq from Abu al-Jarud from Abu Ishaq from al-Harith al-Awar al-Hamdani from

(It is narrated) that one of Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws‘s companions had complained to him^-asws of sciatica[83] (irq al-nisa). He^-asws replied: ‘When you experience it, place your hand on it and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ نَقَّارٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ

“In the Name of the Merciful, the Compassionate. In the Name of Allah, and by Allah, I take refuge in the Name of Allah, the Great, and I take refuge in the Name of Allah, the Mighty, from the evil of every throbbing blood vessel (‘irq nuqqar), and from the evil of the heat of the fire.”

فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثاً حَتَّى أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ مَا بِي وَ عُوفِيتُ مِنْهُ.

You will be cured, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.’ The man said: ‘I recited that only three times, and Allah^-azwj Removed my suffering and I was cured of it.’[84]

An Invocation for Consumption:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرِّضَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: هَذِهِ عُوذَةٌ لِشِيعَتِنَا لِلسِّلِّ.

Muhammad Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi narrated from al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtin from

(Imam) Al-Reza^-asws ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Musa^-asws said: ‘This is an invocation for our Shi’a for consumption (al-sill),

يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ وَ يَا سَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ وَ يَا إِلَهَ الْآلِهَةِ وَ يَا مَلِكَ الْمُلُوكِ وَ يَا جَبَّارَ السَّمَاوَاتِ‏ وَ الْأَرْضِ اشْفِنِي وَ عَافِنِي مِنْ دَائِي هَذَا فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ

“Ya Allah^-azwj, Ya Lord^-azwj of the lords, Ya Master^-azwj of the masters, O God^-azwj of the gods, O King^-azwj of the kings, Ya Omnipotent of the Heavens and the earth. Heal me and cure me of this disease of mine, for I am Your^-azwj servant and the son of Your^-azwj servant. I turn about in Your^-azwj grasp and my forelock is in Your^-azwj Hand.”

تَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَكْفِيكَ بِحَوْلِهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

Say it three times, and Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime will Protect you with His^-azwj Might and Power. If He^-azwj, the Exalted, Wills.’

An Invocation for Pustules[85]:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِالْبَثْرِ فَضَعْ عَلَيْهِ السَّبَّابَةَ وَ دَوِّرْ مَا حَوْلَهُ وَ قُلْ

‘Ali Ibn al-’Abbas narrated from Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Alawi from ‘Ali Ibn Musa from his father from

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘When you feel a pustule (al-bathr- appearing), put your index finger (al-sabbaba) on it and circle it and say seven times:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمِ

“There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Clement, the Noble.”

سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي السَّابِعَةِ فَضَمِّدْهُ وَ شُدَّهُ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ.

The seventh time, strike it and press on it with your finger.’[86]

An Invocation for Colic:

الضِّرَارِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الصَّيْقَلُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ الْقُولَنْجَ فَقَالَ لَهُ اكْتُبْ لَهُ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ وَ سُورَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَكْتُبُ أَسْفَلَ ذَلِكَ.

Al-Darrari narrated from Musa Ibn Umar Ibn Yazid from Abu ‘Umar Ibn Yazid al-Sayqal from

He (Al-Sayqal) said that one of Al-Sadiq^-asws‘s followers had complained of colic (al-qawlanj). He^-asws told him: ‘Write for him the Sura al-Fatiha (1), the Sura Al-Ikhlas (112), and the two Suras of seeking protection (Al-Falaq (113) and Al-Nass (114).

Then write under that:

أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِعِزَّتِهِ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ وَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ الَّتِي لَا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا الْوَجَعِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَشْرَبُهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ بِمَاءِ الْمَطَرِ تَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

“I take refuge in the Face of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, and in His^-azwj Might, which is unceasing, and in His^-azwj Power, which nothing can resist, from the evil of this pain, and the evil within it.” Then drink it (after washing it) with rainwater (ma’ al-matar) on an empty stomach. You will be cured of it, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.’[87]

An Invocation for Fever:

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الدُّهْنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرٍو ذِي فَرٍّ و تَغْلِبَةَ الْجَمَالِيِّ قَالا سَمِعْنَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ‏: حُمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حُمَّى شَدِيدَةٌ فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ص فَعَوَّذَهُ وَ قَالَ

Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Abu Jafar narrated from Abu Muhammad Ibn Khalid from Bakr Ibn Khalid from Muhammad Ibn Sinan from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Ammar al-Duhni from his father from ‘Amr Dhi Far and Taghlaba al-Jammali, who both said:

‘We heard Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws say: “Rasool Allah^-saww had a severe fever (al-humma), Jibra’il^-as came to him^-saww and recited an invocation of protection over him^-saww. He^-as said:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَشْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ شَافِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خُذْهَا فَلْتَهْنِيكَ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِمَواقِعِ النُّجُومِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ‏ لَتَبْرَأَنَّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ‏ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I invoke you, In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I cure you of every illness that troubles you. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is your Healer. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, take it and may it be good of you. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate, No! I swear by the fallings of the stars, and that is indeed a mighty oath, did you but know it! (56:75-6).

You will surely be restored to health, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, Willing.”

فَأُطْلِقَ النَّبِيُّ ص مِنْ عِقَالِهِ فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذِهِ عُوذَةٌ بَلِيغَةٌ قَالَ هِيَ مِنْ خِزَانَةٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ.

The Prophet^-saww, blessings be on him, undid his headband and said: “O Jibrail, this is an eloquent invocation.” Jibrail^-as replied: “It is from the treasury of the seventh Heaven.”[88]

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِذَا مَرِضَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُعَوِّذَهُ فَقُلْ

Ahmad Ibn Salama narrated from Muhammad Ibn Isa from Hariz Ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Sijistani from Ahmad Ibn Hamza from Aban Ibn Uthman from al-Fudayl Ibn Yasar from

Abu Jafar^-asws said: ‘When a man falls ill and you wish to invoke protection for him say:

اخْرُجْ عَلَيْكَ يَا عِرْقُ أَوْ يَا عَيْنَ الْجِنِّ أَوْ يَا عَيْنَ الْإِنْسِ أَوْ يَا وَجَعُ بِفُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْكَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً وَ اتَّخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ص خَلِيلًا وَ رَبِّ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ رُوحِ اللَّهِ وَ كَلِمَتِهِ وَ رَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهُدَاةِ وَ طَفِئْتِ كَمَا طَفِئَتْ نَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلِ ع.

“Out with you, O blood vessel, or O eye of jinn, or O eye of man, or O pain, from so-and-so, son of so-and-so. Out of with you, by Allah^-azwj, Who Addressed Musa^-as and Spoke to him^-as, and Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend, the Lord of Isa^-as Ibn Maryam^-as, the spirit of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Word, the Lord^-azwj of Muhammad^-saww and the family of Muhammad^-asws, the guides. I put you out as the fire of Ibrahim^-as, the friend^-as was put out.”[89]

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فَضَالَةُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا كَسِلَ أَوْ أَصَابَتْهُ عَيْنٌ أَوْ صُدَاعٌ بَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ فَيَذْهَبُ عَنْهُ مَا كَانَ يَجِدُ.

Ahmad Ibn Abu Ziyad narrated from Faddala Ibn Ayyub from Ismail Ibn Ziyad from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘When Rasool Allah^-saww felt sluggish (al-kasal), or when the evil eye (al-ayn) fell on him^-saww, or when he^-saww had a headache, he would stretch out his hands and recite the opening of the Book (the Sura Al-Fatiha (1) and the two Suras of taking refuge (Al-Falaq (113) and Al-Nas (114).

Then he would pass his hands over his face (al-wajh) and whatever he would be suffering would be removed from him.’[90]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرَ ع يَقُولُ‏: كُلُّ مَنْ لَمْ تُبْرِئْهُ سُورَةُ الْحَمْدِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ لَمْ يُبْرِئْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ كُلُّ عِلَّةٍ تُبْرِئُهَا هَاتَيْنِ السُّورَتَيْنِ.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad IbnYahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sinan from Salama Ibn Muhriz, who said:

‘I heard Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws say: “Whosoever is not cured by the Sura Al-Hamd (1) and the Sura Al-Ikhlas (112) will not be cured by anything. All illnesses are cured by these two Suras.”[91]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلَطِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ

Muhammad Ibn Yazid narrated from Ziyad Ibn Muhammad al-Malati from his father from Hisham Ibn Ahmar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘Whoever says:

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

“There is no might nor power except with Allah, the Mighty,”

دَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثَلَاثَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَلَاءِ أَهْوَنُهَا الْجُنُونُ.

Allah^-azwj will Drive away from him seventy-three kinds of affliction, the least of which is madness (al-junun).’[92]

وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَلِيُّ أَ لَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ص

Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws said: “Rasool Allah^saw said: “Ya ’Ali ^-asws, shall I^-saww show you one of the treasures of Paradise?” I^-asws replied: “Yes, indeed, Ya Rasool Allah^-saww.’ He^-saww said: (Recite)

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ.

“There is no power nor might except with Allah^-azwj.”[93]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّرَّاجُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فَضَالَةُ وَ الْقَاسِمُ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئاً فَلْيَقُلْ-

Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Sarraj narrated from Faddala and al Qasim both from Aban Ibn ‘Uthman from Abu Hamza al Thumali from

Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘When one of you suffers from something, let him recite:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ.

In the name of Allah^-azwj, and Blessings of Allah^-azwj on Rasool Allah^-saww and his Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws. I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Power over what He^-azwj Wills, from the evil of what I suffer.”[94]

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ النَّيْشَابُورِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُعَوِّذُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ قَالَ

Ahmad IbnSalih al-Nisaburi narrated from Jamil Ibn Sahil from Dharih, who said:

‘I heard Abu Abd Allah^-asws invoke protection from wind for one of his followers and say:

عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَجَعُ بِالْعَزِيمَةِ الَّتِي عَزَمَ بِهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع رَسُولُ [رَسُولِ‏] اللَّهِ ص عَلَى جِنِّ وَادِي الصَّبْرَةِ فَأَطَاعُوا وَ أَجَابُوا لَمَّا أَطَعْتَ وَ أَجَبْتَ وَ خَرَجْتَ عَنْ فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ بِسُلْطَانِ اللَّهِ بِجَلَالِ اللَّهِ بِكِبْرِيَاءِ اللَّهِ بِعَظَمَةِ اللَّهِ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ بِجَمَالِ اللَّهِ بِبَهَاءِ اللَّهِ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ.

‘I adjure you, O ailment, with the invocation by which Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws and Rasool Allah^-saww called on the jinn of the valley of al-Sabra and they obeyed and answered, that you obey and answer and get out of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, at once, at once, by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, by the Command of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, by the Power of Allah^-azwj, by the Sovereignty of Allah^-azwj, by the Majesty of Allah^-azwj, by the Grandeur of Allah^-azwj, by the Greatness of Allah^-azwj, by the Face of Allah^-azwj, by the Beauty of Allah^-azwj, by the Magnificence of Allah^-azwj, by the Light of Allah^-azwj.”

فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَلْبَثُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ

It was not long before it was expelled.’[95]

The Invocation of Al-Reza^-asws for every Illness and Fear:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ مِنَ الرِّضَا وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهَا جَامِعَةٌ مَانِعَةٌ وَ هِيَ حِرْزٌ وَ أَمَانٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ خَوْفٍ‏

Muhammad IbnKathir al-Dimashqi narrated from al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Yaqtin from

He (Al-Hasan) said: ‘I took this invocation from Al-Reza^-asws. He mentioned that it was a comprehensive preventative and a safeguard and protection from illness and fear:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ‏ اخْسَؤُا فِيها وَ لا تُكَلِّمُونِ‏ أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا وَ غَيْرَ تَقِيٍّ أَخَذْتُ بِسَمْعِ اللَّهِ وَ بَصَرِهِ عَلَى أَسْمَاعِكُمْ وَ أَبْصَارِكُمْ وَ بِقُوَّةِ اللَّهِ عَلَى قُوَّتِكُمْ لَا سُلْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَى فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ وَ لَا عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى مَالِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ سَتَرْتُ

بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُ بِسِتْرِ النُّبُوَّةِ الَّتِي اسْتَتَرُوا بِهَا مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَنْ أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِكُمْ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ أَمَامَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مُظِلٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَمْنَعُهُ اللَّهُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ وَ مَالَهُ وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لَا يَبْلُغُ حِلْمُهُ أَنَاتَكَ مَا لَا يَبْلُغُهُ مَجْهُودُ نَفْسِكَ فَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ أَنْتَ‏ نِعْمَ الْمَوْلى‏ وَ نِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ حَرَسَكَ اللَّهُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ يَا فُلَانُ بِمَا حَرَسَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ

“In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, In the Name of Allah, slink you it, and do not speak to me (23:108), I take refuge in the All-merciful from thee! If thou fearest God…. (19:18) or do not fear God. I take hold, with the Hearing of Allah and His Sight, over your hearing and sight, and with the Might of Allah over your might. No authority have you over so- and-so, son of so-and-so, or over his progeny, or his wealth, or his family. I draw down between you and him the veil of Prophethood^-saww, by which they concealed themselves from the assault of the Pharaohs, with Jibra’il^-as on your right, and Mika’il^-as on your left, and Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws before you, with Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, overshadowing you. Allah^-azwj Guards him, his progeny, his wealth, and his family from the demons (al-shayatin).

Whatever Allah^-azwj has Willed, there is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj, the most High, the Might. Ya Allah^-azwj, his clemency will not attain Your^-azwj patience as long as it does not attain the utmost degree of Your Power. You^-azwj are the most excellent Master and the most excellent Helper. Allah^-azwj Guard you and your progeny, O so-and-so, by that with which He^-azwj Guarded His^-azwj friends, blessings of Allah^-azwj on Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws

وَ تَكْتُبُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ‏ ثُمَّ تَكْتُبُ

“Write the verse of the Throne (2:255) up to And He is the Most High, the Mighty. Then write:

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ‏ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ‏ دل سام في رأس للسما طا لسلسبيلايها.

‘There is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj. There is no refuge (but) from Allah^-azwj and (only) with Him^-azwj. Sufficient for us is Allah^-azwj, the most excellent protector.[96]

An Invocation for every Ache:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَامِدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ قَالَ: عَلَّمَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى ع هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ وَ قَالَ عَلِّمْهَا إِخْوَانَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّهَا لِكُلِّ أَلَمٍ وَ هِيَ

Muhammad Ibn Hamid narated from Khalaf Ibn Hammad from Khalid al-Abasi, who said:

‘Ali^-asws Ibn Musa^-asws taught me this invocation and said: ‘Teach it to your brothers among the believers, for it is for every ache:

أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِرَبِّ الْأَرْضِ وَ رَبِّ السَّمَاءِ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِالَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ دَاءٌ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِالَّذِي اسْمُهُ بَرَكَةٌ وَ شِفَاءٌ.

‘I seek protection for myself in the Lord^-azwj of the Heavens. I seek protection for myself in Him^-azwj with Whose Name no disease causes harm. I seek protection for myself in Him^-azwj Whose Name is a Blessing and a Healing.[97]

Invocation for Days of the Week

عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏: أَوَّلُهَا عُوذَةُ يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ‏

 Invocation for Saturday

From Al-Sadiq^-asws:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي أَوْ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ بِاللَّهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‏ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ إِلَى‏ مالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اهْدِنَا الصِّراطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِراطَ الَّذِينَ

أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَا الضَّالِّينَ‏ وَ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ‏ وَ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ‏ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ وَ رَبِّ الْغَاسِقِ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ‏ … وَ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حاسِدٍ إِذا حَسَدَ اللَّهِ الْأَحَدِ الصَّمَدِ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ نُورِ النُّورِ وَ مُدَبِّرِ الْأُمُورِ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكاةٍ فِيها مِصْباحٌ الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ الزُّجاجَةُ كَأَنَّها كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِي‏ءُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ نُورٌ عَلى‏ نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ‏ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِ‏ … قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ وَ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ وَ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَماواتٍ وَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عِلْماً وَ أَحْصى‏ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَدَداً مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرِّ يُعْلِنُ بِهِ أَوْ يُسِرُّ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْجِنَّةِ وَ الْبَشَرِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَطِيرُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ يَسْكُنُ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ طَوَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَسْكُنُ الْحَمَّامَاتِ وَ الوحوش [الْحُشُوشِ‏] وَ الْخَرَابَاتِ وَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَ الْبَرَارِي وَ الغِيَاضِ وَ الْأَشْجَارِ مِمَّا يَكُونُ فِي الْأَنْهَارِ وَ أُعِيذُهُ بِاللَّهِ مَالِكِ الْمُلْكِ‏ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشاءُ وَ تَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشاءُ وَ تُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشاءُ وَ تُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهارِ وَ تُولِجُ النَّهارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ تُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَ تُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَ تَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ‏ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ لَهُ مَقالِيدُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَقْدِرُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ‏ وَ أُعِيذُهُ بِالَّذِي‏ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ وَ السَّماواتِ الْعُلى‏ الرَّحْمنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوى‏ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ ما بَيْنَهُما وَ ما تَحْتَ الثَّرى‏ وَ إِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَ أَخْفى‏ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْماءُ الْحُسْنى‏ أَلا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَ الْأَمْرُ تَبارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ

الْعالَمِينَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعاً وَ خُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلاحِها وَ ادْعُوهُ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ‏ وَ أُعِيذُهُ بِمَنْزِلِ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ وَ الْفُرْقَانِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ طَاغٍ وَ بَاغٍ وَ شَيْطَانٍ وَ سُلْطَانٍ وَ سَاحِرٍ وَ كَاهِنٍ وَ نَاظِرٍ وَ طَارِقٍ وَ مُتَحَرِّكٍ وَ سَاكِنٍ وَ صَامِتٍ وَ مُتَخَيِّلٍ وَ مُتَمَثِّلٍ وَ مُتَلَوِّنٍ وَ مُخْتَلِفٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ حِرْزُكَ وَ نَاصِرُكَ وَ مُؤْنِسُكَ وَ هُوَ يَدْفَعُ عَنْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ لَا مُعِزَّ لِمَنْ أَذَلَّ وَ لَا مُذِلَّ لِمَنْ أَعَزُّ وَ هُوَ الْواحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ.

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate, I seek protection for myself – or for so- and-so, son of so-and- so-in Allah^-azwj. There is no god but Him^-azwj. He^-azwj is the Lord of all Being, the All-merciful, the All Compassionate, the Master of the Day of Doom.

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. The Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment. Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help. Keep us on the right path. The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favours. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray. (1:2-7). I seek Protection in the Lord of the Day break (113:1), and in the Lord of men, the King of men….. (114:1-2) and the Lord of the dusk when it darkens , from the evil of what He has created, and from the evil of the women who blow on knots , and from the evil of an envier when he envies (113:2-5).

‘Allah, the One, the Refuge, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and equal to Him is not any one (112:3-4), Light of the Light and the Regulator of affairs, the Light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp, the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star kindled from a Blessed Tree, an olive that is neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil well nigh would shine, even if no fire touched it. Light upon Light God guides to His Light whom He will. And God strikes similitudes for men, and God has knowledge of everything (24:35).

‘It is He who created the heavens and the earth in truth …. His saying is true, and His is the Kingdom the day the Trumpet is blown. He is Knower of the Unseen and the visible. He is the All-wise, the All-aware (6:73). God who created the seven heavens, and of earth their like, between them the Command descending, that you may know that God is powerful over everything and that God encompasses everything in knowledge (65:12). He has numbered everything in numbers. (72:28).

‘[I seek protection] from the evil of everything possessed of evil, whether openly or secretly, from the evil of jinn and man, and from the evil of what flies at night and rests during the day, and from the evil of that which lives in pigeons and wild beasts, ruins, valleys, open country, jungles and trees, and from that which is in rivers.

‘I seek the protection of Allah, Master of the Kingdom, Thou givest the Kingdom to whom Thou wilt, and seizest the Kingdom from whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Thou art powerful over everything. Thou makest the night to enter into the day and Thou makest the day to enter into the night. Thou bringest forth the living from the dead and Thou bringest forth the deat from the living, and Thou providest whomsoever Thou wilt without reckoning (3:26-27). Like Him there is nothing. He is the Allhearing, the All-seeing. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He stretches out His provision to whom He will. Surely He has knowledge of everything (42:11-12).

‘I seek the protection for him in the One Who created the earth and the high heavens. The All-compassionate sat himself upon the Throne. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and all that is underneath the soil. Be thou loud in thy speech, yet surely He knows the secret and that still more hidden. Allah-there is no god but He. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful (20:4-8). Verily, His are the creation and the command. Blessed be God, the Lord of all Being. Call on your Lord, humbly and secretly. He loves not the transgressors. Do not corrupt the land after it has been set right. Call on Him fearfully, eagerly. Surely the mercy of God is nigh to those who do good (7:54-6).

‘I seek protection for him in the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospels (al-Injil), the Zabur, and the Mighty Furqan, from the evil of every tyrant and oppressor, demon, ruler, enchanter (sahir), soothsayer (kahin), watcher, nocturnal visitor, everything moving or still, silent, imagined, apparent, changeable, or varying. Glory be to Allah^-azwj, your Protector and Your Helper and Your Solace. He^-azwj will defend you. He^-azwj has no partner. There is no one to elevate the one He^-azwj abases nor anyone to abase the one He^-azwj elevates. He^-azwj is the One, the Subduer, and Allah^-azwj Bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.’[98]

Invocation for Sunday:

بِسْمِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اسْتَوَى الرَّبُّ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَ قَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ بِحُكْمِهِ وَ هَدَأَتِ النُّجُومُ وَ رَسَتِ الْجِبَالُ بِإِذْنِهِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ اسْمُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ الَّذِي دَانَتْ لَهُ الْجِبَالُ وَ هِيَ طَائِعَةٌ وَ انْبَعَثَتْ لَهُ الْأَجْسَادُ وَ هِيَ بَالِيَةٌ احْجُبْ كُلَّ ضَارٍّ

وَ حَاسِدٍ بِبَأْسِ اللَّهِ عَنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ وَ بِمَنْ‏ جَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حاجِزاً وَ جَعَلَ فِي السَّماءِ بُرُوجاً وَ جَعَلَ فِيها سِراجاً وَ قَمَراً مُنِيراً وَ أُعِيذُهُ بِمَنْ زَيَّنَهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ وَ حَفِظَهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطانٍ رَجِيمٍ‏ وَ أُعِيذُهُ بِمَنْ جَعَلَ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ جِبِالًا وَ أَوْتَاداً أَنْ يُوصَلَ إِلَيْهِ بِسُوءٍ أَوْ فَاحِشَةٍ أَوْ بَلِيَّةٍ حم‏ حم‏ حم عسق كَذلِكَ يُوحِي إِلَيْكَ‏ وَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏ حم‏ حم‏ حم تَنْزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً.

‘In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Allah is the most Great, Allah is the most Great, Allah is the most Great. The Lord sat on the Throne, and the heavens and the earth were established by His Command. The stars were stilled, and the mountains were fixed firmly by His permission. His Name does not pass by those in the heavens and in the earth. The mountains draw near to Him, obedient, and the bodies are resurrected for Him when they are rotten. Veil every harmful thing and envious one by the Might of Allah from so-and-so, son of so-and-so, by the One who placed a partition between the two seas (27:61); and set in heaven constellations, and set among them a lamp, and an illuminating moon (25:61). I seek protection for him in the One who decked them out fair to the beholders, and guarded them from every accursed demon (15:16-7). I seek protection for him in the One who set in the earth firm mountains (21:31) and pegs (78:7), lest evil or indecency or affliction should get to him. Ha Mim. ‘Ain Sin Qaf. So reveals to thee, and to those before thee, God, the All-mighty, the All-wise 42:1-3). Ha Mim. A sending down from the Merciful, the Compassionate (41:1-2).

The Blessings of Allah^-azwj on Muhammad^-saww, the Prophet^-saww, and his^-saww family^-asws.’[99]

Invocation for Monday:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أُعِيذُ نَفْسَ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ بِرَبِّيَ الْأَكْبَرِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَفِيَ وَ ظَهَرَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ أُنْثَى وَ ذَكَرٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا رَأَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ أَدْعُوكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْجِنُّ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ وَ أَدْعُوكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسُ إِلَى اللَّطِيفِ الْخَبِيرِ وَ أَدْعُوكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ إِلَى الَّذِي دَانَتْ لَهُ الْخَلَائِقُ أَجْمَعِينَ خَتَمْتُهُ بِخَاتَمِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ خَاتَمِ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ خَاتَمِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ وَ خَاتَمِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص سَيِّدِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى

مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ أَخَذْتُ عَنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ كُلَّ تَابِعَةٍ ذِي رُوحٍ مَرِيدٍ جِنِّيٍّ أَوْ عِفْرِيتٍ أَوْ سَاحِرٍ مَرِيدٍ أَوْ سُلْطَانٍ عَنِيدٍ أَوْ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ أَخَذْتُ عَنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى وَ مَا رَأَتْ عَيْنُ نَائِمٍ أَوْ يَقْظَانَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ اللَّطِيفِ الْخَبِيرِ لَا سَبِيلَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا عَلَى مَا يُخَافُ عَلَيْهِ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. I seek protection for the soul of so – and-so, in my Lord, the most Great, from the evil of what is hidden and apparent, and from the evil of every female and male, and from the evil of what the sun and the moon behold. Most Holy, Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit.

‘I call on you, O jinn, if you are hearing, obedient, and I call you, O mankind, to the Gracious, the All-knowing. I call you, O mankind and jinn, to Him^-azwj Who is obeyed by all creation stamped with the seal of the Lord of the Worlds, and the seal of Jibrail^-as, Mikail^-as, and Israfil^-as, and the seal of Sulayman^-as Ibn Dawud^-as, and the seal of Muhammad^-saww, blessings of Allah on him and his family, the chief of the Prophets, blessings of Allah^-azwj on Muhammad^-saww and his Ahl al-Bayt^-asws, the good, the pure. Remove from so-and-so, son of so-and so, every female jinn with a rebelious spirit, a jinn or demon or rebellious enchanter, or obstinate ruler or accursed devil. Remove from so-and-so, that which is seen and that which is unseen, and that which is seen by an eye, sleeping or awake, by the will of Allah^-azwj, the Gracious, the All-knowing. There is no way for you over him, nor over what is feared for him. Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj, no partner has He^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj Bless Muhammad^-saww and his Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws.’

Invocation for Tuesday

بِسْمِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِاللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ الْقَائِمَاتِ وَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَهَا فِي يَوْمَيْنِ‏ وَ قَضَى‏ فِي كُلِّ سَماءٍ أَمْرَها وَ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ‏ وَ قَدَّرَ فِيها أَقْواتَها وَ جَعَلَ فِيهَا جِبِالًا وَ جَعَلَهَا فِجاجاً سُبُلًا وَ أَنْشَأَ السَّحابَ الثِّقالَ‏ وَ سَخَّرَهُ وَ أَجْرَى الْفَلَكَ وَ سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ وَ جَعَلَ فِي الْأَرْضِ‏ رَواسِيَ وَ أَنْهاراً وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَكُونُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ يَعْقِدُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ وَ تَرَاهُ الْعُيُونُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ كَفَانَا اللَّهُ كَفَانَا اللَّهُ كَفَانَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. I seek protection for myself in Allah^-azwj, the Great, the Lord of the upright heavens, and in Him^-azwj Who Created them in two days and determined affairs throughout all of heaven, created the earth and determined in it its sustenance, made in it mountains and set in it ravines to serve as ways (21:31), produced the heavy clouds (13:12), (and) Made it subservient, made the ships sail, Made subservient the sea, and Made in the earth mountains and rivers, from the evil of what is in the night and the day and entangles the hearts, and which the eyes of jinn and mankind see. Allah^-azwj Protect us, Allah^-azwj Protect us, Allah^-azwj Protect us, there is no god but Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool Allah^-saww, Blessings of Allah^-azwj be on him^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.’[100]

Invocation for Wednesday

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أُعِيذُكَ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ بِالْأَحَدِ الصَّمَدِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا نَفَثَ وَ عَقَدَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ أَبِي مُرَّةَ وَ مَا وَلَدَ أُعِيذُكَ بِالْوَاحِدِ الْأَعْلَى مِمَّا رَأَتْ عَيْنٌ وَ مَا لَمْ تَرَ وَ أُعِيذُكَ بِالْفَرْدِ الْكَبِيرِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَرَادَكَ [بِأَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ‏] عَسِيرٍ أَنْتَ يَا فُلَانَ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ فِي جِوَارِ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْجَبَّارِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ الْقَهَّارِ السَّلَامِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ الْعَزِيزِ الْغَفَّارِ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعالِ‏ هُوَ اللَّهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate, I seek protection for you, O so-and-so, son of so-and-so, in the One^-azwj, the Refuge, from the evil of what is blown on and knotted, and from the evil of Abu Mura [Satan] and what he has begotten. I seek protection for you in the One^-azwj, the Most High, from that which the eye sees and does not see. I seek protection for you in the Unequalled, the Great, from the evil of what it intends for you [by the decree of the Sovereign]. Go, O so-and-so, son of so-and-so, to the Protection of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, the Omnipotent, the King, the Most Holy, the Subduer, the Perfect, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-forgiving, the Knower of the unseen and the apparent, the Great, the Most High. He is Allah^-azwj, no partner has He^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool of Allah^-saww, Blessings and Mercy of Allah^-azwj on him^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.’[101]

Invocation for Thursday

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي أَوْ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ بِرَبِّ الْمَشارِقِ وَ الْمَغارِبِ‏ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْطانٍ مارِدٍ وَ قَائِمٍ وَ قَاعِدٍ وَ حَاسِدٍ وَ مُعَانِدٍ وَ يُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ بِهِ وَ يُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطانِ وَ لِيَرْبِطَ عَلى‏ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَ يُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدامَ‏ ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هذا مُغْتَسَلٌ بارِدٌ وَ شَرابٌ‏ وَ أَنْزَلْنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً طَهُوراً لِنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتاً وَ نُسْقِيَهُ مِمَّا خَلَقْنا أَنْعاماً وَ أَناسِيَّ كَثِيراً الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْكُمْ‏ ذلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةٌ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْكُمْ‏ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏ وَ لا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ‏ لَا غَالِبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ‏ وَ اللَّهُ غالِبٌ عَلى‏ أَمْرِهِ‏ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً.

‘In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, I seek protection for myself – or for so-and-so, son of so-and-so – in the Lord of the East and the West, from the evil of every rebellious, standing, sitting, envious, and refractory demon, and We send down on you water from heaven, to purify you thereby, to put away from you the defilement of Satan and to strengthen your hearts, and to make firm your feet (8:11). Stamp thy foot! This is a washing-place cool, for drinking (38:42). And We sent down from heaven pure water to revive a dead land, and give to drink of it what We created, many cattle and men (25:48). Now God has lightened it for you (8:66). That a lightening granted you by your Lord, and a mercy (2:178). God desires to lighten things for you . . . (4:28). God will suffice you for them (2:137). He is the All-hearer and the All-knower. There is no power except with Allah, no conqueror except Allah. God prevails in His purpose (12:21). There is no god but Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool Allah^-saww, Blessings of Allah^-azwj be on him^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.’[102]

Invocation for Friday

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ قَاهِرُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِيينَ وَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ مَالِكُهُ اكْفِنِي بَأْسَهُمْ وَ أَعْمِ أَبْصَارَهُمْ وَ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ حَرَساً وَ حُجَّاباً وَ مَدْفَعاً إِنَّكَ رَبُّنَا لَا

حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ‏ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنا وَ إِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنا وَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ عَافِ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ‏ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها وَ مِنْ شَرِّ ما سَكَنَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ سُوءٍ آمِينَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty, Allah^-azwj, the Lord of of the angels and the Spirit, the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as, Subduer of those in the heavens and the earth, Creator of all things, and their King. Protect me from their might, and blind their sight and their hearts, and make between us and them a guard, and a barrier and a defence. Surely, You are our Lord^-azwj. There is no might nor power except with You^-azwj. In You^-azwj we trust and to You^-azwj we turn. You^-azwj are the Mighty, the Wise. Protect so-and-so, son of so-and-so, from the evil of every creature You^-azwj have taken by the forelock, and from the evil of what inhabits the night and day, and from the evil of every evil thing. Amen, O Lord of the Worlds, and Bless Muhammad^-saww, the Prophet of mercy and his^-saww pure family^-asws.’[103]

Invocation for the Ensnared and Bewitched

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّحَّافِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: يَا صَحَّافُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّكَ مَأْخُوذٌ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ قَدْ عَالَجْتُ بِكُلِّ دَوَاءٍ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا نَفَعَنِي قَالَ يَا صَحَّافُ أَ فَلَا أَعْلَمْتَنِي؟ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عِنْدَكُمْ فَرَجُهُ وَ لَكِنْ أَسْتَحْيِيكَ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ وَ مَا مَنَعَكَ الْحَيَاءَ فِي رَجُلٍ مَسْحُورٍ مَأْخُوذٍ؟ أَمَا إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُفَاتِحَكَ بِذَلِكَ قُلْ‏.

Ahmad Ibn Badr narrated from Ishaq al-Sahhaf from

He (the narrator says) Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar^-asws said: ‘O Sahhaf.’ I replied: ‘At your^-asws service, O son of Rasool Allah^-saww.’ He^-asws said: ‘You have been ensnared (makhudh) from your wife.’ I said: ‘Yes indeed, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws. For three years I have used every remedy but, by Allah^-azwj, they have not benefited me.’ He^-asws said: ‘O Sahhaf, you did not tell me?’ I said: ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, by Allah^-azwj, I know that with you^-asws is deliverance from everything but I was ashamed in a man bewitched (mashur) [and] ensnared? I wanted to speak to you about that. (Imam then said, recite):

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ أذرئكم [أَدْرَؤُكُمْ‏] أَيُّهَا السَّحَرَةُ عَنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي قَالَ لِإِبْلِيسَ‏ اخْرُجْ مِنْها مَذْؤُماً مَدْحُوراً اخْرُجْ‏ مِنْها فَما يَكُونُ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيها فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ‏ أَبْطَلْتُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَ رَدَدْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ نَقَضْتُهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَعْلَى الْأَعْظَمِ الْقُدُّوسِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ الْقَدِيمِ رَجَعَ سِحْرُكُمْ كَمَا لا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ‏ كَمَا بَطَلَ كَيْدُ السَّحَرَةِ حِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِمُوسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ‏ أَلْقِ عَصاكَ فَإِذا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ ما يَأْفِكُونَ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ‏ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ أَبْطَلَ سَحَرَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَبْطَلْتُ عَمَلَكُمْ أَيُّهَا السَّحَرَةُ وَ نَقَضْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ‏ وَ لا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَأَنْساهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ‏ وَ بِالَّذِي قَالَ‏ وَ لَوْ نَزَّلْنا عَلَيْكَ كِتاباً فِي قِرْطاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هذا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ وَ قالُوا لَوْ لا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَ لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا مَلَكاً لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لا يُنْظَرُونَ وَ لَوْ جَعَلْناهُ مَلَكاً لَجَعَلْناهُ رَجُلًا وَ لَلَبَسْنا عَلَيْهِمْ ما يَلْبِسُونَ‏ وَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ‏ فَأَكَلا مِنْها فَبَدَتْ لَهُما سَوْآتُهُما فَأَنْتُمْ مُتَحَيِّرُونَ وَ لَا تَتَوَجَّهُونَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ وَ لَا تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهُ أَبَداً قَدْ بَطَلَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ عَمَلُكُمْ وَ خَابَ سَعْيُكُمْ‏ وَ وَهَنَ كَيْدُكُمْ مَعَ مَنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ‏ إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطانِ كانَ ضَعِيفاً غَلَبْتُكُمْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ هَزَمْتُ كَثْرَتَكُمْ بِجُنُودِ اللَّهِ وَ كَسَرْتُ قُوَّتَكُمْ بِسُلْطَانِ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَّطْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَزَائِمَ اللَّهِ عَمِيَ بَصَرُكُمْ وَ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتُكُمْ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ أَسْبَابُكُمْ وَ تَبَرَّأَ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْكُمْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ‏ كَمَثَلِ الشَّيْطانِ إِذْ قالَ لِلْإِنْسانِ اكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قالَ إِنِّي بَرِي‏ءٌ مِنْكَ إِنِّي أَخافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعالَمِينَ فَكانَ عاقِبَتَهُما أَنَّهُما فِي النَّارِ خالِدَيْنِ فِيها وَ ذلِكَ جَزاءُ الظَّالِمِينَ‏ وَ أَنْزَلَ‏ إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَ رَأَوُا الْعَذابَ وَ تَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبابُ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَما تَبَرَّؤُا مِنَّا كَذلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ اللَّهُ أَعْمالَهُمْ حَسَراتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ ما هُمْ بِخارِجِينَ مِنَ النَّارِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي‏ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ‏ إِلَى‏ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ‏ إِنَّ إِلهَكُمْ لَواحِدٌ رَبُّ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ ما بَيْنَهُما وَ رَبُّ الْمَشارِقِ إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّماءَ الدُّنْيا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَواكِبِ وَ حِفْظاً مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطانٍ مارِدٍ لا

يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلى‏ وَ يُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جانِبٍ دُحُوراً وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ واصِبٌ إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهابٌ ثاقِبٌ‏ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ لَآياتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبابِ‏ وَ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ مِنْ ماءٍ الْآيَةَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ‏ فَأَحْيا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها وَ بَثَّ فِيها مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَ تَصْرِيفِ الرِّياحِ وَ السَّحابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوى‏ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثاً وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ وَ النُّجُومَ مُسَخَّراتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ أَلا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَ الْأَمْرُ تَبارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخالِقُ الْبارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْماءُ الْحُسْنى‏ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏ مَنْ أَرَادَ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ بِسُوءٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِمْ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ وَصَفَهُمْ فَقَالَ‏ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلالَةَ بِالْهُدى‏ فَما رَبِحَتْ تِجارَتُهُمْ وَ ما كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ ناراً فَلَمَّا أَضاءَتْ ما حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَ تَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُماتٍ لا يُبْصِرُونَ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَرْجِعُونَ‏ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ‏ وَ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِما لا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعاءً وَ نِداءً صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ‏ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ‏ وَ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّما خَرَّ مِنَ السَّماءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكانٍ سَحِيقٍ‏ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ‏ مَثَلُ ما يُنْفِقُونَ فِي هذِهِ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيها صِرٌّ أَصابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ وَ ما ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ لكِنْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ‏ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ‏ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرابٌ فَأَصابَهُ وابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْداً لا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلى‏ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا وَ اللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكافِرِينَ‏ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ‏ وَ مَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ ما لَها مِنْ قَرارٍ يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ ما يَشاءُ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْراً وَ أَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ

دارَ الْبَوارِ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَها وَ بِئْسَ الْقَرارُ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنْ قَالَ مَثَلُ‏ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمالُهُمْ كَسَرابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ ماءً حَتَّى إِذا جاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئاً وَ وَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسابَهُ وَ اللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسابِ أَوْ كَظُلُماتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشاهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ سَحابٌ ظُلُماتٌ بَعْضُها فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذا أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَراها وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَما لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ اللَّهُمَّ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِصِدْقِكَ وَ عِلْمِكَ وَ حُسْنِ أَمْثَالِكَ وَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ مَنْ أَرَادَ فُلَاناً بِسُوءٍ أَنْ تَرُدَّ كَيْدَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ وَ تَجْعَلَ خَدَّهُ الْأَسْفَلَ وَ تَرْكَسَهُ لِأُمٍّ رَأْسِهِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ وَ مَا كَانَ‏ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ ثُمَّ تَقْرَأُ عَلَى طِينِ الْقَبْرِ وَ تَخْتِمُ وَ تُعَلِّقُهُ عَلَى الْمَأْخُوذِ وَ تَقْرَأُ هُوَ اللَّهُ‏ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى‏ وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ‏ وَ كَفى‏ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ‏ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ‏

‘Say: “In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, I remove you, O enchanters, from so-and-so, son of so-and-so, with Allah^-azwj, who said to Satan Go thou forth from it, despised and banished (7:13). Get thee down out of it. It is not for thee to wax proud here. So go thou forth. Surely thou art among the humbled (7:13). I neutralize your action and drive it back to you and nullify it by the will of Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mightiest, the Most Holy, the Exalted, the All-knowing, the Eternal. Your enchantment is reverted just as evil devised by the magicians was neutralized when Allah^-azwj, the Exalted said: Cast thy staff. And lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention. So the truth came to pass, and false was proved what they were doing (7:117). By the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Pharoah’s magicians were thwarted.

“I neutralize your action, O magicians, and nullify it by the Will of Allah, Who revealed: Be not as those who forgot God, and so He caused them to forget their souls (59:19); and by Him^-azwj Who said: Had We sent down on thee a Book on parchment and so they touched it with their hands, yet the unbelievers would have said, This is naught but manifest spells. Why has an angel not been sent down on him? They say: Yet had We sent down an angel, the matter would have been determined, and then no respite would be given them. And had We made him an angel, yet assuredly We would have made him a man, and confused for them the thing which they themselves are confusing (6:7-9); by the will of Allah, Who revealed: So the two of them ate of it, and their shameful parts were revealed to them (20:121). You are confused and not accomplishing any of your affairs. You will never return to it.

“Praise be to Allah, your action has been neutralized, your effort has failed and your plot has weakened, along with the demons who were part of it-Surely the guile of Satan is ever feeble (4:76). I have overcome you by the will of Allah, defeated your multitude with the armies of Allah^-azwj, shattered your strength with the Sovereignty of Allah, and set up over you the decree of Allah. Your sight has been blinded, your strength has been weakened, your ties have been broken, and Satan has absolved himself of you, by the will of Allah, Who revealed: Like Satan, when he said to man, Disbelieve; then, when he disbelieved, he said, Surely, I am free of you. Surely I fear God^-azwj, the Lord of all Being. Their end is that both are in the Fire, there dwelling forever. That is the recompense of the evildoers (59:16-17).

“And He^-azwj revealed: When those that were followed disown their followers, and they see the chastisement, and their cords are cut asunder, and those that followed say, O if only we might return again and disown them, as they have disowned us! Even so God shall show them-their works. O bitter regrets for them! Never shall they issue from the Fire (2:166-7).

“By the will of Allah there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. . . . . He is the All-high, the All-glorious (2:255). Surely your God is One, Lord of the heavens and the earth, and of what between them is, Lord of the Easts. We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars and to preserve against every rebel demon. They listen not to the High Council, for they are pelted from every side, rejected. Theirs is an everlasting chastisement, except such as snatches a fragment, and he is pursued by a piercing flame (37:4-10). Surely in the creation of the heavens and earth and in the alternation of night and day there are signs for men possessing of minds (3:190). And the water God sends down from heaven therewith reviving the earth after it is dead and His scattering abroad in it all manner of crawling thing, and the turning about of the winds and the clouds compelled between heaven and earth-surely there are signs for people having understanding . . . . (2:164).

‘“Surely your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days-then sat Himself upon the Throne, covering the day with the night it pursues urgently-and the sun, and the moon, and the stars subservient, by His command. Verily, His are the creation and the command. Blessed be God, the Lord of all Being (7:54). He is God; there is no god but He. He is the knower of the Unseen and the Visible; He is the All-merciful, the All-compassionate. He is God; there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-holy, the All-peaceable, the All-faithful, the All-preserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, the All-sublime. Glory be to God, above that they associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him; He is the All-mighty, the All-wise (59:22-4).

“Whoever of the jinn or men or any others wish evil for so-and-so, son of so-and-so, after this invocation, Allah^-azwj has made him of those about whom He said: They are those who have purchased error at the price of guidance. Their commerce has not profited them, and they are not right-guided. The likeness of them is as the likeness of a man who kindled a fire, and when it lit all about him Allah took away their light, and left them in darkness, unseeing, deaf, blind-so they shall not return (2:16-18).

“Allah has made him of those of whom He said: The likeness of those who disbelieve is as the likeness of one who shouts to that which hears nothing, save a call and a cry; deaf and blind-they do not understand (2:171). Allah has made him of those of whom He said: Whosoever associates with Allah anything, it is as though he has fallen from heaven and the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him headlong into a place far away (22:31). Allah has made him of those of whom He said: The likeness of what they expend in this present life is as the likeness of a freezing blast that smites the tillage of a people who wronged themselves, and it destroyed that. Allah wronged them not, but themselves they wronged (3:117). Allah has made him of those about whom torrent smites it, and leaves it barren. They have no power over anything that they have earned. Allah guides not the people of the unbelievers (2:264). Allah^-azwj has Made him of those of whom He said: The likeness of a corrupt word is as a corrupt tree-uprooted from the earth, having no establishment. Allah^-azwj Confirms those who believe with the firm word, in the present life and in the world to come. Allah^-azwj Leads astray the oppressors. Allah^-azwj Does what He will. Hast thou not seen those who exchanged the bounty of Allah with unthankfulness, and caused their people to dwell in the abode of ruin?-Hell, wherein they are roasted; an evil stablishment! (14:26-9).

“Allah has made him of those of whom He said: And as for the unbelievers, their works are as a mirage in a spacious plain, which the thirsty man supposes to be water, until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing. There indeed he finds God, and He pays him his account in full, and God is swift at the reckoning. Or, they are as shadows upon a sea obscure covered by a billow above which is a billow, above which are clouds, shadows piled one upon another. When he puts forth his hand, wellnigh he cannot see it. To whomsoever God assigns no light, no light has he (24:39-40).

“O Allah^-azwj, so I ask You by Your Truth and Your Knowledge and the excellence of Your examples, and by the right of Muhammad^-saww and his family^-asws, for whoever wishes evil on so-and-so, that You revert his plot back on to him, and make him low, and turn him over on his head in a pit. Surely You are Powerful over all things, and that is easy for You; and that is surely no great matter of Allah (14:20). There is no god but Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is the Messenger of Allah^-azwj, blessings of Allah^-azwj be on him and his family.”

“Then recite the following over the soil (al-tin) of the grave and seal and fasten it on to the enchanted person: He is Allah who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may uplift it above every religion, though the unbelievers be averse (9:33). And God^-azwj Suffices as a witness (48:28). False was proved what they were doing. So they were vanquished there and they turned about, humbled (7:118-19).’[104]

What is allowed from the Amulet (Taweez), and the Ruqya (Quranic Chant), and the Talisman (Numerical drawings):

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَأْمُونٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَ الْحُمَّى وَ الضِّرْسِ وَ كُلِّ ذَاتِ هَامَّةٍ لَهَا حُمَةٌ إِذَا عَلِمَ الرَّجُلُ مَا يَقُولُ لَا يُدْخِلُ فِي رُقْيَتِهِ وَ عُوذَتِهِ شَيْئاً لَا يَعْرِفُهُ.

Ibrahim Bin Ma’moun said, ‘Hammad Bin Isaa narrated to us from Shuayb Al-Aqarqufy, from Abu Baseer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘There is no problem with the Ruqya (Quranic chant) (to protect) from the (evil) eye, and the fever, and the toothache, and every (sting of a) vermin having a fever for it, when the man knows what he is saying, not including in his Ruqya (Quranic chant), and his amulet (Taweez), anything he does not recognise’.[105]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رُقْيَةِ الْعَقْرَبِ وَ الْحَيَّةِ وَ النُّشْرَةِ وَ رُقْيَةِ الْمَجْنُونِ وَ الْمَسْحُورِ الَّذِي يُعَذِّبُ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ سِنَانٍ لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقْيَةِ وَ الْعُوذَةِ وَ النُّشْرَةِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْفِهِ الْقُرْآنُ فَلَا شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ وَ هَلْ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَبْلَغُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ يَقُولُ‏ وَ نُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ما هُوَ شِفاءٌ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ أَ لَيْسَ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ‏ لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا هذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلى‏ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خاشِعاً مُتَصَدِّعاً مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ‏ سَلُونَا نُعَلِّمْكُمْ وَ نُوقِفْكُمْ عَلَى قَوَارِعِ الْقُرْآنِ لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ

Muhammad Bin Yazeed Bin Suleym Al-Kufy who said, ‘Al Nazr bin Suweyd narrated to us, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I asked him^-asws about a Ruqya (Quranic chant) (to protect from) the scorpion and the snake, and the Talisman and the Ruqya (Quranic chant) for (curing) the insane and the one under a spell who is in excruciating pain. He^-asws said: ‘O Ibn Sinan! There is no problem with the Ruqya (Quranic chant) and the Talisman when it was from the Quran; and the one whom the Quran does not heal, so Allah^-azwj does not Heal him; and is there anything more reaching (in achievement) with regards to these things than the Quran? Is not Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, Saying [17:82] And We Reveal from the Quran that which is a Healing and a Mercy for the Believers. Is He^-azwj not Saying, Exalted is His^-azwj Mention and Majesty [59:21] Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would certainly have seen it falling down, splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah. Ask us^-asws, we^-asws will teach you all and we^-asws will pause you to show you the hidden cures of the Quran for every disease’.[106]

Certain Charms are Traps:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ محمد [مُحَمَّداً] الْبَاقِرَ ع أَ نَتَعَوَّذُ شي‏ء [بِشَيْ‏ءٍ] مِنْ هَذِهِ الرُّقَى؟ قَالَ إِلَّا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّ عَلِيّاً كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ كَثِيراً مِنَ الرُّقَى وَ التَّمَائِمِ مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ.

Ahmad Ibn Mohammed Ibn Muslim said:

I asked Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws: Should I seek protection by using some of these charms? He replied: Only those from the Quran, for Ali^-asws would say that many of charms and Amulates (al-tamaim) are traps (of disbelief). And (Imam) Sadiq^-asws said: ‘: إِنَّ كَثِيراً مِنَ التَّمَائِمِ شِرْكٌ’ Many Amulates are ‘Shirk’ [107]

Cure in the Water of Zamzam:

الْجَارُودُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقَ ع يَقُولُ‏: مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ كَائِناً مَا كَانَ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ لِمَا شُرِبَ لَهُ.

Al-Jarud Ibn Ahmad narrated from Mohammed Ibn Jafar Al-Jafari, from Mohammed Ibn Sinan, from Ismail Ibn Jabir, who said:

I heard Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws say: The water of Zamzam is a healing for every illness. And I think he^-asws said: Whatever it may be, for Rasool Allah^-saww would recommend the water of the Zamzam whenever he^-saww drank it.[108]

Cure in the Soil of the Grave of Al-Hussain^-asws:

الْجَارُودُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ع يَقُولُ‏: طِينُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ أَمَانٌ مِنْ كُلِّ خَوْفٍ وَ هُوَ لِمَا أُخِذَ لَهُ.

Al-Jarud Ibn Ahmad narrated from Al-Jafari, from Mohammed Ibn Sinan, from Mufaddal Ibn Umar Al-Jufi, from Mohammed Ibn Ismail Ibn Abu Zaynab, from Jabir Ibn Yaid Al-Jufi, who said:

I heard Abu Jafar Mohammed^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws said: The soil of the grave of Al-Hussain^-asws is a healing for every illness and a protection for every fear, when it is taken.[109]

What Should Be Recited Before Eating the Dust of the Grave of Al-Hussain^-asws:

‏حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ره وَ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ طِينُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ إِذَا أَكَلْتَهُ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً وَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً وَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ

My father narrated to me from Sad ibn ‘Abdillah, from Mohammed ibn Isa ibn ‘Ubayd, from Mohammed ibn Isma’il Al-Basri, from some of his scholars, who said:

Abi’ Abdullah^-asws (Imam Sadiq^-asws) said:  ‘The clay of the grave of Hussain^-asws is a cure for every disease.  When you eat it, recite (the following):’

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً وَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً وَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ

(I start) in the name of Allah^-azwj and by Allah^-azwj.  O Allah^-azwj!   Make it (the cause of) extensive sustenance and beneficial knowledge (for me) and make it my cure from every disease.  Verily, You^-azwj have power on all things.^[110]

قَالَ وَ رَوَى لِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عِيسَى قَالَ نَسِيتُ إِسْنَادَهُ قَالَ‏ إِذَا أَكَلْتَهُ

My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillah, from Mohammed ibn ‘Isa, who narrated the following through a chain which he had forgotten:

When you eat the clay of the grave of Hussain^-asws you should say:

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ التُّرْبَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ وَ رَبَّ هَذَا الْوَصِيِّ الَّذِي وَارَتْهُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اجْعَلْهُ عِلْماً نَافِعاً وَ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً وَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ

O Lord^-azwj of this blessed dust!  And O Lord^-azwj of this Successor who is buried in it!  Send Your blessing on Mohammed^-saww and the family of Mohammed^-asws and make it (the cause of) beneficial knowledge and extensive sustenance (for me) and my cure from every disease.^[111]

حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ‏ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ إِذَا أَخَذْتَ مِنْ تُرْبَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَ وَضَعْتَهَا فِي فِيكَ فَقُلِ ‏

Hassan ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Mohammed ibn ‘ISsa narrated to me from his father, from Hassan ibn Mahbub, from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah, from his father, who said:

Abi’ Abdullah^-asws (Imam Sadiq^-asws) said: When you take from the clay of the Oppressed One (Imam Hussain^-asws) and place it in your mouth, recite (the following):

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ هَذِهِ التُّرْبَةِ وَ بِحَقِّ الْمَلَكِ الَّذِي قَبَضَهَا وَ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي حَضَنَهَا وَ الْإِمَامِ الَّذِي حَلَّ فِيهَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي فِيهَا شِفَاءً نَافِعاً وَ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً وَ أَمَاناً مِنْ كُلِّ خَوْفٍ وَ دَاءٍ

Allah^-azwj!  I ask You^-azwj through the right of this dust, through the right of the angel^-as who held it, through the right of the Prophet^-saww who embraced it, and through the right of the Imam^-asws who is buried in it to send Your^-azwj blessing on Mohammed^-saww and the family of Mohammed^-asws, and to allow it to be a beneficial cure and an extensive sustenance for me, and (allow it) to be my protection against any fear and disease.

فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ وَهَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْعَافِيَةَ وَ شَفَاهُ

Verily, if you recite this, Allah^-azwj will cure you and bestow you with good health.^[112]

Adhan and Iqama on the Shirt of one Suffering from Fever

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السِّنَانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ ظَبْيَانَ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع‏: أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ وَ قَدْ وُعِكَ وَ قَالَ لَهُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مُتَغَيِّرَ اللَّوْنِ؟ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وُعِكْتُ وَعَكاً شَدِيداً مُنْذُ شَهْرٍ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَنْقَلِعِ الْحُمَّى عَنِّي وَ قَدْ عَالَجْتُ نَفْسِي بِكُلِّ مَا وَصَفَهُ لِيَ الْمُتَرَفِّعُونَ فَلَمْ أَنْتَفِعْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الصَّادِقُ ع حُلَّ أَزْرَارَ قَمِيصِكَ وَ أَدْخِلْ رَأْسَكَ فِي قَمِيصِكَ وَ أَذِّنْ وَ أَقِمْ وَ اقْرَأْ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَكَأَنَّمَا نَشَطْتُ مِنْ عِقَالٍ.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sinan Abu Abd Allah al-Sinan from Yunus Ibn Zabyan from al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar from

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws asked from one of his^-asws followers, who was unwell called on him. He^-asws asked to him: ‘Why is it that I^-asws see your colour has changed?’ He replied: ‘May I be your^-asws sacrifice; I have been feeling very unwell for a month. The fever has not subsided and I have treated myself with all the remedies prescribed by the learned, but have not benefited from any of that.’

Al-Sadiq^-asws said to him: ‘Undo the buttons of your shirt and put your head in it. Recite the Adhan (the call of prayer) and the Iqama (the introduction to prayer), and recite the Sura Al-Hamd (1) seven times.’

The man said: ‘I did that and recovered as quickly as a camel loosened from its cord.[113]

Cure from Apple:

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي التُّفَّاحِ مَا دَاوَوْا مَرْضَاهُمْ إِلَّا بِهِ.

From him, from his father, from Yunus, from the one who mentioned it,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘If the people knew what was in the apple, they would not cure their sick ones except by it’.

قَالَ وَ رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ أَطْعِمُوا مَحْمُومِيكُمُ التُّفَّاحَ فَمَا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَنْفَعَ مِنَ التُّفَّاحِ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘And some of them have reported from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Feed the apple to your feverish ones, for there is none from the things more beneficial than the apple’.[114]

Cure from Apple and Cold Water:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَيْضِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَمْرَضُ مِنَّا الْمَرِيضُ فَيَأْمُرُ الْمُعَالِجُونَ بِالْحِمْيَةِ فَقَالَ لَكِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا نَحْتَمِي إِلَّا مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَ نَتَدَاوَى بِالتُّفَّاحِ وَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ تَحْتَمُونَ مِنَ التَّمْرِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ حَمَى عَلِيّاً (عليه السلام) مِنْهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdul Rahman Bin Hammaad, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fayz who said, who has narrated the following:

I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘When one of us becomes ill, the healers order us to go on a diet’. So he^-asws said: ‘But, the People^-asws of the Household, we^-asws do not stay away except from the dates, and we^-asws cure by the apple and the cold water’. I said, ‘And why do you^-asws keep away from the dates?’ He^-asws said: ‘Because the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj kept Ali^-asws away from it during his^-asws illness’.[115]

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ لَا تَنْفَعُ الْحِمْيَةُ لِمَرِيضٍ بَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

From him, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Ra’ib, from Halby who said:

I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Dieting is not beneficial to the sick after seven days’.[116]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى (عليه السلام) قَالَ لَيْسَ الْحِمْيَةُ أَنْ تَدَعَ الشَّيْ‏ءَ أَصْلًا لَا تَأْكُلَهُ وَ لَكِنَّ الْحِمْيَةَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنَ الشَّيْ‏ءِ وَ تُخَفِّفَ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, who has narrated the following:

Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws has said: ‘Dieting is not leaving something which you originally did not eat, but the dieting is to eat from the thing but at a reduced level’.[117]

Cure from Sure Al-Hamd:

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَوَارِينِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمْ ع‏: مَا قَرَأْتُ الْحَمْدَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً إِلَّا سَكَنَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَجَرِّبُوا وَ لَا تَشُكُّوا.

Al-Khidr Ibn Mohammed narrated from Al-Hawarini, from Mohammed Ibn Al-Abbas, from Abd Allah Ibn Al-Fadle Al-Nawfali that:

One of the Imams^-asws have said: I have not read the Sura of Al-Hamd (1) 70 times without (the illness) abating. So try it and you will not suffer.[118]

محمد بن يحيى، عن احمد بن محمد، عن محمد بن سنان، عن سلمة بن محرز قال: سمعت ابا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: من لم يبرأه الحمد لم يبرأه شئ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Salmat Bin Mahraz who said:

‘I heard from Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘One who did not get free (from illness) with Al-Hamd will not get healthy by anything‘.[119]

(أمالي الشيخ) بإسناده، قال: قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من نالته علة، فليقرأ الحمد في جيبه  سبع مرات، فإن ذهبت، و إلا فليقرأها سبعين مرة، و أنا الضامن له العافية».

Amaaly of Al-Shaykh – by his chain, said:

‘Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who has been defeated by an illness, so he recites ‘Al-Hamd’ upon himself seven times, and if it goes away, or else he recites it seventy times, and I^-asws would be a guarantor for his good health’.[120]

عن اسمعيل بن أبان يرفعه إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لجابر بن عبد الله: يا جابر ألا أعلمك أفضل سورة انزلها الله في كتابه ؟ قال: فقال جابر: بلى بأبى انت وامى يا رسول الله علمنيها، قال: فعلمه الحمد لله ام الكتاب، قال: ثم قال له: يا جابر الا اخبرك عنها ؟ قال: بلى بابى انت وامى فاخبرني، قال: هي شفاء من كل داء الا السام يعنى الموت

From Ismail Bin Aban, with an unbroken chain going up to the Prophet^-saww, said, ‘The Rasool Allah^-saww said to Jabir Bin Abdullah: ‘O Jabir! Shall I^-saww teach you the most preferred Chapter which Allah^-azwj Revealed in His^-azwj Book?’ Jabir said, ‘Yes, may my father (be sacrificed for) you^-saww as well as my mother, O Rasool Allah^-saww, teach it to me’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So, he^-saww taught him Al-Hamd, Mother of the Book, then said: ‘O Jabir! Shall I^-saww inform you about it?’ He said, ‘Yes, may my father (be sacrificed for) you^-saww as well as my mother, inform me’. He^-saww said: ‘It is a healing from every illness except for the poison, meaning the death’.[121]

عن على بن ابراهيم عن أبيه عن ابن أبى عمير عن معوية بن عمار عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام قال: لو قرأت الحمد على ميت سبعين مرة ثم ردت فيه الروح ما كان ذلك عجبا

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Amaar, from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘If Sura Al-Hamd is recited seventy times over a dead body, and then if the soul comes back into it that would not be a surprise’.[122]

Cure for Phlegm:

حَرِيزُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: قِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ وَ السِّوَاكُ وَ اللُّبَانُ مَنْقَاةٌ لِلْبَلْغَمِ.

Hariz Ibn Ayyub Al-Jurjani has narrated from Mohammed Ibn Abu Nusayr from Mohammed Ibn Ishaq, from Ammar AlNawfali, who says:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws, who attributed it to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, who said: Recitation of the Quran and Al-Siwak (twig of a particular tree) and storax (al-luban) are purifiers of Phlegm.[123]

وَ يُرْوَى عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ دَخَلَ الْحَمَّامَ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَنْقَى الْبَلْغَمَ وَ إِنْ دَخَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ الْأَكْلِ أَنْقَى الْمِرَّةَ وَ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فِي لَحْمِكَ فَادْخُلِ الْحَمَّامَ عَلَى شِبَعِكَ وَ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ فِي لَحْمِكَ فَادْخُلْهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ.

It is narrated from Imam Al-Sadiq^-asws that he said: Whoever enters a steam bath on an empty stomach purifies the phlegm. Whoever enters it after eating, purifies the bile. If you wish to put on weight, enter the bath when you are full; and if you wish to lose weight, enter it on an empty stomach.[124]

Induced Vomiting:

جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْوَدَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فَضْلٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ تَقَيَّأَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُتَقَيَّأَ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ دَوَاءً وَ يُخْرِجُ الْقَيْ‏ءُ عَنْ هَذَا السَّبِيلِ كُلَّ دَاءٍ وَ عليلة [عِلَّةٍ].

Jafar Ibn Mansur Al-Widai narrated from Al-Hussain Ibn Ali Ibn Yaqtin, from Mohammed Ibn Fadl, from Hamza Al-Thumali, who says:

Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws has said: Whoever induced vomit before he vomits, it is better for him than seventy kinds of medications. In this way vomit expels every disease and illness.[125]

Dripping Urine:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَلَوِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فَضَالَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: شَكَا عَمْرٌو الْأَفْرَقُ إِلَى الْبَاقِرِ ع تَقْطِيرَ الْبَوْلِ فَقَالَ خُذِ الْحَرْمَلَ وَ اغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ سِتَّ مَرَّاتٍ وَ بِالْمَاءِ الْحَارِّ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ يُجَفَّفُ فِي الظِّلِّ ثُمَّ يُلَتُّ بِدُهْنِ جُلٍّ خَالِصٍ ثُمَّ يُسْتَفُّ عَلَى الرِّيقِ سَفّاً فَإِنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ التَّقْطِيرَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Mohammed Ibn Ibrahim Al-Alawai has narrated from Faddala from Mohammed Ibn Abu Basir, from this father, who says:

Amr Al-Afraq complained to (Imam) Al-Baqir^-asws of dripping urine (taqtir al-bawl). He^-asws said; Take wild rue and wash it six times in cold water and once in hot water. Then dry it in the shade and mix it with pure and clear oil. Eat it on an empty stomach and it will stop the dripping, Allah^-azwj Willing.[126]

Healing in the Combing:

تَمِيمُ بْنُ أَحْمَzدَ السِّيرَافِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ وَ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: تَسْرِيحُ الْعَارِضَيْنِ تَشُدُّ الْأَضْرَاسِ وَ تَسْرِيحُ اللِّحْيَةِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْوَبَاءِ وَ تَسْرِيحُ الذُّؤَابَتَيْنِ يَذْهَبُ بِبَلَابِلِ الصَّدْرِ وَ تَسْرِيحُ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ أَمَانٌ مِنَ الْجُذَامِ وَ تَسْرِيحُ الرَّأْسِ يَقْطَعُ الْبَلْغَمَ.

Tamim Ibn Ahmad al-Sayrafi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Khalid al-Barqi from ‘Ali Ibn al-Numan from Dawud Ibn Farqad and Mualla Ibn Khunays, who both said:

‘Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: “Combing the hair on the cheeks strengthens the teeth (al-adras); combing the beard dispels infectious diseases (al-waba); combing loose locks of hair dispels anxieties in the chest (al-sadr); combing the eyebrows is a safeguard against leprosy (al-judham); and combing the head stops phelgm.”[127]

On Blood Vessels Throbbing in Joints:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع إِذْ أَتَاهُ سِنَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ مُصْفَرَّ الْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ؟ فَوَصَفَ لَهُ مَا يقاسه [يُقَاسِيهِ‏] مِنْ شِدَّةِ الضَّرَبَانِ فِي الْمَفَاصِلِ فَقَالَ‏ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ قُلْ

Mohammed Ibn Jafar Al-Bursi has narrated from Mohammed Ibn Yahya Al-Armani, from Yunus Ibn Zabyan, from Abu Zaynab, who has said:

While I was with Jafar^-asws Ibn Mohammed^-asws, there came to him Sinan Ibn Sulama looking pale faced. He^-asws asked him: What is the mater with you? He described to him the severe throbbing (al-darban) that he suffered from in his joints (al-Mafasil). He^-asws said to him rub and say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ وَ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَ دَعْوَةِ نَبِيِّكَ الطَّيِّبِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمَكِينِ عِنْدَكَ ص وَ بِحَقِّهِ وَ بِحَقِّ ابْنَتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ الْمُبَارَكَةِ وَ بِحَقِّ وَصِيِّهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ حَقِّ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا أَذْهَبْتَ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا أَجِدُ بِحَقِّهِمْ بِحَقِّهِمْ بِحَقِّهِمْ بِحَقِّكَ يَا إِلَهَ الْعَالَمِينَ

Ya Allah^-azwj, I ask You^-azwj by Your^-azwj Names and Your^-azwj Blessings, and the call of Your^-azwj noble, blessed Prophet^-saww, who has influence with You^-azwj, and by his^-saww right and the right of his^-saww daughter Syeda Fatima^-asws, the blessed, and by the right of his trustee^-asws (Wasi), Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, and the right of the Chiefs^-asws of the Youth of the people of Paradise (Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Hussain^-asws), to remove form me the evil of what I suffer from, by their^-asws right, by their^-asws right, by their^-asws right. By Your^-azwj Right, O Lord^-azwj of the all Worlds.

فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ مَا بِهِ.

By Allah^-azwj, he had not risen from his seat but his suffering abated.[128]

Evil Wind which Strikes the Face (Bell’s Palsy):

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رِيَاحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الصَّبَّاحُ بْنُ مُحَارِبٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الرِّضَا ع فَذُكِرَ أَنَّ شَبِيبَ بْنَ جَابِرٍ ضَرَبَتْهُ الرِّيحُ الْخَبِيثَةُ فَمَالَتْ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ يُؤْخَذُ لَهُ الْقَرَنْفُلُ خَمْسَةَ مَثَاقِيلَ فَيُصَيَّرُ فِي قِنِّينَةٍ يَابِسَةٍ وَ يُضَمُّ رَأْسُهَا ضَمّاً شَدِيداً ثُمَّ تُطَيَّنُ وَ تُوضَعُ فِي الشَّمْسِ قَدْرَ يَوْمٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ وَ فِي الشِّتَاءِ قَدْرَ يَوْمَيْنِ ثُمَّ تُخْرِجُهُ فَتَسْحَقُهُ سَحْقاً نَاعِماً ثُمَّ تُدَنِّفُهُ بِمَاءِ الْمَطَرِ حَتَّى يَصِيرَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْخَلُوقِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَلْقِي عَلَى قَفَاهُ وَ يَطْلِي ذَلِكَ الْقَرَنْفُلَ الْمَسْحُوقَ عَلَى الشِّقِّ الْمَائِلِ وَ لَا يَزَالُ مُسْتَلْقِياً حَتَّى يَجُفَّ الْقَرَنْفُلُ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا جَفَّ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَ عَادَ إِلَى أَحْسَنِ عَادَتِهِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ فَابْتَدَرَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُنَا فَبَشَّرُوهُ بِذَلِكَ فَعَالَجَهُ بِمَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ ع فَعَادَ إِلَى أَحْسَنِ مَا كَانَ بِعَوْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Riyah, has narrated from Al-Sabah Ibn Muharib, who said:

I was with Abu Jafar^-asws Ibn Al-Reza^-asws, he (the narrator) mentioned that Shabib Ibn Jabir was struck by the evil wind (al-rih al-Khabitha), which had pulled down his face and eyes (to one side). He^-asws said: Take five mithqal (appro. 4.25 grams) of cloves (al-qaranful) and put it in a dry bottle.  Close the lid tightly and coat it with clay and place it in the sun for one day in the summer or two days in the winter.  Then take out the cloves and grind it until fine. Mix it with rainwater until it becomes a thick liquid.  Let him lie on his back and coat the ground clove on the side of the face that is pulled down.  Let him remain lying down until the clove mixture dries.  When it dries, Allah^-azwj will Remove it from him and restore him to his best condition, Allah^-azwj Willing.  He (Al-Sabbah) said:  Our companions hastedned to him and gave him the good News of that.  He treated himself as the Imam^-asws had instructed, and was restored to the best condition, with the help of Allah^-azwj.[129]

Pain in the Head:

سَالِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الدَّيْلَمِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقَ ع وَ قَدْ جَاءَهُ خُرَاسَانِيٌّ حَاجٌّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدِّينِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّادِقُ ع يُفَسِّرُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا زِلْتُ شَاكِياً مُنْذُ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِي مِنْ وَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ قُمْ مِنْ سَاعَتِكَ هَذِهِ فَادْخُلِ الْحَمَّامَ وَ لَا تَبْتَدِئَنَّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ حَتَّى تَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ سَبْعَةَ أَكُفٍّ مَاءً حَارّاً وَ سَمِّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَشْتَكِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Salim Ibn Ibrahim narrated from Al-Daylami, who from Dawood Al-Raqqi, who said:

I was with Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws, when a man from Khurasan who had performed the Hajj entered.  He greeted him^-asws and questioned him^-asws on some points of religion.  Al-Sadiq^-asws began to explain it to him.  Then the man said to him^-asws:  ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, since I left my house I have been suffering from a pain in the head.  He^-asws said to him:  Go at once, enter the steam bath and do not do anything until you pour over your head seven handfuls of hot water and  ‘وَ سَمِّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى’ say Allah^-azwj’s Name each time,and you will not suffer (from it) after that, Allah^-azwj Willing.[130]

Stones in the Kidneys:

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْخَرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمْ ع فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ لِأَخٍ لِي ابْتُلِيَ بِالْحَصَاةِ لَا يَنَامُ فَقَالَ لِي ارْجِعْ فَخُذْ لَهُ مِنَ الْإِهْلِيلَجِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ الْبَلِيلَجِ وَ الْأَمْلَجِ وَ خُذِ الْكُورَ وَ الْفُلْفُلَ وَ الدَّارَفُلْفُلَ وَ الدَّارَصِينِيَّ وَ زَنْجَبِيلَ وَ شَقَاقُلَ وَ وَجَّ وَ أَنِيسُونَ وَ خُولَنْجَانَ أَجْزَاءً سَوَاءً يُدَقُّ وَ يُنْخَلُ وَ يُلَتُّ بِسَمْنِ بَقَرٍ حَدِيثٍ ثُمَّ يُعْجَنُ جَمِيعُ ذَلِكَ بِوَزْنِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مَنْزُوعِ الرَّغْوَةِ فَإِنَّهُ جَيِّدٌ الشَّرْبَةُ مِنْهُ مِثْلَ الْبُنْدُقَةِ أَوْ عَفْصَةٍ.

Al-Khidr Ibn Mohammed narrated from Al-Kharrazi that he said:

I called on one of them (the Imams^-asws).  I greeted him^-asws and asked him^-asws to pray for my brother, who was suffering from stones (al-hasah) and could not sleep.  He^-asws said to me:  ‘Return and take some black myrobalan (al-ihliaj al-aswad – Terminalia chebula), beleric myrobalan (al-balilaj – Terminalia bellirica), and emblic myrobalan (al-amlaj) (Indian gooseberry).  Take equal parts of blue bdellium (al-kur), pepper (al-filfil), long pepper, Chinese cinnamon, ginger, secacul (shaqaqul) sweet flag (wajj), anise (anisun), and galangal (khulanjan).  Grind and sieve them and mix with the clarified butter from a cow (samn baqr).  Then mix all of that with twice its weight of honey, which has had its froth (al-rughwa) removed.  Drink of it the equivalent of a hazelnut or a gallnut (afsa).[131]

Jaundice Treatment:

حَمَّادُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَ: كُنَّا نَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى الرِّضَا ع بِخُرَاسَانَ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ يَوْماً مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ شَابٌّ مِنَّا الْيَرَقَانَ فَقَالَ خُذْ خِيَارَ بَادَرَنْجٍ فَقَشِّرْهُ ثُمَّ اطْبُخْ قُشُورَهُ بِالْمَاءِ ثُمَّ اشْرَبْهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ عَلَى الرِّيقِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِقْدَارَ رِطْلٍ فَأَخْبَرَنَا الشَّابُّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ عَالَجَ بِهِ صَاحِبَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَبَرَأَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Hammad Ibn Mihran Al-Balkhi said:

We frequently visited (Imam) Al-Reza^-asws in Khurasan.  One day a youth among us complained of jaundice (al-yaraqan).  He^-asws said: Take cucumber (khiyar) and peel it.  Cook the peel in water and drink one ratl (appro. 450 grams)[132] of it every day for three days, on an empty stomach.  The youth informed us later that he treated a friend of his twice with the remedy and he recovered, by the Will of Allah^-azwj.[133]

Throbbing Ear Treatment:

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَجْلَحِ الْمُؤَذِّنُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُتَطَبِّبُ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ إِلَى بَعْضِهِمْ ع وَجَعَ الْأُذُنِ وَ أَنَّهُ يَسِيلُ مِنْهُ الْقَيْحُ وَ الدَّمُ قَالَ لَهُ خُذْ جُبُنّاً عَتِيقاً أَعْتَقَ مَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَدُقَّهُ دَقّاً جَيِّداً نَاعِماً ثُمَّ اخْلِطْهُ بِلَبَنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَ سَخِّنْهُ بِنَارٍ لَيِّنَةٍ ثُمَّ صُبَّ مِنْهُ قَطَرَاتٍ فِي الْأُذُنِ الَّتِي يَسِيلُ مِنْهَا الدَّمُ فَإِنَّهَا تَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Abd Allah Ibn Al-Ajlah has narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Al-Mutatabbib that he said:

One of the followers complained to one of them (Imams^-asws) of a pain in the ear and of blood and pus (al-qaih) coming out of his ear.  He^-asws said to him:  Take matured cheese (jibn atiq), as mature as possible, and grind it finely.  Then mix it with the milk of a woman and warm it on a low fire. Put a few drops of it into the ear from which the blood flows.  It will be healed, Allah^-azwj Willing.[134]

Cure for Anxiety:

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ صَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) حَتَّى قِيلَ مَا يُفْطِرُ ثُمَّ أَفْطَرَ حَتَّى قِيلَ مَا يَصُومُ ثُمَّ صَامَ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ ( عليه السلام ) يَوْماً وَ يَوْماً لَا ثُمَّ قُبِضَ عَلَى صِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ قَالَ إِنَّهُنَّ يَعْدِلْنَ صَوْمَ الشَّهْرِ وَ يَذْهَبْنَ بِوَحَرِ الصَّدْرِ وَ الْوَحَرُ الْوَسْوَسَةُ

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Hammad Bin Usman,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww Fasted until it was said, ‘He^-saww would not break’. Then he^-saww broke (did not Fast) until it was said, ‘He^-saww will never Fast’. Then he^-saww Fasted the Fasts of Dawood^-as, one day, and one day not. Then he^-saww passed away upon Fasting three days during the month. These (three Fasts) equate to Fasting the (whole) month, and they remove Al-Wahr of the chest, and Al-Wahr is the anxiety’.

قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَقُلْتُ وَ أَيُّ الْأَيَّامِ هِيَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ خَمِيسٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ وَ أَوَّلُ أَرْبِعَاءَ بَعْدَ الْعَشْرِ مِنْهُ وَ آخِرُ خَمِيسٍ فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَارَتْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامُ الَّتِي تُصَامُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَنَا مِنَ الْأُمَمِ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمُ الْعَذَابُ نَزَلَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ فَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامَ الْمَخُوفَةَ .

Hammad (the narrator) said, ‘So I said, ‘And which days are these?’ He^-asws said: ‘The first Thursday in the month, and the first Wednesday after the ten (days) from it, and the last Thursday in it’. So I said, ‘How did these days come to be the one in which is to be Fasting’. So he^-asws said: ‘The ones before us from the communities, whenever the Punishment descended upon any one of these, descended during these days. Thus, Rasool-Allah^-saww Fasted during these days, out of fear (upon the Punishment on his^-saww community’).^[135]

Anxiety, Excessive Thirst, and Dryness of the Mouth (Diabetes?):

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: اشْتَكَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَثْرَةَ الْعَطَشِ وَ يُبْسَ الْفَمِ وَ الرِّيقِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذُ سَقَمُونِيَاءَ وَ قَاقُلَّةً وَ سُنْبُلَةً وَ شَقَاقُلَ وَ عُودَ الْبَلَسَانِ وَ حَبَّ الْبَلَسَانِ وَ نَارْمُشْكَ وَ سَلِيخَةً مُقَشَّرَةً وَ عِلْكَ رُومِيٍّ وَ عَاقِرْقِرْحَا وَ دَارَصِينِيٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِثْقَالَيْنِ يُدَقُّ هَذِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةُ كُلُّهَا وَ تُعْجَنُ بَعْدَ مَا تُنْخَلُ غَيْرَ السَّقَمُونِيَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ يُدَقُّ عَلَى حِدَةٍ وَ لَا يُنْخَلُ ثُمَّ يُخْلَطُ جَمِيعاً وَ يأخذ [يُؤْخَذُ] خَمْسَةً وَ ثَمَانِينَ مِثْقَالًا فَانِيذٌ سِجْزِيٌّ جَيِّدٌ وَ يُذَابُ فِي الطبخين [الطَّنْجِيرِ] بِنَارٍ لَيِّنَةٍ وَ يُلَتُّ بِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةُ ثُمَّ يُعْجَنُ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ بِعَسَلٍ مَنْزُوعِ الرَّغْوَةِ ثُمَّ يُرْفَعُ فِي قَارُورَةٍ أَوْ جَرَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ فَإِنِ احْتَجْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَخُذْ مِنْهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ مِثْقَالَيْنِ بِمَا شِئْتَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ أَوْ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكَ مِثْلَهُ.

Ibrahim Ibn Abd Allah has narrated from Hamad Ibn Isa, from Al-Mukhtar from Ismail Ibn Jabir, who says:

One of our brothers complained to Abu Abd Allah^-asws of excessive thirst (al-atash) and of dryness of the mouth and saliva (al-riq).  He^-asws instructed him to take two mithqal (appro. 4.25 grams) each of scammony (soghmuniya), cardamom, Indian nard (sunbula) Byzantine mastic, pyrethrum, and Chinese cinnamon.  Grind and sieve them all except the scammony, which is ground separaretly and not sieved.  Then mix them together.  Take eighty-five mithqal of Sajzi Fanidh (sweet made of sugar candy and starch) and melt it in two pans on a low fire.  Pour it over the rest of the ingredients, then mix it in a bottle or green earthenware jar.  Whenever required, take two mithqal of it with whatever drink you wish, before breakfast or before bed.[136]

On the Evil Eye and Ailments of the Belly:

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى الطَّبَرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ السِّنَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا إِلَى‏ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع شَكَاةَ أَهْلِهِ مِنَ النَّظْرَةِ وَ الْعَيْنِ وَ الْبَطْنِ وَ السُّرَّةِ وَ وَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ وَ الشَّقِيقَةِ وَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَا تَزَالُ سَاهِرَةً تُصْبِحُ اللَّيْلَ أَجْمَعَ وَ أَنَا فِي جَهْدٍ مِنْ بُكَائِهَا وَ صُرَاخِهَا فَمُنَّ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَيْهَا بِعُوذَةٍ فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْفَرِيضَةَ فَابْسُطْ يَدَيْكَ جَمِيعاً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قُلْ بِخُشُوعٍ وَ اسْتِكَانَةٍ.

Abd Allah Ibn Musa Al-Tabari narrated from Mohammed Ibn Ismail Ibn Mohammed Ibn Khalid Al-Barqi, from Mohammed Ibn Sinan Al-Sinani, from Al-Mufaddal Ibn Umar, who says:

One of our brothers complained to Abu Abd Allah^-asws of his wife who was afflicted with the evil eye (Al-nazar wa Al-ayn), ailments of the belly and navel, pain in the head, and migraine.  The man said:  O son of Rasool Allah, she is still sleepless, and cries out all night.  I am in distress for her crying and shrieking, so favour us and her with an invocation.  Al-Sadiq^-asws said:  When you have performed the obligatory Salat (prayer), stretch out your hands together to the Heavens and say humbly and submissively:

أَعُوذُ بِجَلَالِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ بَهَائِكَ وَ سُلْطَانِكَ مِمَّا أَجِدُ يَا غَوْثِي يَا اللَّهُ يَا غَوْثِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَا غَوْثِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا غَوْثِي يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَغِثْنِي أَغِثْنِي

I take refuge in Your Sublimity, Your Power, Your Magnificence, and Your Sovereignty, from What I suffer.  O my Succour, O Allah^-azwj, O my succour, O Rasool Allah^-saww, O my succour, O Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, O my succour, O Fatima^-asws, daughter of Rasool Allah^-saww, help me.

ثُمَّ امْسَحْ بِيَدِكَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى هَامَتِكَ وَ تَقُولُ

Then pass your right hand over your head (al-hama) and say:

يَا مَنْ سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ سَكِّنْ مَا بِي بِقُوَّتِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَكِّنْ مَا بِي

O He^-azwj in Whose trust is what is in the Heavens and what is in the earth calm what is in me by Your^-azwj Strength and Your^-azwj Power; Bless Mohammed^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and calm what is in me.[137]

تَقْرَأُ وَ تَكْتُبُ وَ تُعَلِّقُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ حَسْبِيَ‏ اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ‏ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَ مَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عِلْماً وَ أَحْصى‏ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَدَداً اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ‏ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ عَبَسٍ عَابِسٍ وَ حَبْسٍ حَابِسٍ وَ حَجَرٍ يَابِسٍ وَ مَاءٍ فَارِسٍ وَ شِهَابٍ قَابِسٍ مِنْ نَفْسٍ نَافِسٍ وَ مِنْ عَيْنِ الْعَائِنِ رَدَدْتُ عَيْنَ الْعَائِنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ فِي كَبِدِهِ وَ كُلْيَتِهِ دَمٍ رَقِيقٍ وَ شَحْمٍ وَسِيقٍ وَ عَظْمٍ دَقِيقٍ فِي مَالِهِ يَلِيقُ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ وَ كَتَبْنا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيها أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ وَ الْعَيْنَ بِالْعَيْنِ وَ الْأَنْفَ بِالْأَنْفِ وَ الْأُذُنَ بِالْأُذُنِ وَ السِّنَّ بِالسِّنِّ وَ الْجُرُوحَ قِصاصٌ‏ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً.

Recite, write, and fasten to him the sura al-Hamd (1), the two suras of taking refuge (al-Falaq (113) and al-Nas (114), the sura al-Ikhlas (112), and the verse of the Throne (2:255), and: ‘O Allah^-azwj, You^-azwj are my Lord, there is no god but You^-azwj. In You^-azwj I trust, and You^-azwj are the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty. Sufficient for me is Allah^-azwj, and the best Protector Whatever Allah^-azwj has willed was, and whatever He^-azwj did not will was not. I witness that Allah^-azwj is Powerful over all things, and that Allah^-azwj encompasses everything in knowledge (65:12). He has numbered everything in numbers (72:28). O Allah^-azwj I take refuge in You^-azwj from the evil in myself and from every creature you take by the forelack (11:56). So if they turn their backs, say: God^-azwj is enough for me. There is no god but He^-azwj. In Him^-azwj I have put my trust. He^-azwj is the Lord of the Mighty Throne (9:129).

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Lord of a frowning face and confining water and dry stone, I trust, and crushing water and searching meteor, from an envious eye and from the evil eye. I return the evil eye to him and to those most loved by him, in his liver (al-kabd) and his kidney, thin blood, heavily laden fat, delicate bone, in what he deserves. In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate, and therein We wrote down for them: A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retaliation (5:45). Allah^-azwj Bless our master Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.’^[138]

An Invocation for the Evil Eye

‏مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ أَعْجَبَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ أَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَلْيُكَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ.

Muhammad Ibn Sulayman Ibn Mihran narrated from Ziyad Ibn Harun al-’Abdi from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad al-Bajali from al-Halabi from

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘Whoever admires something of his fellow believer, let him say    ‘فَلْيُكَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِ’ “Allah^-azwj is Great” over it, for the evil eye is a fact (haqq).”^[139]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُخْتَارٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَوْ نُبِشَ لَكُمْ عَنِ الْقُبُورِ لَرَأَيْتُمْ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مَوْتَاكُمْ بِالْعَيْنِ لِأَنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ أَلَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ الْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ أَعْجَبَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ فِي ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ.

Muhammad Ibn Maumun al-Makki narrated from ‘Uthman Ibn ‘Isa from al-Hasan Ibn al-Mukhta from Safwan al-Jammal from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘If the graves were laid open for you, you would see that most of your dead have the evil eye; for the evil is a fact. Surely, Rasool Allah^-saww said: “The evil eye is a fact, so whoever admires something of his brother, let him invoke Allah^-azwj concerning that.   If he ‘ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ’ invokes Allah^-azwj, it will not harm him.^[140]

An Invocation for Animals for the Evil Eye

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع‏: فِي عُوذَةِ الْحَيَوَانِ وَ قَالَ هِيَ مَحْفُوظَةٌ عِنْدَهُمْ‏

Ahmad Ibn al-Harith narrated from Sulayman Ibn Jafar from

Abu al-Hasan Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar al-Sadiq^-asws from one of his forefathers^-asws that regarding the invocation for animals (al-hayawan) he^-asws said: ‘It is preserved with them.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ خَرَجَ عَيْنُ السَّوْءِ مِنْ بَيْنِ لَحْمِهِ وَ جِلْدِهِ وَ عَظْمِهِ وَ عَصَبِهِ وَ عُرُوقِهِ فَلَقِيَهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ ص فَقَالا أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَيْنَةُ؟ قَالَتْ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْجَمَلِ فَأَطْرَحُهُ مِنْ قِطَارِهِ وَ الدَّابَّةَ مِنْ مِقْوَدِهَا وَ الْحِمَارَ مِنْ آكَامِهِ وَ الصَّبِيَّ مِنْ حَجْرِ أُمِّهِ وَ أُلْقِي الرَّجُلَ الثياب [الشَّابَ‏] الْمُمْتَلِئَ منْ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالا لَهَا اذْهَبِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَيْنَةُ إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ فَثَمَّ حَيَّةٌ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ عَيْنٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَ عَيْنٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَ كَذَلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عَيْنِ السَّوْءِ وَ عَبَسِ حابس [عَابِسٍ‏] وَ حَجَرٍ يَابِسٍ وَ نَفْسٍ نَافِسٍ وَ نَارٍ قَابِسٍ رَدَدْتُ بِعَوْنِ اللَّهِ عَيْنَ السَّوْءِ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ فِي جَنْبَيْهِ وَ كَشْحَيْهِ وَ فِي أَحَبِّ خُلَّانِهِ إِلَيْهِ بِعَزِيمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ قَوْلِهِ‏ أَ وَ لَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ كانَتا رَتْقاً فَفَتَقْناهُما وَ جَعَلْنا مِنَ الْماءِ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ حَيٍّ أَ فَلا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرى‏ مِنْ فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خاسِئاً وَ هُوَ حَسِيرٌ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful the Compassionate, In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, the evil eye (‘ayn al-su’) departed from between its flesh, skin, bones sinews, and blood vessels.” Then Jibrail^-as and Mikail^-as met it and said: “Where are you going. O evil eye?” It replied: “I am going to the camel. I will drive it away from its train, and the riding-beast from its rein, the donkey from its bridle, and the child from his mother’s lap. I will come upon the person fully dressed, from his feet.” They^-as [Jibrail and Mikail] said to it: “Go, O evil eye, to the open country, for there is a snake with two eyes, one of water and the other of fire. Thus does Allah^-azwj Put a seal on the evil eye and a frowning face that obstructs, and a dry stone, and an envious eye, and one seeking fire. I return the evil eye, with Allah^-azwj’s Help, to its people and within itself and to its side and to its most loving friends with the invocation of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj words: Have not the unbelievers then beheld that the heavens and the earth were a mass all sewn up, and then We unstitched them and of water fashioned every living thing? Will they not believe? (21:30). Return thy gaze; seest thou any fissure? Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary (67:3-4). And Allah^-azwj Bless our master Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww pure family^-asws.[141]

Headaches:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الزَّيَّاتِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ الدُّهْنِيِّ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَنْتَ فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَضَعْ سَبَّابَتَكَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى عَيْنَيْكَ وَ قُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ أَنْتَ تُمِرُّهَا عَلَى حَاجِبِكَ الْأَيْمَنِ

Mohammed Ibn Ismail has narrated from Mohammed Ibn Khalid, from Yaqub Al-Zayyat from Muawiya from Ammar Al-Duhni, who says:

I complained to Abu Abd Allah^-asws of that (headache) and he^-asws said:  When you complete your obligatory Salat, place your right index finger on your eyes and say seven times while passing your finger over your right eyebrow (al-hajib):

يَا حَنَّانُ اشْفِنِي.

O Compassionate^-azwj, Heal me.

ثُمَّ امْرُرْهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى حَاجِبِكَ الْأَيْسَرِ وَ قُلْ

Then pass it seven times over your left eyebrow and say:

يَا مَنَّانُ اشْفِنِي

O Bountiful^-azwj, Heal me.

ثُمَّ ضَعْ رَاحَتَكَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى هَامَتِكَ وَ قُلْ

Then place your right palm (al-raha) on your head and say:

يَا مَنْ سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَا [هُوَ] فِي الْأَرْضِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَكِّنْ مَا بِي

O He^-azwj in Whose Trust is what is in the Heavens and what is in the earth, Bless Mohammed^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and calm what is in me.

ثُمَّ انْهَضْ إِلَى التَّطَوُّعِ

Then rise for the supererogatory prayer.[142]

Heart Palpitations (Flutter), Strengthening the Abdomen, Pain in the Waist, Increasing the Brightness of the Face and Removing the Yellowness:

أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنَ الزَّنْجَبِيلِ الْيَابِسِ اثْنَيْنِ وَ سَبْعِينَ مِثْقَالًا وَ مِنَ الدَّارِفُلْفُلِ أَرْبَعِينَ مِثْقَالًا وَ مِنْ شنة [شَبَهٍ‏] وَ سَاذَجٍ وَ فُلْفُلٍ وَ إِهْلِيلَجٍ أَسْوَدَ وَ قَاقُلَّةٍ مُرَبًّى وَ جَوْزِطِيبٍ وَ نَانْخَواهٍ وَ حَبِّ الرُّمَّانِ الْحُلْوِ وَ شُونِيزٍ وَ كَمُّونٍ كِرْمَانِيٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ أَرْبَعُ مَثَاقِيلَ يُدَقُّ كُلُّهُ وَ يُنْخَلُ ثُمَّ تَأْخُذُ سِتَّمِائَةِ مِثْقَالٍ فَانِيذٍ جَيِّدٍ فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي بَرْنِيَّةٍ وَ تَصُبُّ فِيهِ شَيْئاً مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ تُوقِدُ تَحْتَهَا وَقُوداً لَيِّناً حَتَّى يَذُوبَ الفَانِيذُ ثُمَّ تَجْعَلُهُ فِي إِنَاءٍ نَظِيفٍ ثُمَّ تدر [تَذُرُّ] عَلَيْهِ الْأَدْوِيَةَ الْمَدْقُوقَةَ وَ تَعْجِنُهَا بِهِ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِطَ ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُهُ فِي قَارُورَةٍ أَوْ جَرَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ الشَّرْبَةُ مِنْهُ مِثْلَ جَوْزَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُخَالِفُ أَصْلًا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

The narrator says:

(Imam^-asws said): Take seventy-two mithqal (appro. 4.25 grams) of dry ginger, forty of long pepper, and four each of heelweed (shina), cinnamon leaves (sadhaj), pepper, black myrobalan, preserved cardamom (qaqula murabban), walnut, bishop’s weed, sweet-pomegranate (al-rumman al-hulw), seeds, fennel flower, and kirmani cumin (kammun).  Grind and sieve them all.  Then take six hundred mithqal of good ‘fanidh’ and put it into a clay vessel and pour some water over it.  Light a low fire under it so the ‘fanidh’ melts.  Then put it in a clean container and add to it the ground ingredients.  Mix them well, then put it away in a bottle or green jar.  Drink of it the equivalent of a walnut and it will not disagree (with you), Allah Willing.[143]

For the Fulfilment in the Relationship:

قَالَ‏ هَذَا عَجِيبٌ يُسَخِّنُ الْكُلْيَتَيْنِ وَ يُكْثِرُ صَاحِبَهُ الْجِمَاعَ وَ يَذْهَبُ بالبرون‏ [بِالْبُرُودَةِ] مِنَ الْمَفَاصِلِ كُلِّهَا وَ هُوَ نَافِعٌ لِوَجَعِ الْخَاصِرَةِ وَ الْبَطْنِ وَ لِرِيَاحِ الْبَطْنِ وَ لِرِيَاحِ الْمَفَاصِلِ وَ لِمَنْ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ الْبَوْلُ وَ لِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَ بَوْلَهُ وَ لِضَرَبَانِ الْفُؤَادِ وَ النَّفَسِ الْعَالِي وَ النَّفْخَةِ وَ التُّخَمَةِ وَ الدُّودِ فِي الْبَطْنِ وَ يَجْلُو الْفُؤَادَ وَ يُشَهِّي الطَّعَامَ وَ يُسَكِّنُ وَجَعَ الصَّدْرِ وَ صُفْرَةَ الْعَيْنِ وَ صُفْرَةَ اللَّوْنِ وَ الْيَرَقَانَ وَ كَثْرَةَ الْعَطَشِ وَ لِمَنْ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَهُ وَ لِوَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ وَ نُقْصَانِ الدِّمَاغِ وَ لِلْحُمَّى النَّاقِصِ وَ لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ قَدِيمٍ وَ حَدِيثٍ جَيِّدٌ مُجَرَّبٌ لَا يُخَالِفُ أَصْلًا الشَّرْبَةُ مِنْهُ مِثْقَالانِ وَ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا مِثْقَالٌ فَغَيَّرَهُ الْإِمَامُ ع تأخذ [تُؤْخَذُ] إِهْلِيلَجٌ أَسْوَدُ وَ إِهْلِيلَجٌ أَصْفَرُ وَ سَقَمُونِيَاءُ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ سِتُّ مَثَاقِيلَ وَ فُلْفُلٌ وَ دَارُفُلْفُلٍ وَ زَنْجَبِيلٌ يَابِسٌ وَ نَانْخَواهٌ وَ خَشْخَاشٌ أَحْمَرُ وَ مِلْحٌ هِنْدِيٌّ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ أَرْبَعَةُ مَثَاقِيلَ وَ نَارْمُشْكٌ وَ قَاقُلَّةٌ وَ سُنْبُلٌ وَ شَقَاقُلٌ وَ عُودُ الْبَلَسَانِ وَ حَبُّ الْبَلَسَانِ وَ سلنجة [سَلِيخَةٌ] مُقَشَّرَةٌ وَ عِلْكٌ رُومِيٌّ وَ عَاقِرْقِرْحَا وَ دَارُصِينِيٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِثْقَالَيْنِ تُدَقُّ هَذِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةُ كُلُّهَا وَ تُعْجَنُ بَعْدَ مَا تُنْخَلُ غَيْرَ السَّقَمُونِيَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ يُدَقُّ عَلَى حِدَتِهِ وَ لَا يُنْخَلُ ثُمَّ تُخْلَطُ جَمِيعاً وَ يُؤْخَذُ خَمْسَةً وَ ثَمَانِينَ مِثْقَالًا فَانِيذٌ سِجْزِيٌّ جَيِّدٌ وَ يُذَابُ فِي الطبخين [الطِّنْجِيرِ] بِنَارٍ لَيِّنَةٍ وَ يُلَتُّ بِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةُ ثُمَّ يُعْجَنُ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ بِعَسَلٍ مَنْزُوعِ الرَّغْوَةِ ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ فِي قَارُورَةٍ أَوْ جَرَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ فَإِذَا احْتَجْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَخُذْ مِنْهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ مِثْقَالَيْنِ بِمَا شِئْتَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ وَ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكَ مِثْلَهُ فَإِنَّهُ عَجِيبٌ لِجَمِيعِ مَا وَصَفْنَاهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

The narrator, who says:

He (a companion of an Imam^-asws) narrates that this is a marvellous (remedy).  It warms the kidneys (al-kulyatan), increases ‘Al-Jima’ (copulation) for the person who takes it, and removes ‘Al-Barun’ (pain/stiffness), from all of the joints.  It is beneficial for pains of the waist (loin) and the belly, for wind (al-riyah) in the belly and in the joints for one who experiences difficulty in passing urine, for one not able to control his urine, for heart palpitations (darban al-fuad), difficulty in breathing, flatulence, indigestion, and worms in the belly.  It clears the hearts, arouses an appetite for food, allays pains in the chest, yellowness of the eyes and yellowness of the colour, jaundice, and excessive thirst (diabetes).  It is for the one who complains of his eyes, for pain in the head, deficiency in the memory, degenerative fever, and for every illness old and new.  It is good, has been tried and will not disagree (with you).  Drink two mithqal (appro. 4.25 grams) of it – it was one mithqal among us but the Imam^-asws changed it (to two).

Take six mithqal each of black myrobalan, yellow myrobalan, and scammony; four mithqal each of pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, bishop’s weed, red-poppy seeds, and Indian salt, two mithqal each of Cassia spuria, cardamom, Indian nard, secacul, balm seeds, cinnamon with its bark removed, Byzantine mastic, pyrethrum, and Chinese cinnamon.  Grind all these ingredients and mix after having sieved the all, except the scammony, which is ground separately and not sieved.  Mix them all together and take eighty-five mithqal of good quality Sajzi faniadh, and melt it in two pans on a low fire.  Add the other ingredients to it and mix all that with honey, which has had its froth removed.  Put it away in a bottle or green earthenware jar.  Whenever required, take two mithqal of it before breakfast, and before sleeping, with whatever drink you wish.  It is marvellous for all that we have described, Allah^-azwj Willing.[144]

Pain of the Belly and the Back:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الزَّيَّاتُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُخْتَارٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي‏ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَهُ فِي سَفَرٍ وَ مَعَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الصَّادِقِ ع فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ وَجَعَ بَطْنِهِ وَ ظَهْرِهِ فَقَالَ فَانْزِلْ ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُ عَلَى قَفَاهُ وَ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِصُنْعِ‏ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِما تَفْعَلُونَ‏ اسْكُنْ يَا رِيحُ بِالَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏.

Mohammed Ibn Abd Allah of the family of al-Mualla Ibn Khunays, has narrated from Yaqub Ibn Abu Yaqub Al-Zayyat, from Mohammed Ibn Ibrahim from Al-Hussain Ibn Mukhtar from Al-Mualla Ibn Abu Abd Allah who says:

He (Mualla) says that we were with Imam Al-Sadiq^-asws on a journey and Ismail Ibn Al-Sadiq^-asws was with him^-asws.  He (Ismail) complained to him (Al-Sadiq^-asws) of pain in his belly and his back.  He dismounted and made him lie down and said:

In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, and by the Handiwork of Allah^-azwj, Who has created everything very well.  He^-azwj is Aware of the things you do (27:88).  Subside, O wind, by Him^-azwj in Whose Trust is what is in the night and the day, and He^-azwj is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.[145]

Persistent Pain:

الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الدَّامْغَانِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي الْبِلَادِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْكَاظِمِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا إِلَيْهِ عَامِلُ الْمَدِينَةِ تَوَاتُرَ الْوَجَعِ عَلَى ابْنِهِ قَالَ تَكْتُبُ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ فِي رَقٍّ وَ تُصَيِّرُهَا فِي قَصَبَةِ فِضَّةٍ وَ تُعَلِّقُ عَلَى الصَّبِيِّ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا بِكُلِّ عِلَّةٍ

Al-Hasan Ibn al- Hussain al-Damighani narrated from al-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Faddal from Ibrahim Ibn Abu al-Bilad, who attributed it to:

Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar Al-Kazim^-asws, peace be upon him, that he [Ibrahim] said: ‘The governor of Medina complained to him (Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar^-asws) of his son’s persistent pain. He^-asws said: “Write for him this invocation on parchment, put it in a silver container, and fasten it on to the boy. Allah^-azwj will Remove every illness through it:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ عِزَّتِكَ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ الَّتِي لَا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَخَافُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْأَوْجَاعِ كُلِّهَا وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ سُقْمٍ أَوْ وَجَعٍ أَوْ هَمٍّ أَوْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ بَلَاءٍ أَوْ بَلِيَّةٍ أَوْ مِمَّا عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ خَلَقَنِي لَهُ وَ لَمْ أَعْلَمْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَ أَعِذْنِي يَا رَبِّ مِنْ شَرِّ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ فِي لَيْلِي حَتَّى أُصْبِحَ وَ فِي نَهَارِي حَتَّى أُمْسِيَ وَ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا تجاوزهن [يُجَاوِزُهُنَ‏] بَرٌّ وَ لَا فَاجِرٌ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ ما يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَ ما يَعْرُجُ فِيها وَ ما يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ ما يَخْرُجُ مِنْها وَ سَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ بِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ‏ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏ اخْتِمْ عَلَيَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْكَ يَا بَرُّ يَا رَحِيمُ بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْوَاحِدِ الْأَحَدِ الصَّمَدِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ادْفَعْ عَنِّي سُوءَ مَا أَجِدُ بِقُدْرَتِكَ.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in Your^-azwj Exalted Face, and Your^-azwj Power, which nothing can resist, from the evil of what I fear in the night and the day from all the pains, and from the evil of this world and the next, and from every illness, pain, sorrow, sickness, affliction, or tribulation, or that which Allah^-azwj Knows He^-azwj Created me for and which I do not know myself. Protect me, O Lord, from the evil of all of that in my night until it is morning, and in my day until it is evening. By the Perfect Words of Allah^-azwj, which neither the righteous nor the ungodly can pass over, and from the evil of what comes down from the heavens, and what ascends it, and what enters into the earth and what comes out of it. Peace be upon the Messenger^-saww and praise be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord of the Worlds.

‘I ask you, O Lord, by that with which Muhammad^-saww Blessings of Allah^-azwj on him and his Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws, asked you, God^-azwj is enough for me; there is no god but He^-azwj. In Him I have put my trust. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne (9:129). Put a seal on that from You^-azwj, O Good, O Compassionate, with Your^-azwj Name, O Allah^-azwj, the Single, the One, the Refuge. Allah^-azwj Bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and repel from me the evil that I suffer, by Your^-azwj Power.[146]

On Treatment for someone Afflicted with Falling Sickness (Epilepsy):

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تُعَوِّذُ الْمَصْرُوعَ وَ تَقُولُ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ يَا رب [رِيحُ‏] بِالْعَزِيمَةِ الَّتِي عَزَمَ بِهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى جِنِّ وَادِي الصَّبْرَةِ فَأَجَابُوا وَ أَطَاعُوا لَمَّا أَجَبْتِ وَ أَطَعْتِ وَ أَخْرَجْتِ عَنْ فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانَةَ السَّاعَةَ.

وَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُخْتَارٍ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةُ لِكُلِّ وَجَعٍ‏  تَضَعَ يَدَكَ عَلَى فِيكَ مَرَّةً وَ تَقُولُ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِجَلَالِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ تَضَعُ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَوْضِعِ الْوَجَعِ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَحْتَ يَدِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَسْكُنُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: دُهْنُ اللَّيْلِ يَجْرِي فِي الْعُرُوقِ وَ يُرْبِي الْبَشَرَةَ.

Ibrahlm Ibn al-Mundhir al-Khuzaa’i narrated from Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abu Bishr from Abu Abd Allah^-asws, peace be upon him, who said: ‘Invoke protection for the individual afflicted with the falling sickness (Al-Masroo or epileptic) and say: “I call on you, O possessing one, with an invocation with which “Ali^-asws ibn Abu Talib^-asws, peace be upon him, and the Messenger of Allah^-saww, blessings be on him^-saww, called on the jinn of the valley of al-Sabra, and they answered and obeyed, that you answer and obey and get out of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, at once.”[147]

Al-Husayn Ibn Mukhtar al- Hanzali narrated from “Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abu Hashim from Abo al-Jarood from Abu Jafar Muhammad^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws, peace be upon him, that he recited this invocation for every pain: ‘Place your hand on your mouth once and say: “In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate” three times; “By the Majesty of Allah^-azwj“, three times; “By the Perfect Words of Allah^-azwj“, three times. Then place your hand on the painful area and say three times: “I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Power over what He^-azwj wills, from the evil that is under my hand.” It will subside, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, willing.’[148]

Ibrahim Ibn al-Hasan narrated from Ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Slnan from Abu Hamza from Abu Jafar Al-Baqar^-asws who said: ‘Oil [applied] at night passes into the blood vessels and nourishes the skin.’[149]

A Medicine for All Diseases and Maladies:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ وَ كَانَ بَاباً لِلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَ كَانَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بَاباً لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ السِّنَانِيُّ الزَّاهِرِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ: هَذَا الدَّوَاءُ دَوَاءُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ هُوَ شَبِيهٌ بِالدَّوَاءِ الَّذِي أَهْدَى جَبْرَئِيلُ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينِ ع إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع إِلَّا أَنَّ فِي هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْعِلَاجِ وَ الزِّيَادَةِ وَ النُّقْصَانِ وَ إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةُ مِنْ وَضْعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ع وَ الْحُكَمَاءِ مِنْ أَوْصِيَاءِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَإِنْ زِيدَ فِيهِ أَوْ نَقَصَ مِنْهُ أَوْ جُعِلَ فِيهِ فَضْلُ حَبَّةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانُ حَبَّةٍ مِمَّا وَضَعَهُ انْتَقَضَ الْأَصْلُ وَ فَسَدَ الدَّوَاءُ وَ لَمْ يَنْجَحْ لِأَنَّهُمْ مَتَى خَالَفُوهُمْ خُولِفَ بِهِمْ فَهُوَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنَ الثُّومِ الْمُقَشَّرِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَرْطَالٍ وَ يَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الطِّنْجِيرِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَرْطَالٍ لَبَنَ بَقَرٍ وَ يُوقِدُ تَحْتَهُ وَقُوداً لَيِّناً رَقِيقاً حَتَّى يَشْرَبَهُ ثُمَّ يَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَرْطَالٍ سَمْنَ بَقَرَةٍ فَإِذَا شَرِبَهُ وَ نَضِجَ صَبَّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَرْطَالٍ عَسَلٍ ثُمَّ يُوقِدُ تَحْتَهُ وَقُوداً رَقِيقاً ثُمَّ يَطْرَحُ عَلَيْهِ وَزْنَ دِرْهَمَيْنِ قراض [قُرَّاصاً] ثُمَّ اضْرِبْهُ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً حَتَّى يَنْعَقِدَ فَإِذَا انْعَقَدَ وَ نَضِجَ وَ اخْتَلَطَ بِهِ حَوَّلْتَهُ وَ هُوَ حَارٌّ إِلَى بُسْتُوقَةٍ وَ شَدَدْتَ رَأْسَهُ وَ دَفَنْتَهُ فِي شَعِيرٍ أَوْ تُرَابٍ طَيِّبٍ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ الصَّيْفِ فَإِذَا جَاءَ الشِّتَاءُ أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُ كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ مِثْلَ الْجَوْزَةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ عَلَى الرِّيقِ فَهُوَ دَوَاءٌ جَامِعٌ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ دَقَّ أَوْ جَلَّ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ وَ هُوَ مُجَرَّبٌ مَعْرُوفٌ عِنْدَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

Muhammad Ibn  Jafar Ibn ‘Ali al-Bursi narrated from Muham­mad Ibn Yahya al-Armani-and he was the means of access to al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar,

And Al-Mufaddal was the access to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws from Muhammad Ibn Sinan al-Sinani al-Zahiri Abu ‘Abd Allah from al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar from Al-Sadiq, Ja’far^-asws Ibn Muhammad^-asws, who said: ‘This is the medication of Muhammad^-saww and it is similar to the medication which Jibra’il^-as, the trusted Spirit, gave to Musa^-as Ibn “Imran^-as except that this has qualities of treatment and more and less compared to that (previous medicine). These medications are from the writings of the Prophets^-as and the sages among the successors of the Prophets^-as. If there is an increase or decrease in it, or if one grain is added or taken away from what has been stipulated, the original will be violated and the medication wilI be spoilt. It will not be successful, because when they contradict it they contradict them^-as [the authorities].

‘The medicine is: Put four ratl (appro. 450 grams) of peeled garlic in a saucepan and pour over it four ratl of cow’s milk. Put it on a low fire until it absorbs the milk. Then pour over it four ratl of the clarified butter from a cow. When it [the garlic] absorbs it and is well cooked, pour over it four ratl of honey and put it on a low fire. Add to it the weight of two dirhams of Henbane or herbaceous or a plant similar to watercress. Stir it vigorously until it thickens. When it thickens and is well cooked, and mixed, transfer it while hot to a container. Fasten its top and bury it in barley or clean earth (turab) for the summer. In winter, take of it the equivalent of a large walnut every day in the early morning before breakfast. It is a comprehensive medication for all things big and small, significant and insignificant, and has been tried and is well known among the believers.’[150]

For Every Illness and Fear:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ مِنَ الرِّضَا وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهَا جَامِعَةٌ مَانِعَةٌ وَ هِيَ حِرْزٌ وَ أَمَانٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ خَوْفٍ‏

Muhammad Ibn Kathir Dimashqi narrated from al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtin from

He [Al-Hasan] said that: ‘I took this invocation from (Imam) Al-Reza^-asws. He^-asws mentioned that it was a comprehensive preventative and a safeguard and protection from every illness and fear:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ‏ اخْسَؤُا فِيها وَ لا تُكَلِّمُونِ‏ أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا وَ غَيْرَ تَقِيٍّ أَخَذْتُ بِسَمْعِ اللَّهِ وَ بَصَرِهِ عَلَى أَسْمَاعِكُمْ وَ أَبْصَارِكُمْ وَ بِقُوَّةِ اللَّهِ عَلَى قُوَّتِكُمْ لَا سُلْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَى فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ وَ لَا عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى مَالِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ سَتَرْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُ بِسِتْرِ النُّبُوَّةِ الَّتِي اسْتَتَرُوا بِهَا مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَنْ أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِكُمْ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ أَمَامَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مُظِلٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَمْنَعُهُ اللَّهُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ وَ مَالَهُ وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لَا يَبْلُغُ حِلْمُهُ أَنَاتَكَ مَا لَا يَبْلُغُهُ مَجْهُودُ نَفْسِكَ فَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ أَنْتَ‏ نِعْمَ الْمَوْلى‏ وَ نِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ حَرَسَكَ اللَّهُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ يَا فُلَانُ بِمَا حَرَسَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ

“In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, In the Name of Allah, Go away (and sink) into it, and do not speak to me (23:108), I take refuge in the All-merciful from thee/ If thou fearest God … (19:18) or do not fear God. I take hold, with the Hearing of Allah and His Sight, over your hearing and sight, and with the Might of Allah^-azwj over your might. No authority have you over so-and-so, son of so-and-so, or over his progeny, or his wealth, or his family. I draw down between you and him the veil of Prophethood, by which they concealed themselves from the assault of the Pharoahs, with Jibra’il^-as on your right, and Mika’il^-as on your left, and Muhammad^-saww, blessings be on him, and his Ahl al-Bayt^-asws before you, with Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, overshadowing you. Allah^-azwj Guards him, his progeny, his wealth, and his family from the demons (al-shayatin). Whatever Allah^-azwj has Willed, there is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty. O Allah^-azwj, his clemency will not attain Your patience as long as it does not attain the utmost degree of Your^-azwj Power. You^-azwj are the most excellent Master and the most excellent Helper. Allah^-azwj Guard you and your progeny, O so-and-so, by that with which He^-azwj Guarded his friends, Blessings of Allah^-azwj on Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Ahl al-Bayt^-asws.

وَ تَكْتُبُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ‏ ثُمَّ تَكْتُبُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ‏ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ‏ دل سام في رأس للسما طا لسلسبيلايها.

“Write the verse of the Throne (2:255) up to And He is the Most High, the Mighty. Then write: ‘There is no might nor power except with Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty. There is no refuge from Allah^-azwj except with Him^-azwj. Sufficient for us is Allah^-azwj, the most excellent protector.’[151]

For Every Ache:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَامِدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ قَالَ: عَلَّمَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى ع هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ وَ قَالَ عَلِّمْهَا إِخْوَانَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّهَا لِكُلِّ أَلَمٍ وَ هِيَ.

Muhammad Ibn Hamld narrated from Khalaf Ibn Hammad from Khalid al-‘Abasi, who said:

“Ali^-asws Ibn Musa^-asws taught me this invocation and said: “Teach it to your brothers among the believers, for it is for every ache:

أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِرَبِّ الْأَرْضِ وَ رَبِّ السَّمَاءِ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِالَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ دَاءٌ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي بِالَّذِي اسْمُهُ بَرَكَةٌ وَ شِفَاءٌ

‘I seek protection for myself in, the Lord^-azwj of the earth and the Lord of the heavens. I seek protection for myself in Him^-azwj with Whose Name no disease causes harm. I seek protection for myself in Him^-azwj Whose Name is a blessing and a healing.’[152]

An Invocation for Spells:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَيَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص‏: إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ إِنَّ فُلَاناً الْيَهُودِيَّ سَحَرَكَ وَ جَعَلَ السِّحْرَ فِي بِئْرِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْهِ يَعْنِي إِلَى الْبِئْرِ أَوْثَقَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَكَ وَ أَعْظَمَهُمْ فِي عَيْنِكَ وَ هُوَ عَدِيلُ نَفْسِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ بِالسِّحْرِ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ قَالَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى بِئْرٍ ذَرْوَانَ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا سِحْراً سَحَرَنِي بِهِ لَبِيدُ بْنُ أَعْصَمَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأْتِنِي بِهِ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي حَاجَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَهَبَطْتُ فَإِذَا مَاءُ الْبِئْرِ قَدْ صَارَ كَأَنَّهُ مَاءُ الْحِيَاضِ مِنَ السِّحْرِ فَطَلَبْتُهُ مُسْتَعْجِلًا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى أَسْفَلِ الْقَلِيبِ فَلَمْ أَظْفَرْ بِهِ قَالَ الَّذِينَ مَعِي مَا فِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَاصْعَدْ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَذَبَ وَ مَا كُذِبْتُ وَ مَا نَفْسِي بِهِ مِثْلَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ يَعْنِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ طَلَبْتُ طَلَباً بِلُطْفٍ فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُ حُقّاً فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ افْتَحْهُ فَفَتَحْتُهُ فَإِذَا فِي الْحُقِّ قِطْعَةُ كَرَبِ النَّخْلِ فِي جَوْفِهِ وَتَرٌ عَلَيْهَا إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرُونَ عُقْدَةً وَ كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَنْزَلَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَا عَلِيُّ اقْرَأْهَا عَلَى الْوَتَرِ فَجَعَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كُلَّمَا قَرَأَهُ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا وَ كَشَفَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ مَا سُحِرَ بِهِ وَ عَافَاهُ.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar al-Bursi narrated from Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Armani from Muhammad Ibn Sayyar from Muhammad Ibn al-Fadl Ibn ‘Umar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said that Jibrail^-as came to the Prophet^saw and said: “O Muhammad^-saww: “Such-and-such a Jew has bewitched you^-saww and put a spell in the well of Banu so-and-so. Therefore, send to it the most trustworthy of people in your^-saww opinion and the most important of them before you^-saww and the equal of you^-saww, so that he^-asws may bring you^-saww the spell. He^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) said: ‘The Prophet^-saww sent ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws and said: “Go to the well of Dharwan, for in it is a spell with which the Jew Labid Ibn A’sam has bewitched me, and bring it to me^-saww.”

‘Ali^-asws said: “I set out at the request of Rasool Allah^-saww. I descended into it, and there was the spring water as if it were water in a cistern because of the spell. I searched for it hurriedly until I came to the bottom of the well but I did not obtain it. Those who were with me said: ‘There is nothing in it.’ So I went up. But then I^-asws said: ‘No, by Allah^-azwj, he^-saww did not lie and nor do I^-asws, and I^-asws am not with him as you are,’ meaning the Rasool Allah^-saww. I^-asws searched for it again carefully, and brought it out, in truth.

“I^-asws went to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww said: ‘Open it.’ I opened it and there was, in truth, a piece of a palm branch inside it on which were tied twenty-one knots. Jibrail^-as had brought down that day to the Prophet^-saww the two suras of taking refuge (al-Falaq 113) and al-Nas (114). The Prophet^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws, then recite over the string.’ Whenever Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws recite it, a knot opened, until he^-asws finished with all of them and Allah^-azwj Removed the spell from His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and restored him^-saww to health.[153]

Spells only Affect the Eye and the Genitals:

إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْبَيْطَارُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُونُسُ الْمُصَلِّي لِكَثْرَةِ صَلَاتِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرُ ع‏: وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏: فَقَالَ وَ السِّحْرُ حَقُّ وَ مَا يُسَلَّطُ السِّحْرُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْعَيْنِ وَ الْفَرْجِ فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ فَدَعَا عَلِيّاً ع وَ بَعَثَهُ لِيَسْتَخْرِجَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ بِئْرِ ذَرْوَانَ.

Ibrahim al-Baytar narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Isa from Yunus Ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman-and he is called Yunus al-Musalli because of the frequency of his prayers-from Ibn Muskan from Zarara, who said:

‘Abu Jafar al-Baqir^-asws and Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws, have said ‘spells’ are a fact and they do not have power over anything except the eye and the genitals. Then Jibrail^-as came to him^-saww and informed him^-saww of that, so he called ‘Ali^-asws and sent him^-asws to bring that out of the well of Dharwan.’[154]

Spell Protection for the Bewitched:

سَهْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ رَبِّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أرومة [أُورَمَةَ] عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ النُّشْرَةِ لِلْمَسْحُورِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ أَبِي ع يَرَى بِهِ بَأْساً.

وَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ الَّتِي أَمْلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهَا وِرَاثَةً وَ أَنَّهَا تَبْطُلُ السِّحْرَ تُكْتَبُ عَلَى وَرَقٍ وَ مَا يُعَلَّقُ عَلَى الْمَسْحُورِ

Sahl Ibn Muhammad Ibn Sahl narrated from ‘Abd Rabbihi Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim from Ibn Aruma from Ibn Muskan from Al-Halabi, who said:

‘I asked Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws about the (protection from) spells (al-nashra) for the bewitched. He^-asws said: “My father^-asws did not see any harm in it.”’

For Muhammad Ibn Muslim who said: ‘Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws dictated this invocation to us saying that it was an inheritance and that it would neutralize spells. “Write it on a paper and fasten it on to the bewitched person:

قالَ مُوسى‏ ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ وَ يُحِقُّ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِماتِهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ‏ أَ أَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّماءُ بَناها رَفَعَ سَمْكَها فَسَوَّاها الْآيَاتِ‏ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ وَ أُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ ساجِدِينَ قالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسى‏ وَ هارُونَ‏.

Musa said, What you have brought is spells. God will assuredly bring it to naught. God sets not right the work of those who do corruption. God verifies the truth by His words, though sinners be averse (10:81-2). What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built? He lifted up is vault, and levelled it (79:28). So the truth came to pass, and false was proved what they were doing. So they were vanquished there, and they turned about, humbled. And the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves. They said, We believe in the Lord of all Being, the Lord of Musa and Harun (7:18-22).”’[155]

Invocation for One who Wishes to Visit the Ruler:

الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا طَلَبَ أَبُو الدَّوَانِيقِ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ هَمَّ بِقَتْلِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ صَاحِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ وَجَّهَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ أَبُو الدَّوَانِيقِ اسْتَعْجَلَهُ وَ اسْتَبْطَأَ قُدُومَهُ حِرْصاً مِنْهُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ فَلَمَّا مَثُلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ رَحَّبَ بِهِ وَ أَجْلَسَهُ عِنْدَهُ وَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنَا عَازِمٌ عَلَى قَتْلِكَ وَ لَقَدْ نَظَرْتُ فَأُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ مَحَبَّةٌ لَكَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ أَحَداً مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أَعَزَّ مِنْكَ وَ لَا آثَرَ عِنْدِي وَ لَكِنْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا كَلَامٌ يَبْلُغُنِي عَنْكَ تهجنا [تُهَجِّنُنَا] فِيهِ وَ تَذْكُرُنَا بِسُوءٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا ذَكَرْتُكَ قَطُّ بِسُوءٍ فَتَبَسَّمَ أَيْضاً وَ قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ أَصْدَقُ عِنْدِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَنْ سَعَى بِكَ إِلَى هَذَا مَجْلِسِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ خَاتَمِي فَانْبَسِطْ وَ لَا تَخْشَنِي فِي جَلِيلِ أَمْرِكَ وَ صَغِيرِهِ فَلَسْتُ أَرُدُّكَ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالانْصِرَافِ وَ حَبَاهُ وَ أَعْطَاهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ شَيْئاً وَ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أما [أَنَا] فِي غَنَاءٍ وَ كِفَايَةٍ وَ خَيْرٍ كَثِيرٍ فَإِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِبِرِّي فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْمُتَخَلِّفِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَارْفَعْ عَنْهُمُ الْقَتْلَ قَالَ قَدْ قَبِلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ وَصَلْتَ الرَّحِمَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مَشَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مَشَايِخُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ شُبَّانُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ وَ مَعَهُ عَيْنُ أَبِي الدَّوَانِيقِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ نَظَرْتُ نَظَراً شَافِياً حِينَ دَخَلْتَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَمَا أَنْكَرْتُ مِنْكَ ‏شَيْئاً غَيْرَ شَفَتَيْكَ وَ قَدْ حَرَّكْتَهُمَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمَّا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ قُلْتُ

Al-Ash’ath Ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Isa from

Abu al-Hasan al-Reza^-asws from Musa^-asws Ibn Jafar^-asws said: ‘When Abu al-Dawaniq [the caliph Abu Jafar al-Mansur (d.1366/754)] sent for Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws intending to kill him^-asws, the governor of Medina took him (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) to the caliph. Abu al-Dawaniq wanted him to be quick and, in his eagerness to kill him^-asws, found him slow to arrive.

‘When he came before him, he laughed and greeted him^-asws and made him^-asws sit by his side. He said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, by Allah^-azwj, I sent for you determined to kill you^-asws, but I looked at you and conceived a great affection for you^-asws. By Allah^-azwj, I have not found anyone from my family more beloved than you^-asws, nor one more likeable. But, O Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws, what is this I hear about you disparaging us and speaking badly of us?” He^-asws replied: “O amir-al-muminin [i.e. Abu al-Dawaniq], I^-asws have never spoken badly of you.” He [the caliph] smiled and said: “By Allah^-azwj, you are more true, in my view, than all those who slander you concerning this. My seat is before you^-asws, and my ring. So be cheerful, and do not be afraid of me in your affairs, great and small, for I will not hold you back from anything.”

‘Then he commanded him^-asws to leave and gave him^-asws presents and gifts, but he (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) refused to accept anything and said: “O amir-al-muminin, I^-asws have wealth and sufficiency and much good. But if you are going to free me^-asws, you must [do the same] for those of my family who are left behind: remove from them the sentence of death.” He replied: “I have accepted that; O Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws, and I have given orders for 100,000 dirhams [for you], so distribute it among them.” He^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) said: “You have made close the ties of kinship, O amir-al-muminin.”

‘When he^-asws left his presence, there walked before him the elders and the youth of the Quraysh from every tribe. With him was ‘Abu al-Dawaniq, who said to him: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, you gave a look of healing when you came into the presence of amir-al-muminin, and he did not reproach you^-asws for anything except that your^-asws lips were moving with something, so what was that?”

He^-asws replied: “When I^-asws looked at him, I said:

يَا مَنْ لَا يُضَامُ وَ لَا يُرَامُ وَ بِهِ تُوَاصَلُ الْأَرْحَامُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اكْفِنِي شَرَّهُ بِحَوْلِكَ وَ قُوَّتِكَ

‘O He^-azwj Who is not wronged and is Eternal, and with Him^-azwj is the making close of the ties of kinship, Bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and protect me from his evil by Your^-azwj Power and Your^-azwj Might.’

وَ اللَّهِ مَا زِدْتُ عَلَى مَا سَمِعْتَ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ الْعَيْنُ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّوَانِيقِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا اسْتَتَمَّ مَا قَالَ ذَهَبَ مَا كَانَ فِي صَدْرِي مِنْ غَائِلَةٍ وَ شَرٍّ.

By Allah^-azwj, I did not add on [anything] to what you have heard.” Al-’Ayn returned to Abu al-Dawaniq and informed him of his account. He [Abu al-Dawaniq] said: “By Allah^-azwj, he^-asws had not completed what he^-asws said when what was in my heart of evil wickedness was removed.[156]

On Throbbing Blood-Vessels

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَارُودِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ رَزِينٍ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع وَ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ضَرَبَ عَلَيَّ الْبَارِحَةَ عِرْقٌ فَمَا بَدَأْتُ إِلَى أَنْ أَصْبَحْتُ فَأَتَيْتُكَ مُسْتَجِيراً فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي ضَرَبَ عَلَيْكَ وَ قُلْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Jarud narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Isa from Dawud Ibn Razin, who said:

‘I complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, yesterday one of my blood vessels throbbed and I waited until it was morning and came to you seeking help.” He^-asws replied: “Put your hand on the place which is throbbing and say three times:’

اللَّهُ اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي حَقّاً فَإِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي سَاعَتِهِ.

Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj, my Lord^-azwj in truth’, and it will abate at once.[157]

وَ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: خُذْ عَنِّي يَا مُفَضَّلُ عُوذَةَ الْأَوْجَاعِ كُلِّهَا مِنَ الْعُرُوقِ الضَّارِبَةِ وَ غَيْرِهَا قُلْ

From al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar al-Jufi from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws who said: Learn from me^-asws, O Mufaddal, an invocation for all pains from throbbing blood-vessels and other things. Say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ كَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ فِي عِرْقٍ سَاكِنٍ وَ غَيْرِ سَاكِنٍ عَلَى عَبْدٍ شَاكِرٍ وَ غَيْرِ شَاكِرٍ

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj in a blood vessel which is quiet (sakin) and one which is not (ghayr sakin), on a grateful servant and an ungrateful one.”

وَ تَأْخُذُ لِحْيَتَكَ بِيَدِكَ الْيُمْنَى بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَ قُلْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

Then take your beard (al-lihya) by your right hand after the obligatory prayer and say three times:

اللَّهُمَّ فَرِّجْ كُرْبَتِي وَ عَجِّلْ عَافِيَتِي وَ اكْشِفْ ضُرِّي

“O Allah^-azwj, Remove my distress and Hasten my recovery and take away my injury.”

وَ اجْهَدْ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مَعَ دُمُوعٍ وَ بُكَاءٍ.

(And this) effort to accompany that with tears and weeping.’[158]

On Seeking Protection from the Jinn:

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَزَّازُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْكَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ النَّوْفَلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: كَلِمَاتٌ إِذَا قُلْتُهُنَّ مَا أُبَالِي مِمَّنِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيَّ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ

‘Abd Allah Ibn Yahya al-Bazzaz narrated from ‘Ali Ibn Muskan from ‘Abd Allah Ibn al-Mufaddal al-Nawfali from his father from

Al- Hussain^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws said: ‘When I say these words, I pay no attention to the jinn and human beings who gather against me.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِقُوَّتِكَ وَ حَوْلِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ شَرَّ كُلِّ مُغْتَالٍ وَ كَيْدَ الْفُجَّارِ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْأَبْرَارَ وَ أُوَالِي الْأَخْيَارَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj and by Allah^-azwj, and to Allah^-azwj, and in the Path of Allah^-azwj, and according to the creed of Rasool Allah^-saww, blessings be on him^-saww. Ya Allah^-azwj, Protect me by Your^-azwj Strength and Your^-azwj Might and Your^-azwj Power from the evil of every-doer, and the plot of the wicked. Surely, I love the righteous and chosen ones, and Allah^-azwj Bless Muhammad^-saww, the Prophet^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws.[159]

Loneliness Remedy:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَاهَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سِرَاجٌ مَوْلَى الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ دَيْلَمٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع إِنِّي إِذَا خَلَوْتُ بِنَفْسِي تَدَاخَلَنِي وَحْشَةٌ وَ هَمٌّ وَ إِذَا خَالَطْتُ النَّاسَ لَا أُحِسُّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِكَ وَ قُلْ

‘Ali Ibn Mahan narrated from Sarraj, the client of Al-Reza^-asws from Jafar Ibn Daylam from Ibrahim Ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from al-Halabi, who said:

‘A man said to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws “When I am on my own, loneliness (al-wahsha) and anxiety come upon me but when I mix with the people, I feel nothing of that.” He^-asws (al-Sadiq^-asws) said: “Place your hand on your heart and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, in the Name of Allah^-azwj.’

ثُمَّ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِكَ وَ قُلْ

Then pass your hand over your heart and say:

أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِجَلَالِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَحْذَرُ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِي

‘I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Exaltedness of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Force of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in Rasool Allah^-saww, I take refuge in the Names of Allah^-azwj, from the evil of what I fear and from the evil of what I am afraid of for myself.’

تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي الْوَحْشَةَ وَ أَبْدَلَنِي الْأُنْسَ وَ الْأَمْنَ.

Say that seven times.” He [the man] said: “I did that and Allah^-azwj Removed from me the loneliness and Replaced it with tranquillity and security.[160]

For Temptation

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَثْرَةَ التَّمَنِّي وَ الْوَسْوَسَةِ فَقَالَ أَمْرِرْ يَدَكَ إِلَى صَدْرِكَ ثُمَّ قُلْ

Al- Hussain Ibn Bistam narrated from Muhammad Ibn Khalaf from Ibn ‘Ali Ibn al-Washsha from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Sinan who said:

‘A man complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws of an abundance of desire (al-tammani) and temptation. He^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) said: “Pass your hand over your chest and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ امْسَحْ عَنِّي مَا أَحْذَرُ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool Allah^-azwj, and there is no power or strength except with Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Might. Ya Allah^-azwj, Remove from me what I fear from.’

ثُمَّ امْرُرْ يَدَكَ عَلَى بَطْنِكَ وَ قُلْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَمْسَحُ عَنْكَ وَ يَصْرِفُ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَكُنْتُ كَثِيراً مَا أَقْطَعُ صَلَاتِي مِمَّا يُفْسِدُ عَلَيَّ التَّمَنِّي وَ الْوَسْوَسَةِ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَصَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي وَ عُوفِيتُ مِنْهُ فَلَمْ أُحِسَّ بِهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Then pass your hand over your belly and repeat it thrice.

Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, will Remove and Turn it Away from you.” The man said: “I would often break my prayer because of it being marred by desires and temptation. Then, I did as my lord^-asws and master^-asws instructed me, three times, and Allah^-azwj Turned it Away from me and Cured me of it so that I did not experience it after that.[161]

For Protection and Pain Relief:

عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ ع يُعَوِّذُ أَهْلَهُ بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ وَ يُعَلِّمُهُ لِخَاصَّتِهِ تَضَعُ يَدَكَ عَلَى فِيكَ وَ تَقُولُ

From al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘Zayn Al-Abedin^-asws would protect his^-asws family with this invocation and teach it to his^-asws intimates. “Place your hand on your mouth and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِصُنْعِ‏ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِما تَفْعَلُونَ‏.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by God’s handwork, who has Created everything very well. He is Aware of the things you do (27:88).’

ثُمَّ تَقُولُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Then say seven times:

اسْكُنْ أَيُّهَا الْوَجَعُ سَأَلْتُكَ بِاللَّهِ رَبِّي وَ رَبِّكَ وَ رَبِّ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ الَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ‏ الْعَلِيمُ‏

‘Subside, O pain, I ask you by Allah^-azwj, my Lord^-azwj and your Lord^-azwj and the Lord of everything in Whom trust what is in the night and the day, and He^-azwj is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.[162]

On Inflation of the Belly:

عُمَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْخَزَّازُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع رِيحَ الْبَحْرِ فَقَالَ قُلْ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ

‘Umar Ibn ‘Uthman al-Khazzaz narrated from ‘Ali Ibn ‘Isa from his uncle, who said:

‘I complained to Musa^-asws Ibn ‘Jafar^-asws of inflation of the belly (rih al-bahr). He^-asws said: “Say, while prostrating:

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ يَا سَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ يَا إِلَهَ الْآلِهَةِ يَا مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ يَا مَلِكَ الْمُلُوكِ اشْفِنِي بِشِفَائِكَ مِنْ هَذَا الدَّاءِ وَ اصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ

O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Merciful^-azwj, O Lord^-azwj of lords, O Chief^-azwj of chiefs, O God^-azwj of gods, O Master^-azwj of masters, O King^-azwj of kings, Heal me with Your^-azwj Healing from this illness and Turn it Away from me, for I am Your^-azwj servant and the son of Your^-azwj servant; I turn about in Your^-azwj grasp.’”

فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُمْ بِالْإِمَامَةِ مَا دَعَوْتُ بِهِ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فِي سُجُودِي فَلَمْ أُحِسَّ بِهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

I left his^-asws presence, and by Allah^-azwj, Who honoured him^-asws with the Immamate, I prayed it only once in my prostration and did not experience it after that.’[163]

Dandruff:

ابْنُ الْجَرِيرِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ يَعْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع وَسَخاً كَثِيراً يُوَسِّخُ ثِيَابِي فَقَالَ دُقَّ الْآسَ وَ اسْتَخْرِجْ مَاءَهُ وَ اضْرِبْهُ عَلَى خَلِّ خَمْرٍ أَجْوَدَ مَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً حَتَّى يَزْبَدَ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْ رَأْسَكَ وَ لِحْيَتَكَ بِهِ بِكُلِّ قُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ ادَّهِنْهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِدُهْنِ شَيْرَجٍ طَرِيٍّ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْلَعُهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Ibn al-Jariri narrated from Muhammad Ibn Isma’il from al-WalId Ibn Aban from al-Nu’man Ibn Ya’la from Jabir al-Ju’fi, who said:

‘I complained to Abu Ja’far^-asws of excessive dirt (wasakh kathfr) making my garment filthy. He^-asws said: “Grind myrtle (aI-as) and extract its water. Whisk it vigorously with the best wine vinegar available until it becomes foamy. Then wash your head and beard with it as vigorously as possible, after that oil it with fresh sesame oil. It will remove it [the dandruff], Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.’[164]

Invocations for Inflammation of Eyes:

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: الرَّجُلُ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَهُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنِ الْأَجْزَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا الْأَجْزَاءُ الثَّلَاثَةُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي قَالَ الصَّبِرُ وَ الْمُرُّ وَ الْكَافُورُ.

The Narrator says:

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadlq^-asws said: ‘A man complained about his eyes. He^-asws (al-Sadiq^-asws) said: “What about the three ingredients?” The man said to him^-asws: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, what are the three ingredients, may my father and mother be your^-asws sacrifice?” He^-asws replied: “Aloe (al-sabir), myrrh (al-murr), and camphor (aI-kajar).”[165]

 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا رَمِدَ هُوَ أَوْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ أَوْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ دَعَا بِهَذِهِ الدَّعَوَاتِ.

Muhammad Ibn Al-Muthanna narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Isa from ‘Amr Ibn Abu al-Mlqdam from Jabir from

Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘When the Prophet^-saww or one of his^-saww family^-asws, or one of his^-saww companions suffered from inflammation of the eyes, he^-saww prayed this prayer:

اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَ بَصَرِي وَ اجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَيْنِ مِنِّي وَ انْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنِي وَ أَرِنِي فِيهِ ثَارِي

O Allah^-azwj, Grant me my hearing and my sight and make them my heirs, and help me against the one who oppresses me, and give me my revenge of him.” [166]

وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْكُحْلُ بِاللَّيْلِ يُطَيِّبُ الْفَمَ.

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws, said: ‘(Applying) kohl (Al-Kuhl) at night makes the mouth fragrant.’[167]

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ خِدَاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص مُكْحُلَةٌ يَكْتَحِلُ مِنْهَا فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَاوِدَ فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ.

From Jabir Ibn Khaddash from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Mayman al-Qaddah from:

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws from his^-asws father^-asws has said: ‘The Prophet^-saww had a container of kohl, and he^-saww would apply three strokes of kohl from it on each eye every night before sleeping.’[168]

Tuberculosis (Consumption):

جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بِشَارَةَ قَالَ: حَجَجْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ الرَّسُولِ ص فَإِذَا أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَالِسٌ فِي جَنْبِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَدَنَوْتُ فَقَبَّلْتُ رَأْسَهُ وَ يَدَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ وَ قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ مِنْ عِلَّتِكَ؟ قُلْتُ شَاكِياً بَعْدُ وَ كَانَ بِيَ السِّلُّ فَقَالَ خُذْ هَذَا الدَّوَاءَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى فِيهَا وَ قَدْ عُوفِيتَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى. فَأَخْرَجْتُ الدَّوَاةَ وَ الْكَاغَذَ وَ أَمْلَى عَلَيْنَا يُؤْخَذُ سُنْبُلٌ وَ قَاقُلَّةٌ وَ زَعْفَرَانٌ وَ عَاقِرْقِرْحَا وَ بَنْجٌ وَ خَرْبَقٌ أَبْيَضُ أَجْزَاءً بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَ إِبْرِفْيُونٌ جُزْءَيْنِ يُدَقُّ وَ يُنْخَلُ بِحَرِيرَةٍ وَ يُعْجَنُ بِعَسَلٍ مَنْزُوعِ الرَّغْوَةِ وَ يُسْقَى صَاحِبُ السِّلِّ مِنْهُ مِثْلَ الْحِمَّصَةِ بِمَاءٍ مُسَخَّنٍ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ وَ إِنَّكَ لَا تَشْرَبُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ حَتَّى تُعَافَى مِنْهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَفَعَلْتُ فَدَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي فَعُوفِيتُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim narrated from

Ahmad Ibn Bashara has narrated: ‘When I went to perform the Hajj, I went to Medina. I entered the Masjid of Rasool Allah^-saww and there was Abu Ibrahim^-asws sitting by the side of the minbar. I approached him^-asws and kissed his^-asws head and hands and greeted him^-asws. He^-asws returned my greeting and said: “How is your illness?” I replied: ‘I am still suffering from it.” I had tuberculosis. He^-asws said: “Take this medication in Medina before you leave for Mecca and you will be restored to health^-asws, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.” I brought out an ink-well and paper and he^-asws dictated to us: “Take equal parts of Indian nard, cardamom, saffron, pyrethrum, henbane (al-banj), white hellebore (kharbaq abyad), and two parts of abarfiyan. Grind and sieve them in a piece of silk, and mix with honey which has had its froth removed. Give the person afflicted with tuberculosis the equivalent of a chick-pea with warm water to take before sleeping. You will not drink that for three nights without being cured, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.” I did that and Allah^-azwj Removed it from me and I was cured by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted.’[169]

Coughing:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ مَعَ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ عَلَى الرِّضَا ع فَسَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ وَ سَأَلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا حَاجَتَهُ فَقَضَاهَا ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ لِي وَ أَنْتَ تَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ السُّعَالَ الشَّدِيدَ فَقَالَ أَ حَدِيثٌ أَمْ عَتِيقٌ فَقُلْتُ كِلَاهُمَا قَالَ خُذْ فُلْفُلًا أَبْيَضَ جُزْءاً وَ إِبْرِفْيُونَ جُزْءَيْنِ وَ خَرْبَقاً أَبْيَضَ جُزْءاً وَاحِداً وَ مِنَ السُّنْبُلِ جُزْءاً وَ مِنَ الْقَاقُلَّةِ جُزْءاً وَاحِداً وَ مِنَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ جُزْءاً وَ مِنَ الْبَنْجِ جُزْءاً وَ تُنْخَلُ بِحَرِيرَةٍ وَ تُعْجَنُ بِعَسَلٍ مَنْزُوعِ الرَّغْوَةِ مِثْلَ وَزْنِهِ وَ تُتَّخَذُ لِلسُّعَالِ الْعَتِيقِ وَ الْحَدِيثِ مِنْهُ حَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً بِمَاءِ الرَّازِيَانَجِ عِنْدَ الْمَنَامِ وَ لْيَكُنِ الْمَاءُ فَاتِراً لَا بَارِداً فَإِنَّهُ يَقْلَعُهُ مِنْ أَصْلِهِ.

Ahmad Ibn Salih narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, who said:

‘I visited Al-Reza^-asws with a group of people from Khurasan. We greeted him^-asws and he^-asws responded. He^-asws asked each of us our request and fulftlled it. Then he^-asws looked at me and said: “And you, make your request.” I said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-saww. I complain to you^-asws of a severe coughing.” He^-asws asked: “Is it recent (hadith) or chronic (‘atiq)?” I replied: “Both.” He^-asws said:

“Take one part of white pepper (al-filfil al-abyad), two parts of abarfiyan, and one part each of white hellebore, Indian nard, cardamom, saffron, and henbane. Sieve with a piece of silk and mix with an equal weight of honey which has had its froth removed. Take one grain (habba) with fennel water before sleeping, for chronic and recent coughs. Let the water be tepid (lukewarm) and not cold. It will remove it (the cough) completely.”[170]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ قَالَ شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) السُّعَالَ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ خُذْ فِي رَاحَتِكَ شَيْئاً مِنْ كَاشِمٍ وَ مِثْلَهُ مِنْ سُكَّرٍ فَاسْتَفَّهُ يَوْماً أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ قَالَ ابْنُ أُذَيْنَةَ فَلَقِيتُ الرَّجُلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَتَّى ذَهَبَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina who said:

A man complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws for the cough whilst I was present, so he^-asws said to him: ‘At your convenience, take something from ‘كَاشِمٍ’ lovage (plant) and similar amount of sugar, swallow it for one or two days’. Ibn Azina (the narrator) said, ‘I met the man after that, so he said, ‘I did not do it but once and it went (cured)’. [171]

Cold Affacting the Head:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَنَّاطُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع إِنِّي أَجِدُ بَرْداً شَدِيداً فِي رَأْسِي حَتَّى إِذَا هَبَّتْ عَلَيَّ الرِّيَاحُ كِدْتُ أَنْ يُغْشَى عَلَيَّ فَكَتَبَ لِي عَلَيْكَ بِسُعُوطِ الْعَنْبَرِ وَ الزَّنْبَقِ بَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ تُعَافَى مِنْهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ.

‘Ali Ibn Al-Husayn Al-Hannat narrated from Ali Ibn Yaqtin that he said:

‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan Al-Reza^-asws, “I suffer from severe cold in my head so that when the wind blows I almost faint.” He^-asws wrote to me: “You must inhale ambergris and jasmine (al-zanbaq) after eating. You will be cured of it, Allah^-azwj, the Sublime and Majestic, Willing.”[172]

Flatulence:

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ الْعَابِدُ وَ كَانَ مِنْ زُهَّادِ الشِّيعَةِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْمُفَضَّلُ النَّوْفَلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي صَبِيّاً رُبَّمَا أَخَذَتْهُ رِيحُ أُمِّ الصِّبْيَانِ فَآيَسُ مِنْهُ لِشِدَّةِ مَا يَأْخُذُهُ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ تَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ بِالْعَافِيَةِ قَالَ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اكْتُبْ لَهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ وَ مِسْكٍ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَ لْيَكُنْ شَرَابُهُ مِنْهُ شَهْراً وَاحِداً فَإِنَّهُ يُعَافَى مِنْهُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْنَا بِهِ لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً فَمَا عَادَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَرَاحَ وَ اسْتَرَحْنَا.

وَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَا قُرِئَ سُورَةُ الْحَمْدِ عَلَى وَجَعٍ مِنَ الْأَوْجَاعِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً إِلَّا سَكَنَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

‘Abd Allah Ibn Zuhayr aI-Abid, one of the Shl ‘a ascetics, narrated from ‘Abd Allah al-Mufaddal al-Nawfali from his father, who said:

‘A man complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws and said: “I have a son who is sometimes seized by the winds of flatulence (rih umm al-sibyan), and I give up all hope for him because of the severity of what seizes him. If you think it proper, O son of Rasool Allah^-saww pray to Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, that he be cured.” , He [the narrator] said: ‘He^-asws (Al-Sadiq^-asws) prayed for him and said:

“Write the Sura Al-Hamd (1) for him in saffron and musk seven times. Then wash it out with water and let him drink of it for one month. He will be cured of it.”

He [the man] said: “We did that for one night and it did not recur. He was calm and we rested.

(And) From him (Al-Sadiq^-asws) that he^-asws said: ‘The Sura Al-Hamd (1) is not read over any pain seventy (70) times without it subsiding, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.’[173]

Coldness of the Abdomen and palpitation of the Heart:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَنْجَوَيْهِ الْمُتَطَبِّبُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى ع بَرْدَ الْمَعِدَةِ فِي مَعِدَتِي وَ خَفَقَاناً فِي فُؤَادِي فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنْ دَوَاءِ أَبِي وَ هُوَ الدَّوَاءُ الْجَامِعُ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ مَعْرُوفٌ عِنْدَ الشِّيعَةِ قُلْتُ سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ فَأَنَا كَأَحَدِهِمْ فَأَعْطِنِي صِفَتَهُ حَتَّى أُعَالِجَهُ وَ أُعْطِيَ النَّاسَ قَالَ خذ [يُؤْخَذُ] زَعْفَرَانٌ وَ عَاقِرْقِرْحَا وَ سُنْبُلٌ وَ قَاقُلَّةٌ وَ بَنْجٌ وَ خَرْبَقٌ أَبْيَضُ وَ فُلْفُلٌ أَبْيَضُ أَجْزَاءً سَوَاءً وَ إِبْرِفْيُونٌ جُزْءَيْنِ يُدَقُّ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ دَقّاً نَاعِماً وَ يُنْخَلُ بِحَرِيرَةٍ وَ يُعْجَنُ بِضِعْفَيْ وَزْنِهِ عَسَلًا مَنْزُوعَ الرَّغْوَةِ فَيُسْقَى مِنْهُ صَاحِبُ خَفَقَانِ الْفُؤَادِ وَ مَنْ بِهِ بَرْدُ الْمَعِدَةِ حَبَّةً بِمَاءِ كَمُّونٍ يُطْبَخُ فَإِنَّهُ يُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Ranjawayh al-Mutatabbib narrated from ‘Abd Allah Ibn ‘Uthman that he said:

‘I complained to Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Ibn Ali^-asws Ibn Musa^-asws of coldness in my abdomen and of palpitation (al-khafaqan) in my heart. He^-asws said: “What about the medication of my^-asws father^-asws, the ‘comprehensive medication’?” I replied: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, what is it?” He said: “It is well known among the Shi ‘a.” I said: “My lord and master, I am one of them, so describe it to me so that I may use it as treatment and give it to people.”

He^-asws replied: “Take equal measures of saffron, pyrethrum, Indian nard, cardamom, henbane, white hellebore, and white pepper, and two parts of abarfiyun. Grind them all finely, sieve in a piece of silk, and mix with twice its weight of honey, which has had its froth removed. Give the one suffering from heart-fluttering and coldness in the abdomen one grain to drink with a decoction of cumin water. He will be cured, Allah, the Exalted, willing.”[174]

Spleen Pain:

عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ سَهْلُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرِّضَا ع فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَجَعاً فِي الطِّحَالِ أَبِيتُ مُسْهَراً مِنْهُ وَ أَظَلُّ نَهَارِي مُتَلَبِّداً عَنْ شِدَّةِ وَجَعِهِ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنَ الدَّوَاءِ الْجَامِعِ يَعْنِي الْأَدْوِيَةَ الْمُتَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خُذْ حَبَّةً مِنْهَا بِمَاءٍ بَارِدٍ وَ حُسْوَةِ خَلٍّ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ فَسَكَنَ مَا بِي بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

‘Abd al-Rahman Sahl Ibn Mukhlid narrated from his father, who said:

‘I went to Ali Al-Reza^-asws and complained to him^-asws of a pain in my spleen, the severity of which kept me sleepless at night and confined to bed during the day. He^-asws said: “What about the ‘comprehensive medication’?” – that is the previously mentioned ingredients. He^-asws said: “Take a grain of it with cold water and vinegar soup.” I did as he^-asws instructed me and what was in me abated, praise be to Allah^-azwj, the Exalted. ‘[175]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ قَالَ اشْتَكَى غُلَامٌ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ بِهِ طُحَالًا فَقَالَ أَطْعِمُوهُ الْكُرَّاثَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَأَطْعَمْنَاهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَعَدَ الدَّمُ ثُمَّ بَرَأَ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Hassaan, from Musa Bin Bakr who said:

A young boy complained to Abu Al-Hassan^-asws, so he^-asws asked about him, so they told him^-asws that the boy had the spleen trouble. So he^-asws said: ‘Feed him leek for three days’. So we fed it to him, he excreted blood, then was free (cured)’.[176]

Pain in the Side:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْبَزُودِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ عِلْمَ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ع وَجَعاً بِجَنْبِيَ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ الْأَيْسَرِ فَقَالَ لِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنِ الدَّوَاءِ الْجَامِعِ فَإِنَّهُ دَوَاءٌ مَشْهُورٌ وَ عَنَى بِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةَ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُهَا وَ قَالَ أَمَّا لِلْجَنْبِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَخُذْ مِنْهُ حَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً بِمَاءِ الْكَمُّونِ يُطْبَخُ طَبْخاً وَ أَمَّا لِلْجَنْبِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَخُذْهُ بِمَاءِ أُصُولِ الْكَرَفْسِ يُطْبَخُ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ آخُذُ مِنْهُ مِثْقَالًا أَوْ مِثْقَالَيْنِ قَالَ لَا بَلْ وَزْنَ حَبَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Muhammad Ibn Kathir Al-Bazwadi narrated from Muhammad Ibn Sulayman,

Who studied the teachings of the Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws from Al-Reza^-asws that he said: ‘I complained to ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Musa Al-Reza^-asws of a pain on my right and left side (janb). He^-asws said: “What about the ‘comprehensive medication’, for it is a well-known medication” – meaning by it the medicine previously mentioned. He^-asws said: “As for the right side, take one grain of it with a decoction of cumin. For the left side, take it with a decoction of celery root (usul al-karafs).” I said: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, shall I take one or two mithqal (appro. 4.25 grams) of it?” He^-asws replied: “No, rather take the weight of one grain and you will recover, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.”[177]

Stones in (Kidney):

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ مُؤَدِّبُ وُلْدِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ مَا أَجِدُ مِنَ الْحَصَاةِ فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنِ الْجَامِعِ دَوَاءِ أَبِي فَقُلْتُ سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ أَعْطِنِي صِفَتَهُ فَقَالَ هُوَ عِنْدَنَا يَا جَارِيَةُ أَخْرِجِي الْبُسْتُوقَةَ الْخَضْرَاءَ قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَتِ الْبُسْتُوقَةَ وَ أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مِقْدَارَ حَبَّةٍ فَقَالَ اشْرَبْ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةَ بِمَاءِ السَّذَابِ أَوْ بِمَاءِ الْفُجْلِ الْمَطْبُوخِ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَافَى مِنْهُ قَالَ فَشَرِبْتُهُ بِمَاءِ السَّذَابُ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَسْتُ بِوَجَعِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِنَا هَذَا.

Muhammad Ibn Hakim narrated from:

Muhammad Ibn Al-Nadr, a teacher of the child of Abu Ja’ far Muhammad^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Musa^-asws, has said: ‘I complained to him (Abu Ja’far^-asws) of my suffering from stones. He^-asws said: “Woe be to you, what about the ‘comprehensive medication’ of my^-asws father^-asws?” I said: “My lord and master, describe it for me.” He^-asws said: “We have it. Girl, bring out the green container.” ‘He [Mubammad Ibn el-Nadr] said: ‘She brought it out and he^-asws took out a grain of it and said: “Drink this grain with rue water or a decoction of radish (aI-fujI), and you will be cured of It.” He [al-Nadr] said: ‘I took the grain with rue water and, by Allah^-azwj, I have not felt its pain until this day.’[178]

For Young Boy – a Useful Invocation:

إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْعَلَّافُ الْعَارِفُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ هُوَ يُعَوِّذُ ابْناً لَهُ صَغِيراً وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ

Ishaq Ibn Hassan al-‘Allaf al-‘Arif narrated from al-Husayn Ibn Mabbub from Jamil Ibn Salih from Dharih al-Muharibi, who said:

‘I caIled on Aba ‘Abd Allah^-asws and he^-asws was seeking protection for a young boy of his^-asws, saying:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَعْزِمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَجَعُ وَ يَا رِيحُ كَائِناً مَا كَانَتْ بِالْعَزِيمَةِ الَّتِي عَزَمَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع عَلَى جِنِّ وَادِي الصَّبْرَةِ فَأَجَابُوا وَ أَطَاعُوا لَمَّا أَجَبْتِ وَ أَطَعْتِ وَ خَرَجْتِ عَنِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ ابْنِ فُلَانَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I adjure you, O pain and O wind, wherever it may be, with the invocation with which Rasool Allah^-saww and Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws conjured the jinn of the valley of Al-Sabra, and they answered and obeyed, that you answer and obey and get out of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, at once, at once.’

حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

He^-asws said that three times.[179]

A Comprehensive Invocation:

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عِيسَى الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَعْلَمِ‏ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ وَ أَتْقَاهُمْ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏:إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا تَبِيتَ حَتَّى تَتَعَوَّذَ بِالْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ حَرْفاً فَافْعَلْ فَقُلْتُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِهَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

Ibrahim Ibn ‘Isa al-Zafarani narrated from Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Harithi-and he was the most knowledgeable and pious of the people of his time-from Ibn Sinan from al-Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar, who said:

‘Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: “If you are unable to pass the night until you have taken refuge in eleven ways, then do [that].” I said: “Inform me of them, O son of Rasool Allah^-asws.”

“He said: “Say:

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِجَلَالِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِجَمَالِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِسُلْطَانِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِدَفْعِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِمَنِّ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِمُلْكِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِتَمَامِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَ ذَرَأَ وَ بَرَأَ

‘I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Power of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Majesty of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Beauty of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Sovereignty of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Defense of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Grace of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Force of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Dominion of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Perfection of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in Rasool Allah^-azwj, blessings of Allah^-azwj on him^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and his^-saww Ahl al-Bayt^-asws, from the evil of what He^-azwj Originated and Scattered and Created.’

وَ تَتَعَوَّذُ بِهِ مِمَّا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ هَوَامُّ وَ لَا جِنٌّ وَ لَا إِنْسٌ وَ لَا شَيْطَانٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Take refuge in Him^-azwj from whatever you wish, for neither vermin (hawamm) or jinn, human or demon, will harm you if Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Wills.[180]

Protection from Vermin:

وَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: عَوِّذْ نَفْسَكَ مِنَ الْهَوَامِّ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ‏

From Abu Hamza Al-Thumali from Abu Jafar al-Baqir^-asws that he^-asws said: ‘Take refuge for yourself from vermin with these words:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ هَامَّةٍ تَدِبُّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏.

“In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj. Muhammad^-saww is Rasool Allah^-saww. I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj. I take refuge in the Power of Allah^-azwj over what He^-azwj Wills, from the evil of every vermin which creeps by night and day. Surely my Lord is on a Straight Path.[181]

An Invocation for Wealth and Children:

صَالِحُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: حَصِّنُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَ أَهْلِيكُمْ وَ احْرُزُوهُمْ بِهَذِهِ وَ قُولُوهَا بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ

Salih Ibn Ahmad narrated from ‘Abd Allah Ibn Jabala from al-Ala Ibn Razin from Muhammad Ibn Muslim, who said:

‘Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: “Protect your wealth and your family, and guard them with these words to recite over them after the final evening prayer (Salat Al-Isha):

أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي وَ ذُرِّيَّتِي وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي وَ مَالِي بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَ هَامَّةٍ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

‘I seek refuge for myself, my offspring, my family, and my wealth, by the Perfect Words of Allah^-azwj, from every demon and vermin, and from every evil eye.’

وَ هِيَ الْعُوذَةُ الَّتِي عَوَّذَ بِهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ ص.

And this is the invocation by which Jibrail^-as sought protection for Al-Hasan^-asws and Al- Hussain^-asws, Blessings of Allah^-azwj on them^-asws.[182]

An Invocation against Thieves:

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَ مُحَسِّنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كُلُّ مَنْ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمَلَ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةَ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ أَنْ لَا يَغْتَالَهُ مُغْتَالٌ مِنْ سَارِقٍ فِي اللَّيْلِ‏ وَ النَّهَارِ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ

Al-Khidr Ibn Muhammad narrated from [both] Ahmad Ibn ‘Umar Ibn Muslim, and Muhsin Ibn Ahmad from Yunus Ibn Yaqub from

Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘Whoever says these words and uses this invocation every night, I^-asws guarantee him that no murdering thief (sariq) will kill him in the night or day. After the final prayer (Al-Isha) say:

أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِمَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِسُلْطَانِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي‏ هُوَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَرَمِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ وَ شَيْطَانٍ مَرِيدٍ وَ كُلِّ مُغْتَالٍ وَ سَارِقٍ وَ عَارِضٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَ الْهَامَّةِ وَ الْعَامَّةِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ

صَغِيرَةٍ وَ كَبِيرَةٍ بِلَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ فُسَّاقِ الْعَرَبِ وَ الْعَجَمِ وَ فُجَّارِهِمْ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ رَبِّي‏ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏.

“I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Power of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Mercy of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Sovereignty of Allah^-azwj Who is Powerful over all things. I take refuge in the Nobility of Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in the Force of Allah^-azwj, from the evil of every obstinate tyrant (jabbar) and rebelious demon, and every murderer and thief and evil occurrence, from the evil of venomous vermin and the reptile and al-’amma, from the evil of every creature small and large, by night and day, from the evil of the ungodly, Arab and non-Arab (al-’ajam), and their immoral ones, from the evil of the ungodly jinn and men, and from the evil of every creature my Lord^-azwj has Seized by its forelock. Surely my Lord^-azwj is on a straight path.[183]

Visiting the Sick:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ وَ هُوَ شَاكٍ فَقَالَ

Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd Allah, al-Kufi narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Maymun from Hammad Ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from

Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Sadiq^-asws from his^-asws pure forefathers^-asws has said: ‘There is not a believer who visits his fellow believer suffering from an illness and says to him:

لَهُ أُعِيذُكَ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ نَفَّارٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ

“I seek protection for you in Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, the Lord of the Noble Throne, from the evil of every swelling blood-vessel and from the evil of the heat of the fire”

فَكَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ إِلَّا خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ.

Except that Allah^-azwj will Relieve of it, if there is a delay in his appointed time.’[184]

The Prayer of the Distressed:

‏حَكِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع‏:أَنَّهُ اشْتَكَى بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ فَدَنَا مِنْهُ فَقَبَّلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ، قَالَ أَجِدُنِي وَجِعاً قَالَ قُلْ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الظُّهْرَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقُولُهَا مَكْرُوبٌ إِلَّا قَالَ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَبَّيْكَ عَبْدِي مَا حَاجَتُكَ؟.

Hakim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Muslim narrated from al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtin from Yunus from Ibn Sinan from Hafs Ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from Muhammad Ibn Muslim from

Abu Jafar Muhammad^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws that one of his children was ill. He^-asws went to him and kissed him and said: ‘O my son, how do you find yourself?’ He replied: ‘I am suffering from a pain.’

He^-asws said: ‘When you complete your afternoon prayer (salat al-zuhr) say ten times:

‘يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ’ “O Allah, O Allah, O Allah,”

For a distressed person (makrub) does not say it without the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, saying: “Here I am, O my servant, what is your need?”[185]

وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: دُعَاءُ الْمَكْرُوبِ فِي اللَّيْلِ

From Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said: ‘The prayer of a distressed person in the night is:

يَا مُنْزِلَ الشِّفَاءِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ مُذْهِبَ الدَّاءِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ شِفَائِكَ شِفَاءً لِكُلِّ مَا بِي مِنَ الدَّاءِ.

“O Revealer of healing by night and day and Remover of illness by night and day, bring down on me Your^-azwj Healing, a healing for all the illness in me.”’[186]

الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ بَهْرَامَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَخْيَارِ قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقَ ع مَعَ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْحُجَّاجِ أَيَّامَ أَبِي الدَّوَانِيقِ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ دُعَاءِ الْمَكْرُوبِ فَقَالَ دَوَاءُ الْمَكْرُوبِ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ وَ لْيَقُلْ.

Al-Qasim Ibn Bahram narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Isa from Abu Ishaq from al- Hussain Ibn al-Hasan al-Khurasni-and he was among the chosen ones-who said:

‘I visited Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws in the days of Abu Al-Dawaniq, with a group of my brothers who had performed the Hajj. He^-asws was asked about the prayer of the distressed. He^-asws replied: “The prayer of the distressed is when one has completed the night prayer (salat al-layl). Put your hand on the place on which you perform the prostration and say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيٌّ إِمَامُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ عِبَادِهِ اشْفِنِي يَا شَافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سُقْماً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ سُقْمٍ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, in the Name of Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool Allah^-saww, ‘Ali^-asws is the Imam of Allah^-azwj on His^-azwj earth, over all His^-azwj servants. Heal me, O Healer. There is no healing but Yours^-azwj. A healing which does not leave out any illness from among every disease and illness.’”’

قَالَ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ لَا أَدْرِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Al-Khurasani said: ‘I do not know whether he said to repeat it three times or seven times.’[187]

وَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: دُعَاءُ الْمَكْرُوبِ الْمَلْهُوفِ وَ مَنْ قَدْ أَعْيَتْهُ الْحِيلَةُ وَ أَصَابَتْهُ بَلِيَّةٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ يَقُولُهَا لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَذْتُهُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ أَخَذْتُهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ذِي الثَّفِنَاتِ أَخَذَهُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخَذَهُ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع أَخَذَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَخَذَهُ عَنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ أَخَذَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

From him (the narrator of the above Hadith), that he said: ‘The prayer of the distressed and anxious,

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Those at their wits’ end, and those afflicted with of the oppressors (al-zalimin) (21:87). It should be recited on Thursday night when one has completed his obligatory evening prayer.’ He said: ‘I learnt it from Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws who said he took it from ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws from Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws, who said he took it from Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws, who took it from Rasool Allah^-saww, who learnt it from Jibrail^-as, who learnt it from Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime.[188]’

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ وَ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الْعِلَّةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Adul Rahman Bin Abu Najran and Ibn Fazzal, from one of our companions,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abduallah^-asws, ‘He^-asws used to say during an illness:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَيَّرْتَ أَقْوَاماً فَقُلْتَ قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَ لا تَحْوِيلًا فَيَا مَنْ لَا يَمْلِكُ كَشْفَ ضُرِّي وَ لَا تَحْوِيلَهُ عَنِّي أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اكْشِفْ ضُرِّي وَ حَوِّلْهُ إِلَى مَنْ يَدْعُو مَعَكَ إِلَهاً آخَرَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

‘O Allah^-azwj! You^-azwj have criticised certain nations saying: so You^-azwj Said [17:56] Say: Call on those whom you assume (to be gods) besides Him, so they shall not control the removal of distress from you nor change it. So, O the One besides Whom non can control the Removal of my distress nor change it, apart from Him^-azwj! Send Salawāt upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww and Remove my distress and Change it to the ones who are calling to a god along with You^-azwj. There is no god other than You^-azwj’.^[189]

On severe agonies of Death:

الْأَحْوَصُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ وَ هُوَ فِي النَّزْعِ الشَّدِيدِ فَقُلْ لَهُ ادْعُ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ يُخَفِّفِ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

Al-Ahwas Ibn Muhammad narrated from ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abu Najran from Ibn ‘Isa from Hariz Ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Sijistani on the authority of

Abu Jafar Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘When you visit a patient while he is suffering severe agonies of death, say to him: “Pray this prayer seven times and Allah^-azwj will make it easy for you:

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْكَرِيمِ مِنْ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ نَفَّارٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ

‘I take refuge in Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty and the Noble Throne, from every swelling blood-vessel (‘irq nifar) and from the evil of the heat of the fire.’

ثُمَّ لَقِّنْهُ كَلِمَاتِ الْفَرَجِ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا كَلِمَاتُ الْفَرَجِ قَالَ قُلْ لِيَقُلْ

Then teach him the words of deliverance (kalimat al-faraj).”’ I said: ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, what are the words of deliverance?’ He^-asws replied: ‘Say:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبِّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَا تَحْتَهُنَّ وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏

“There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Clement, the Noble. There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty. Glory be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the seven earths, and what is under them, and the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord of the Worlds.”

ثُمَّ حَوِّلْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ الَّتِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُ وَ يُسَهَّلُ أَمْرُهُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Then move him on to the place in which he would pray. He will find relief and his affair will be made easy, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing.’^[190]

On Severe Agony of Death:

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَخِي مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي النَّزْعِ وَ قَدِ اشْتَدَّ بِهِ الْأَمْرُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ سَهِّلْ عَلَيْهِ سَكَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ وَ قَالَ حَوِّلُوا فِرَاشَهُ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَفَّفُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ مُدَّتُهُ [مَوْتُهُ‏] قَدْ حَضَرَتْ فَإِنَّهُ يُسَهَّلُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Al-Khidr Ibn Mohammed has narrated from Al-Abbas Ibn Mohammed from Hammad Ibn Isa, from Hariz Al-Sijistani, who said:

We were with Abu Abd Allah^-asws when a man came to him^-asws and said:  O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, my brother has been suffering from the agony of death (al-naz) for three days and it has increased in severity, so pray to Allah^-azwj.  He^-asws (the Imam) said:  O Allah^-azwj, ease for him the agonies of death.  Then he^-asws told the man: Move his mattress to the place in which he (used to) pray, and his suffering will be eased for him, if there is delay in his appointed time of death. (However) if his time has come, then it will be made easy for him (to go), Allah^-azwj Willing.^[191]

Supplication for the Ease in death:

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها عند مريض يساق سهل الله عليه جدا، و إذا كتبت و علقت على امرأة مطلقة وضعت في عاجل بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who writes it (Chapter 51) for the patient in the pangs^[192] of death, Allah^-azwj would ease it for him. And if it is written and attached (Amulet) upon the divorced woman, she would be placed quickly, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[193]

Recitation at the Time of Death:

محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن موسى بن الحسن، عن سليمان الجعفري، قال: رأيت أبا الحسن (عليه السلام) يقول لابنه القاسم: «قم- يا بني- فاقرأ عند رأس أخيك وَ الصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا حتى تستتمها» فقرأ، فلما بلغ: أَ هُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنا قضى الفتى، فلما سجي و خرجوا، أقبل عليه يعقوب ابن جعفر، فقال له: كنا نعهد الميت إذا نزل به الموت يقرأ عنده يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ فصرت تأمرنا بالصافات؟ فقال: «يا بني، لم تقرأ عند مكروب من موت قط إلا عجل الله راحته».

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Al-Hassan, from Suleyman Al-Ja’fary who said,

‘I saw Abu Al-Hassan^-asws saying to his^-asws son Al-Qasim: ‘Arise, O my^-asws son, arise and recite at the head of your brother [37] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks until you complete it’. So he started reciting it. When he reached [37:11] Then ask them whether they were more difficult (for Us) to Create or those (others) whom We have Created. We Created them from sticky clay, the youth passed away.

فلما سجي و خرجوا، أقبل عليه يعقوب ابن جعفر، فقال له: كنا نعهد الميت إذا نزل به الموت يقرأ عنده يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ فصرت تأمرنا بالصافات؟ فقال: «يا بني، لم تقرأ عند مكروب من موت قط إلا عجل الله راحته».

So when he was covered, and we went out, Yaqoub Ibn Ja’far met him^-asws, so he said to him^-asws, ‘Whenever death descends upon one of us, we used to recite [36:1] Ya Seen [36:2] I swear by the Quran the Wise, so are you^-asws (now) ordering us (to recite) Al-Saffaat (Chapter 37)?’ So he^-asws said: ‘O my^-asws son! It does not get recited during the distress of death at all except that Allah^-azwj Hastens on its rest’.^[194]

Instructions to the Dying One:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُرْسِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الزَّاهِرِيِّ السِّنَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ فَلَقِّنُوهُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ يَعْنِي كَلِمَةَ التَّوْحِيدِ وَ يُلْقَى فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبُ فَإِذَا مَضَى عَلَى الْحَقِّ نَجَا.

Mohammed Ibn Jafar Al-Bursi narrated from Mohammed Ibn Yahya Al-Armani, from Mohammed Ibn Sinan Al-Zahiri Al-Sinani from Al-Mufaddal Ibn Umar and Fadle Allah, from Mohammed Ibn Abu Zaynab, who said:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said:  When you are present before a dying person, instruct him on this matter, that is (recitation of) the declaration of unity of Allah^-azwj.  It strikes terror into their hearts (at that stage).  If, (however), he has adhered to the Truth, he will be saved.^[195]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَصِيصِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْقَدَّاحُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ص إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَداً مِنْ أَهْلِهِ عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ قَالَ لَهُ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبِّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَا تَحْتَهُنَّ وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ فَإِذَا قَالَهَا الْمَرِيضُ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَلَيْسَ بِكَ بَأْسٌ.

Mohammed Ibn Jafar Al-Massisi has narrated from Al-Qaddah, who said:

Jafar^-asws Ibn Mohammed^-asws from his^-asws father^-asws has said:  When Ali^-asws Ibn Abu Talib^-asws was with any member of his^-asws family at their death, he^-asws would say to him, say: There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Clement, the Noble.  Glory be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord^-azwj of the seven Heavens and the seven earths, and what is between the two, and what is in them, and what is under them, and the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

Praise be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord of the Worlds.  When the patient had said that, he^-asws would say: Go there is no fear for you.

The Condition of a Dying Person:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْأَشْعَثِ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: ثَقُلَ ابْنٌ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع فِي حَيَاةِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ جَالِساً فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ وَ الْغُلَامُ فِي النَّزْعِ فَكُلَّمَا دَنَا مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ قَالَ لَا تَمَسَّهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَزْدَادُ ضَعْفاً لِأَنَّ أَضْعَفَ مَا يَكُونُ الْمَرِيضُ إِذَا كَانَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَالَةِ فَكُلُّ مَنْ مَسَّهُ فَقَدْ أَعَانَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ الْغُلَامُ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُغْمِضَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنَا إِنَّمَا الْجَزَعُ وَ الْكَآبَةُ وَ الْحُزْنُ مَا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا نَزَلَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ إِلَّا التَّسْلِيمُ وَ الرِّضَا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِدُهْنٍ فَادَّهَنَ وَ اكْتَحَلَ وَ دَعَا بِطَعَامٍ فَأَكَلَ هُوَ وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا هُوَ الصَّبْرُ الْجَمِيلُ الَّذِي وُعِدْنَا الْفَضْلَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ أُولئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَواتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةٌ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ‏ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَغُسِلَ وَ لَبِسَ أَحْسَنَ ثِيَابِهِ وَ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ.

Mohammed Ibn Al-Ash’ath, one of the offspring of Al-Ash’ath Ibn Qays Al-Kindi, has narrated from Ali Ibn Al-Hakam, from Abd Allah Ibn Bukayr, from Zarara Ibn Ayan, who said:

A son of Jafar^-asws Ibn Mohammed Al-Sadiq^-asws was ill during the lifetime of Abu Jafar^-asws.  Jafar^-asws was sitting in a corner of the room and the boy was in the agony of death.  Whenever anyone came close to him (the boy), he^-asws said: ‘Do not touch him, for his weakness will increase.  A patient is at the weakest when he is in this condition, so whoever touches him makes him weaker.  When the boy died, he^-asws gave instructions about him and the boy’s eyes were closed.  Then he^-asws said to us:  ‘Sadness and distress and grief are only as long as Allah^-azwj’s Command has not been revealed.  When Allah^-azwj’s Command is Revealed, then there is nothing but submission and acceptance.  Afterward, he^-asws called for oil and anointed himself^-asws and applied ‘Al-kuhl’ (Eye liner) around his^-asws eyes.  He^-asws called for food, and he^-asws and those with him^-asws ate together.  Then he^-asws said:  This is the sweet patience (12:18) in which we^-asws were promised excellence.  Allah^-azwj has Said:  Upon those rest besssings and mercy fro their Lord and those – they are the truly guided (2:157).  Then he^-asws gave orders concerning him (the boy) and he was bathed.  He^-asws dressed in his^-asws finest clothes and went out to pray over him.^[196]

وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَحْضُرُهُ الْمَوْتُ إِلَّا وُكِّلَ بِهِ شَيْطَانٌ مِنْ شَيَاطِينِهِ يَأْمُرُهُ بِالْكُفْرِ وَ يُشَكِّكُهُ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَ دِينِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ نَفْسُهُ فَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً مُوَحِّداً مُسْتَبْصِراً لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفاً فِي دِينِهِ شَكَّكَهُ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَ دِينِهِ فَإِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ مَوْتَاكُمْ فَلَقِّنُوهُمْ كَلِمَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ وَ هِيَ

From Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws that he^-asws said:  There is not one who is about to die but that Satan assigns to him one of his demons to call him to disbelief and make him doubt his charge and his religion until his soul departs.  He (the demon) will not have any power over whoever is an enlightened believer, declaring the unity of Allah^-azwj.  He will make, whoever is weak in his religion, doubt his condition and his religion.  So, when you are present with those (who are) about to die, instruct them to recite the declaration of sincerity, and it is:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبِّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَا تَحْتَهُنَّ وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏.

There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Most High, the Mighty.  There is no god but Allah^-azwj, the Clement, the Noble. Glory be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord of the seven Heavens and the Lord^-azwj of the seven earths and what is in them, and what is between them and what is under them, and the Lord^-azwj of the Mighty Thorne. Praise be to Allah^-azwj, the Lord^-azwj of the Worlds.^[197]

قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْغَرِيبَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ فَالْتَفَتَ‏ يَمْنَةً وَ يَسْرَةً فَلَمْ يَرَ أَحَداً رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَبْدِي وَ وَلِيِّي إِلَى مَنْ تَلْتَفِتُ أَ تَطْلُبُ حَمِيماً أَوْ قَرِيباً أَقْرَبَ إِلَيْكَ مِنِّي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَئِنْ أَطْلَقْتُ عُقْدَتَكَ [و] لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ إِلَى طَاعَتِي وَ لَئِنْ قَبَضْتُكَ إِلَيَّ [و] لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ إِلَى كَرَامَتِي وَ إِلَى مُجَاوَرَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَوِدَّائِكَ.

He, the narrator says, that Al-Mualla has narrated from Ahmad Ibn Isa, from Ibrahim Ibn Mohammed from Ahmad Ibn Yusuf, who said:

Abu Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws has said: When a believer who is a stranger is about to die, he turns to the right and the left but sees no one, raises his head to the Heavens.  Then Allah^-azwj Says, My servat and my friend, to who do you turn? Do you seek a friends or a relative closer to you than Me^-azwj? By My Power and My Majesty, if I^-azwj Loosen your bond, I^-azwj will surely cause you to Worship Me^-azwj, but if I^-azwj Hold you to Me^-azwj, I^-azwj will surely Bring you to My^-azwj Magnanimity and into the proximity of your friends and loved ones.^[198]

Prayer of a Mother for an Unwell son:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنِ الْأَرْقَطِ وَ هُوَ ابْنُ أُخْتِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَرِضْتُ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً وَ أَرْسَلَتْ أُمِّي إِلَى خَالِي فَجَاءَ وَ أُمِّي خَارِجَةٌ فِي بَابِ الْبَيْتِ وَ هِيَ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ هِيَ تَقُولُ وَا شَبَابَاهْ فَرَآهَا خَالِي فَقَالَ ضَمِّي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ ثُمَّ ارْقَيْ فَوْقَ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ اكْشِفِي قِنَاعَكِ حَتَّى تَبْرُزِي شَعْرَكِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قُولِي

‘Ali Ibn Mihran Ibn al-Walid al-Askari narrated from Muhammad Ibn Salim from

Al-Arqat-he was the son of the sister of Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Sadiq^-asws – who said: ‘I was very ill and my mother sent for my maternal uncle. He came while my mother was outside the door of the house and she was Umm Salama^sa  bint Muhammad^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws – saying: “Alas, my boy!” My uncle^-asws saw her and said: “Gather your dress around you and go up to the roof of the house. Then remove your veil (al-qina) so that you expose your hair to the sky and say:

رَبِّ أَنْتَ أَعْطَيْتَنِيهِ وَ أَنْتَ وَهَبْتَهُ لِي اللَّهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْ هِبَتَكَ الْيَوْمَ جَدِيدَةً إِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ مُقْتَدِرٌ

‘My Lord^-azwj, You^-azwj Gave me to him and You^-azwj granted him to me, O Allah^-azwj, Renew Your^-azwj Grant today, surely You^-azwj are Able and Powerful.’

ثُمَّ اسْجُدِي فَإِنَّكِ لَا تَرْفَعِينَ رَأْسَكِ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ ابْنُكِ فَسَمِعَتْ ذَلِكَ وَ فَعَلَتْهُ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ مِنْ سَاعَتِي فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ خَالِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ.

Then prostrate yourself and do not raise your head until your son is restored to health.” She heard that and acted on it.’ He [al-Arqat] said: ‘I rose at once and went out with my maternal uncle^-asws to the masjid.’[199]

Protection from Whoever Wishes Evil to Others:

سَعْدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْحَنَّاطُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَ هُوَ وَالِدُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الشَّعِيرِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏: مَنْ أَرَادَهُ إِنْسَانٌ بِسُوءٍ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَحْجُزَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ‏ فَلْيَقُلْ حِينَ يَرَاهُ

Saad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Said narrated from Musa Ibn Qays al-Hannat from Muhammad Ibn Said-he was the father of Said Ibn Muhammad-from al-Shairi from

Jafar^-asws Ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws has narrated that Rasool Allah^-saww said: “Whoever anticipate a person evil and that person wishes Allah^-azwj to Make a barrier between the two of them, let him say when he sees him:

أَعُوذُ بِحَوْلِ اللَّهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ مِنْ حَوْلِ خَلْقِهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِمْ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ‏

‘I take refuge in the Might of Allah and His Strength, from the Might of His creation and its strength. I take refuge with the Lord of the Daybreak, from the evil of what He created (113:1-2).’”

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص

“Then say what Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime, said to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww:

‏ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ‏

So, if they turn their backs, say: God is enough for me. There is no god but He^-azwj. In Him^-azwj I have put my trust. He^-azwj is the Lord of the Mighty Throne (9:129).

صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَيْدَ كُلِّ كَائِدٍ وَ مَكْرَ كُلِّ مَاكِرٍ وَ حَسَدَ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ وَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ إِلَّا فِي وَجْهِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَكْفِيهِ بِحَوْلِهِ.

Allah^-azwj will Turn Away from him the plot of every plotter, the deception of every cunning person and the envy of every envier. Do not say these words except to his face and Allah^-azwj will Protect him by His^-azwj Might.[200]

For the lack of Children:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَوَّلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع‏:

أَنَّ رَجُلًا شَكَا إِلَيْهِ قِلَّةَ الْوَلَدِ وَ أَنَّهُ يَطْلُبُ الْوَلَدَ مِنَ الْإِمَاءِ وَ الْحَرَائِرِ فَلَا يُرْزَقُ لَهُ وَ هُوَ ابْنُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَقَالَ ع قُلْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي دُبُرِ صَلَاتِكَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ فِي دُبُرِ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ

Ahmad Ibn ‘Imran Ibn Abu Layla narrated from ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ibn Abu Najran from Sulayman Ibn Jafar al-Jafari from

Abu Jafar^-asws the first, Al-Baqir^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Hussain^-asws Ibn ‘Ali^-asws that a man complained to him^-asws of lack of children. He had tried for a child from bondmaids and free-born women (al-harair), but it was not granted to him and he was now sixty years old.

He^-asws [Imam Al-Baqir^-asws] said: ‘For three days after your obligatory evening prayer and after the morning prayer, recite:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ تَخْتِمُهُ بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفَّاراً يُرْسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْراراً وَ يُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوالٍ وَ بَنِينَ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهاراً

“Glory be to Allah^-azwj,” seventy times; “I ask for forgiveness from Allah^-azwj”, seventy times; and end it with the statement of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime: Ask forgiveness of your Lord^-azwj. Surely He^-azwj is ever All-forgiving, and He^-azwj will Loose heaven upon you in torrents and will succour you with wealth and sons, and will appoint for you gardens, and will appoint for you rivers (71:10-12).

ثُمَّ وَاقِعِ امْرَأَتَكَ اللَّيْلَةَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَإِنَّكَ تُرْزَقُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ذَكَراً سَوِيّاً قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ يحول [يَحُلِ‏] الْحَوْلُ حَتَّى رُزِقْتُ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ.

Then have intercourse with your wife on the third night and you will be blessed, Allah willing, with a healthy boy.’ He [the man] said: ‘I did that and the year was not over when I was blessed with a child.’[201]

Ants:

: تَدُقُّ الْكَرَاوَيَا وَ يُلْقَى فِي حجر [جُحْرِ] النَّمْلِ وَ تَكْتُبُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ تُعَلِّقُ فِي زَوَايَا الدَّارِ

Grind caraway (al-karawiya) and throw it into the hills of the ants (al-naml). Write [the following] on something and hand it at the corners of the house:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ وَ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَسْأَلُكُمْ بِحَقِّ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَقِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ نَبِيِّنَا وَ مَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِمَا إِلَّا تَحَوَّلْتُمْ عَنْ مَسْكَنِنَا.

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Merciful, the Compassionate. If you believe in Allah^-azwj and the Last Day and the Prophets^-as and what has been revealed to them, then I ask you by the right of Allah^-azwj, and by the right of your Prophet^-as and our Prophet^-saww, and what has been revealed to them, to move away from our dwelling.’[202]

Common Cold:

سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمُزَنِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ الزُّكَامَ فَقَالَ صُنْعٌ مِنْ صُنْعِ اللَّهِ جُنْدُ مِنْ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى عِلَّةٍ فِي بَدَنِكَ لِيَقْلَعَهَا فَإِذَا قَلَعَهَا فَعَلَيْكَ بِوَزْنِ دَانِقِ‏ شُونِيزٍ وَ نِصْفِ دَانِقِ كُنْدُسٍ يُدَقُّ وَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الْأَنْفِ فَإِنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ بِالزُّكَامِ وَ إِنْ أَمْكَنَكَ أَلَّا تُعَالِجَهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَافْعَلْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ مَنَافِعَ كَثِيرَةً.

Said Ibn Mansur narrated from Zakariyya Ibn Yahya Al-Muzni, from Ibrahim Ibn Abu Yahya, from

Ibrahim says that I complained to Abu Abd Allah^-asws about a common cold (al-zukam). He said: (It is) one of the workings of Allah^-azwj and one of the armies of Allah^-azwj. Allah^-azwj has Sent it to an illness in your body to remove it. When it has been removed, you must take one daniq weight (0.52 grames)[203] of fennel flower and half a daniq weight of sneezewort (kundus). Grind it and inhale it all. It will get rid of the cold. If it is possible that you not treat it with something else, then do that, for it (the cold) has many benefits.[204]

Rumbling in the Belly

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَارِبٍ السُّودَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ يَحْيَى الْبَيَّاعُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ: شَكَا ذَرِيحٌ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ قَرَاقِرَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ أَ تُوجِعُكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ وَ الْعَسَلِ لَهَا؟.

Ahmad Ibn Muharib al-Sudani narrated from Safwan Ibn ‘Isa Ibn Yahya al- Bayya from ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn al-Jahm that:

Dharih al-Muharibi complained to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws of rumbling in his belly. He^-asws asked: “Does it cause you pain? He replied: ‘Yes.’ He^-asws said: ‘What prevents you from taking black cumin (Kalonji) and honey for it?’[205]

سَلَمَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع فَقَالَ إِنَّ بِي قَرْقَرَةً لَا تَسْكُنُ أَصْلًا وَ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ فَيُسْمَعَ مِنْ صَوْتِ تِلْكَ الْقَرْقَرَةِ فَادْعُ لِي بِالشِّفَاءِ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَقُلْ.

Salama Ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari narrated from ‘Uthman Ibn ‘Isa who said:

‘A man complained to Abu Al-Hasan^-asws, the first (Musa Al-Kazim^-asws) and said: “I have a rumbling. It never subsides and I am ashamed of talking to the people for they will hear the sound of that rumbling. So pray for me to be cured of it.”

He^-asws (Abu al-Hasan^-asws) replied: “When you finish your night prayer, say:

اللَّهُمَّ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَهُوَ مِنْكَ لَا حَمْدَ لِي فِيهِ وَ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْ سُوءٍ فَقَدْ حَذَّرْتَنِيهِ فَلَا عُذْرَ لِي فِيهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَتَّكِلَ عَلَى مَا لَا حَمْدَ لِي عَلَيْهِ أَوْ آمَنَ مَا لَا عُذْرَ لِي فِيهِ

‘O Allah^-azwj, whatever I know of good, it is from You^-azwj, there is no praise for me in it. Whatever I know of evil, You^-azwj have Warned me of it, so I have no excuse in it. O Allah^-azwj, I take refuge in You^-azwj from relying on that in which there is no praise for me, or trusting in that for which I have no excuse.’[206]

Stopping Flowing Blood (Menorrhagia):

الصَّبَّاحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى الرِّضَا ع تَشْكُو دَوَامَ الدَّمِ بِهَا قَالَ فَكَتَبَ تَأْخُذِينَ كَفّاً مِنْ كُزْبُرَةٍ وَ مِثْلَهُ مِنْ سُمَّاقٍ فَتُنْقِعِيهِ لَيْلَةً تَحْتَ النُّجُومِ ثُمَّ تُقَرِّبِيهِ بِالنَّارِ وَ تُصَفِّيهِ ثُمَّ تَشْرَبِينَ مِنْهُ قَدْرَ سُكُرُّجَةٍ يَسْكُنُ عَنْكَ الدَّمُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Al-Sabbah Ibn Muhammad al-Azdi narrated from al-Husayn Ibn Khalid, who said:

‘A woman wrote to Al-Reza^-asws Complaining of a continuous flow of blood. He^-asws wrote to her: “Take one handful of coriander and one of sumac and soak it for one night in the open air. Then put it on the fire and sieve it. Drink a saucer of it and the blood will cease, Allah, the Exalted, Willing.”[207]

Gripes (Stomach Pain):

أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ كَامِلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ: شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ع مَغْصاً كَادَ يَقْتُلُهُ وَ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ فَقَدْ أَعْيَاهُ كَثْرَةُ مَا يَتَّخِذُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَدْوِيَةِ وَ لَيْسَ يَنْفَعُهُ ذَلِكَ بَلْ يَزْدَادُ عَلَيْهِ شِدَّةً قَالَ فَتَبَسَّمَ ص وَ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ دُعَاءَنَا مِنَ اللَّهِ بِمَكَانٍ وَ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْكَ بِحَوْلِهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ بِكَ الْأَمْرُ وَ الْتَوَيْتَ مِنْهُ فَخُذْ جَوْزَةً وَ اطْرَحْهَا عَلَى النَّارِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهَا قَدِ اشْتَوَى مَا فِي جَوْفِهَا وَ غيرت [غَيَّرَتْهُ‏] النَّارُ قَشِّرْهَا [وَ] كُلْهَا فَإِنَّهَا تَسْكُنُ مِنْ سَاعَتِهَا قَالَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَسَكَنَ عَنِّي الْمَغْصُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Ayyub Ibn ‘Umar narrated from Muhammad Ibn Isa from Kamil from Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Ju’fi who said:

‘A man complained to Abu Al-Hasan Al-Reza^-asws of gripes (al-maghs), the pains of which almost killed him. He asked him to pray to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, for him, since the many medications he had taken for it had wearied him and had not benefited him. On the contrary, the severity [of the pain] had increased.

He^-asws (Al-Reza^-asws) smiled and said: “Woe be to you, our^-asws prayer to Allah^-azwj has weight, and I^-asws ask Allah^-azwj to Ease it for you with His^-azwj Power and His^-azwj Strength. When the affair [i.e. the pain] intensifies and you are in agony from it, take a walnut and throw it on the fire until you know that its kernel has been roasted and the fire has altered all of its shell. It [the pain] will subside at once.”’

He (the man) said: ‘By Allah^-azwj, I only did that once and the gripes subsided, by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime.’[208]

Vitiligo and Whiteness of the Eyes:

عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ: أَصَابَنِي بَيَاضٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيَّ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ شَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ تَطَهَّرْ وَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ

‘Abd al-Aziz Ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar narrated from Dawud Ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from Yunus, who said:

‘I was afflicted with whiteness in my eyes, so I went to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws and complained of that to him^-asws. He^-asws said: “Purify yourself and pray two rakats and say:

يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا سَمِيعُ وَ يَا سَامِعَ الدَّعَوَاتِ يَا مُعْطِيَ الْخَيْرَاتِ أَعْطِنِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ خَيْرَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ قِنِي شَرَّ الدُّنْيَا وَ شَرَّ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَذْهِبْ عَنِّي مَا أَجِدُ فَقَدْ غَاظَنِي الْأَمْرُ وَ أَحْزَنَنِي

O Allah^-azwj, O Merciful, O Compassionate, O All-hearing, O Hearer of supplications, O Bestower of blessings, Grant me the good of this world and the next, and protect me from the evil of this world and the evil of the next world, and remove from me my suffering, for the affair has vexed me and grieved me.’”’

قَالَ يُونُسُ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي ذَلِكَ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَ عَنْهُ ص

Yunus said: ‘I did as he^-asws instructed me and Allah^-azwj Removed that from me, praise be to Him^-azwj.’[209]

أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قُلْ

From him that he^-asws said: ‘Place your hand on it and say:

يَا مُنْزِلَ الشِّفَاءِ وَ مُذْهِبَ الدَّاءِ أَنْزِلْ عَلَى مَا بِي مِنْ دَاءٍ شِفَاءً.

“O Bestower of healing and Remover of illness, bestow a cure on the illness that is in me.’[210]

Shortness of Breath

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سِرْحَانَ الْمُتَطَبِّبُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ بِشْرِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالا: أَتَيْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ قَدْ خَرَجَ بِيُونُسَ مِنَ الدَّاءِ الْخَبِيثِ قَالَ فَجَلَسْنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ أُصِبْنَا مُصِيبَةً لَمْ نُصَبْ بِمِثْلِهَا قَطُّ قَالَ وَ مَا ذَاكَ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِالْقِصَّةِ فَقَالَ لِيُونُسَ قُمْ فَتَطَهَّرْ وَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ احْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ قُلْ

Ibrahim Ibn Sirhan al-Mutatabbib narrated from ‘Ali Ibn Asbat from Hakim Ibn Miskeen from Ishaq Ibn Ismail and Bishr Ibn ‘Ammar, both of who said:

‘We came to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws and Yunus had been afflicted with a misfortune, the like of which has never affliceted us before.” He^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah) asked: “And what is that?” So we acquainted him^-asws with the story. He^-asws said to Yunus: “Raise and purify yourself. Pray two rakats, then praise Allah^-azwj and extol Him^-azwj, and bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww Ahl al-Bayt^-asws. “Then say:

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا أَقْدَرَ الْقَادِرِينَ يَا أَقْدَرَ الْقَادِرِينَ يَا أَقْدَرَ الْقَادِرِينَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ يَا سَامِعَ الدَّعَوَاتِ يَا مُنْزِلَ الْبَرَكَاتِ يَا مُعْطِيَ الْخَيْرَاتِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَعْطِنِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ خَيْرَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّي شَرَّ الدُّنْيَا وَ شَرَّ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَذْهِبْ مَا بِي فَقَدْ غَاظَنِي الْأَمْرُ وَ أَحْزَنَنِي

‘O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj, O Allah^-azwj; O Merciful, O Merciful, O Merciful; O Compassionate, O Compassionate, O Compassionate; O Single, O Single, O Single; O the One^-azwj, O the One^-azwj, O the One^-azwj; O Refuge, O Refuge, O Refuge; O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Merciful of the merciful; O Most Powerful of the powerful, O Most Powerful of the powerful, O Most Powerful of the powerful; O Lord of the Worlds, O Lord of the Worlds, O Lord of the Worlds; O Hearer of supplications, O Revealer of blessings, O Bestower of favours, bless Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww family^-asws and Grant me the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, and avert from me the evil of this world and the evil of the Hereafter. Remove what is in me, for the matter has distressed me and grieved me.’

قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ الصَّادِقُ ع فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَنَاثَرَ عَنِّي مِثْلُ النُّخَالَةِ.

He (Yunus) said: ‘I did what Al-Sadiq^-asws instructed, and by Allah^-azwj, we had not left Medina when it was removed from me.’[211]

Protection from Leprosy

إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ‏ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: سَعَةُ الْجَنْبِ وَ الشَّعْرُ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي الْأَنْفِ أَمَانٌ مِنَ الْجُذَامِ.

Ibrahim narrated from Al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Faddal and al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtin from Sadan Ibn Muslim from Ishaq Ibn Ammar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘Amplitude of the side and [the profusion of] hair in the nose (al-anf) are a protection from leprosy.’[212]

وَ عَنْ سَلَامَةَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اعْتَلَلْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي بِالْحَجِّ وَ أَتَيْتُكَ مُسْتَجِيراً مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي مِنْ عِلَّةٍ أَصَابَتْنِي وَ هِيَ الدَّاءُ الْخَبِيثَةُ قَالَ أَقِمْ فِي جِوَارِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ فِي حَرَمِهِ وَ أَمْنِهِ وَ اكْتُبْ سُورَةَ الْأَنْعَامِ بِالْعَسَلِ وَ اشْرَبْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ عَنْكَ.

From Salama Ibn ‘Umar al-Hamdani, who said:

‘I entered Medina and went to Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws and said: “O son of the Messenger of Allah^-asws, I brought the people of my house for the Hajj, and I have come to you to seek refuge for them from an illness which has afflicted me – it is the ‘evil disease’.” He^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) said: “Stand by the side of (the tomb of) Rasool Allah^-saww, blessings be on him^-saww, and in his sanctuary and protection. Write the sura al-Anam (6) with honey and drink it. It will be removed from you.’[213]

وَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: تُرْبَةُ الْمَدِينَةِ مَدِينَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص تَنْفِي الْجُذَامَ.

From him^-asws (Imam^-asws it is narrated) that he^-asws said: ‘The soil (al-turba) of Al-Medina, the city of the Messenger^-saww of Allah^-azwj, blessings of Allah^-azwj on him^-saww and his family^-asws, removes leprosy.’[214]

An Invocation for Mental Disorder:

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ قَدْ عَرَضَ لَهُ خَبَلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ادْعُ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ

‘Uthman Ibn Sa’id al-Qattan narrated from Sa’dan Ibn Muslim related from Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim, who said:

‘A man came to ‘ Abu Abd Allah^-asws said: “Recite this prayer when you go to bed:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَ كَفَرْتُ بِالطَّاغُوتِ اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي فِي مَنَامِي وَ يَقَظَتِي أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَ جَلَالِهِ مِمَّا أَجِدُ وَ أَحْذَرُ

‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, I believe in Allah^-azwj, and disbelieve in the idols. O Allah^-azwj, Protect me in my sleep and my wakening. I take refuge in the Might of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Magnificence from that which I suffer and fear.’”

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَفَعَلْتُهُ فَعُوفِيتُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

The man said: “I did it and was cured, by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Exalted.”’

وَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ أَصَابَهُ خَبَلٌ فَلْيُعَوِّذْ نَفْسَهُ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ النَّافِعَةِ الشَّافِيَةِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَ الْحَدِيثِ الْأَوَّلِ وَ قَالَ لَا تَعُودُ إِلَيْهِ أَبَداً وَ لْيَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ السَّحَرِ بَعْدَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَ فَرَاغِهِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ.

From him^-asws (Imam) that he^-asws said: ‘Whoever is afflicted with a mental disorder, let him seek protection on Thursday night with this healing, beneficial invocation.’ Then he mentioned the like of the previous hadith and said: ‘It will not recur. Recite that at dawn after seeking forgiveness from Allah^-azwj, and after completing the night prayer.’[215]

For Panic

جَعْفَرُ بْنُ حَنَانٍ الطَّائِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ ابْنُ مُسْكَانَ الْحَلَبِيُّ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ قَدْ سَأَلَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي بِنْتاً وَ أَنَا أَرِقُّ لَهَا وَ أُشْفِقُ عَلَيْهَا وَ إِنَّهَا تَفْزَعُ كَثِيراً لَيْلًا وَ نَهَاراً فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ لَهَا بِالْعَافِيَةِ قَالَ فَدَعَا لَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ مُرْهَا بِالْفَصْدِ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْتَفِعُ بِذَلِكَ.

Jafar Ibn Hannan al-Ta’i narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Masud from Muhammad Ibn Muskan al-Halabi, who said:

‘Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws said to one of his^-asws followers when the man had asked him: “O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I have a daughter, and I am sorry and anxious for her since she is in a panic night and day. If you^-asws think it proper, pray to Allah^-azwj for her well-being.”’ He [al-Halabi] said: ‘He^-asws prayed for her, then said: “Instruct her to open a blood vessel (al-fasd), for she will benefit by that.”’[216]

وَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع‏: أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً تَتَعَرَّضُ لَهَا الْأَرْوَاحُ فَقَالَ عَوِّذْهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ عَشْراً عَشْراً ثُمَّ اكْتُبْهُ لَهَا فِي جَامٍ بِمِسْكٍ وَ زَعْفَرَانٍ وَ اسْقِهَا إِيَّاهُ وَ يَكُونُ فِي شَرَابِهَا وَ وُضُوئِهَا وَ غُسْلِهَا فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَنْهَا.

From Abu Jafar Muhammad Al-Baqir^-asws that a believer complained to him^-asws and said: ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I have a bondmaid who is afflicted by winds (spirits).’ He^-asws replied: ‘Seek protection for her in the opening of the Book (the sura al-Fatiha (1) and the two suras of taking refuge (al-Falaq (113) and al-Nas (114) ten times. Then write it for her in a vessel in musk and saffron and give her to drink of it. Use it for her drinking, her ablution, and her washing. Do that for three days and Allah^-azwj will Remove it from her.’[217]

Abscesses/Boils:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الدَّمَامِيلَ وَ الْقُرُوحَ أَكْثَرُهَا مِنْ هَذَا الدَّمِ الْمُحْتَرِقِ الَّذِي لَا يُخْرِجُهُ صَاحِبُهُ فِي إِبَّانِهِ فَمَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَقُلْ إِذَا آوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ

‘Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Hilal narrated from ‘Ali Ibn Mihran from Hammad Ibn ‘Isa from Hariz Ibn ‘Abd Allah from

Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Sadiq^-asws, peace be upon him, who said: ‘Most of these abscesses (al-damamil) and sores (al-quruh) are from this excessively heated blood (al-dam muhtariq) which a person does not take out at its time. Whoever is overcome by something of that, let him say when he goes to bed:

أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ كَلِمَاتِهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَ لَا فَاجِرٌ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرِّ

“I take refuge in the Face of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty, and His^-azwj Perfect Words, which neither the righteous nor the ungodly pass by, from the evil of everything possessed of evil.”

فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُؤْذِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنَ الْأَرْوَاحِ وَ عُوفِيَ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ آخَرُ: يُكْتَبُ عَلَى كَاغَذٍ فَيَبْلَعُهُ صَاحِبُ الدَّمَامِيلِ لَا آلَاءَ إِلَّا آلَاؤُكَ يَا اللَّهُ عِلْمُكَ بِهِ مُحِيطٌ عِلْمُكَ بِهِ كهلسون.

When he has said that, none of the jinn will harm him and he will be restored to health by it, Allah^-azwj, the Exalted, Willing. ‘Finally, write on a paper and make the person suffering from abscesses swallow it:[218]

Warts:

سَعْدَوَيْهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ لِي ابْناً مَرْجُوّاً وَ لَا يكمنه [يُمْكِنُهُ‏] أَنْ يُخَالِطَ النَّاسَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الثَّئَالِيلِ الَّتِي بِهِ فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِي شَيْئاً يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ فَقَالَ خُذْ لِكُلِّ ثَالُولٍ سَبْعَ شَعِيرَاتٍ وَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى كُلِّ شَعِيرَةٍ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ‏ إِذا وَقَعَتِ الْواقِعَةُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ فَكانَتْ هَباءً مُنْبَثًّا وَ يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُها رَبِّي نَسْفاً فَيَذَرُها قاعاً صَفْصَفاً لا تَرى‏ فِيها عِوَجاً وَ لا أَمْتاً ثُمَّ خُذْ شَعِيرَةً فَامْسَحْ بِهَا عَلَى الثُّؤْلُولِ ثُمَّ صُرَّهَا فِي خِرْقَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ وَ ارْبِطْ عَلَى الْخِرْقَةِ حَجَراً وَ أَلْقِهَا فِي كَنِيفٍ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ وَ الثَّامِنِ وَ هِيَ مِثْلُ رَاحَتِي وَ أَصْفَى.

و قال بعضهم ينبغي أن يعالج في محاق الشهر يعني إذا استتر الهلال و لم تره فإنه أبلغ للمعالجة و أفيد.

Sa’dawayh Ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated from ‘Ali Ibn al-Nu’man from Abu al-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, from [one of his] forefathers, that he [al-Nu’man] said:

‘I said to him [Al-Reza^-asws]: “May I be your^-asws sacrifice, I have a much-wanted son who is not able to mix with people because of the numerous warts he has. I ask you^-asws, O son of the Messenger of Allah^-asws, to teach me something that will benefit him.” He^-asws replied: “For each wart, take seven barleycorns (Shai’raat) and recite over each one seven times: When the Terror descends . . . until the verse: and become a dust scattered (56:1-6). They will question thee concerning the mountains. Say: My Lord will scatter them as ashes. Then He will leave them a level hollow wherein thou wilt see no crookedness neither any curving (20:105-7).

“Then take a barleycorn and rub the center of the wart with it. Tie it in a new piece of cloth and fasten a stone on to it and throw it into a toilet (kanfl).” ‘ He [‘Ali Ibn al-Nauman] said: `I did that and looked at him. By Allah^-azwj, on the seventh and eighth day he was like the palm of my hand and more clear!

`Some of them (the companions of Imam Al-Reza^-asws) say that it should be treated at the time of the muttliq of the month [from the 28th to the 30th of the month], that is, when the moon is hidden and cannot be seen. It is the most effective and beneficial time for treatment.’[219]

On The Cyst

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُلَيْمٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْكِلَابِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: شَكَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الشِّيعَةِ سِلْعَةً ظَهَرَتْ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اغْتَسِلْ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ وَ ابْرُزْ لِرَبِّكَ وَ لْيَكُنْ مَعَكَ خِرْقَةٌ نَظِيفَةٌ فَصَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ اقْرَأْ فِيهَا ما تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ‏ وَ اخْضَعْ بِجُهْدِكَ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ فَأَلْقِ ثِيَابَكَ وَ ابْرُزْ بِالْخِرْقَةِ وَ أَلْزِقْ خَدَّكَ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قُلْ

Muhammad Ibn ‘Amir narrated from Muhammad Ibn ‘Alim al-Thaqafi from ‘Ammar Ibn ‘Isa al-Kilabi from

‘Abd Allah Ibn Sinan on the authority of Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws that he [Ibn Sinan] said: ‘A man from the Shi’a complained to him^-asws (Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws) of a cyst (sila) that had appeared on him. Abu ‘Abd Allah^-asws told him: “Fast for three days, then bathe on the fourth day at noon and go out in to the open plain to your Lord. Take with you a clean, patched, and ragged garment. Read four rak’as of prayer and recite in it whatever is easy of the QURAN, and be submissive in your endeavour. When you finish your prayer, cast off your clothes and put on the ragged garment, and put your right cheek on the earth.

Then say in supplication, humbly, and submissively:

بِابْتِهَالٍ وَ تَضَرُّعٍ وَ خُشُوعٍ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَرِيبُ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اكْشِفْ مَا بِي مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَ أَلْبِسْنِي الْعَافِيَةَ الْكَافِيَةَ الشَّافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِتَمَامِ النِّعْمَةِ وَ أَذْهِبْ مَا بِي فَقَدْ آذَانِي وَ غَمَّنِي

‘O Single, O the One^-azwj, O Noble, O Compassionate, O Omnipotent, O Near, O Responder, O Most Merciful of the merciful, bless Muhammad^-saww and the family^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, and Remove what is in me of illness, and clothe me with well-being, sufficient and healing, in this world and the next. Bestow on me all the blessings and remove what is in me for it has troubled and distressed me.’”

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْفَعُكَ حَتَّى لَا يُخَالِجَ فِي قَلْبِكَ خِلَافُهُ وَ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ يَنْفَعُكَ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ مَا أَمَرَهُ‏ بِهِ جَعْفَرٌ الصَّادِقُ ع قَالَ فَعُوفِيَ مِنْهَا.

Then Abu ‘Abd Alllah^-asws said to him: “Know that it will not benefit you until there is no conflict against it in your heart, and you know that it will benefit you.”’ He [Ibn Sinan] said: ‘The man did as Jafar al-Sadiq^-asws instructed him, and he was cured of it.’[220]

For a Swelling in the Body

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ لِكُلِّ وَرَمٍ فِي الْجَسَدِ يَخَافُ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَئُولَ إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَهَا فَاقْرَأْهَا وَ أَنْتَ طَاهِرٌ وَ إِذَا أَعْدَدْتَ وُضُوءَكَ لِصَلَاةِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَعَوِّذْ بِهَا وَرَمَكَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ دُبُرَهَا وَ هِيَ

Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn al-Walid narrated from his cousin Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Walid from ‘Ali Ibn Asbat from al-Hakam Ibn Sulayman from Maysar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah Al-Sadiq^-asws has said: ‘This verse is for every swelling in the body for which a man is afraid to resort to anything [else]. When you are in a state of purity. When you have performed the ablution for the obligatory prayer, seek protection with it [the verse] from your swelling before the prayer and meditate on it. The verses are:

‏ لَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُتَصَدِّعًا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ {21}

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ۖ هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ {22}

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ {23}

هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ {24}

If We had sent down this QURAN upon a mountain, thou wouldst have seen it humbled, split asunder out of the fear of God… until the end of the sura (59:21-4).

إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَا حُدَّ لَكَ سَكَنَ الْوَرَمُ.

If you do that according to what has been mentioned to you, the swelling will subside.’[221]

Panic during Sleep

أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً يَكْثُرُ فَزَعُهَا فِي الْمَنَامِ وَ رُبَّمَا اشْتَدَّ بِهَا الْحَالُ فَلَا تَهْدَأُ يَأْخُذُهَا حرز [خَدَرٌ] فِي عَضُدِهَا وَ قَدْ رَآهَا بَعْضُ مَنْ يُعَالِجُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ بِهَا مَسٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَيْسَ يُمْكِنُ عِلَاجُهَا فَقَالَ ع مُرْهَا بِالْفَصْدِ وَ خُذْ لَهَا مَاءَ الشِّبِتِّ الْمَطْبُوخِ بِالْعَسَلِ وَ تُسْقَى ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُعَافِيهَا قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَعُوفِيَتْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Abu ‘Ubayda Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Ubayd narrated from Abu Muhammad Ibn ‘Ubayd from Al-Nasr Ibn Suwayd from Maysar from

Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Sadiq^-asws that a man said to him^-asws: ‘O son of Rasool Allah^-asws, I have a bondmaid who is often in a panic during sleep. Sometimes the condition becomes more severe so that she does not calm down. An amulet (al-hirz) has been fastened to her arm and someone has seen her to cure her and said that she has been touched by the jinn and it is not possible to treat her.’

He^-asws [al-Sadiq] said: ‘Instruct her to open a blood vessel and give her dill (al-shabath) water cooked with honey to drink for three days. Allah^-azwj, the Exalted will Restore her to health.’ He [the man] said: ‘I did that and she was cured, by the Will of Allah^-azwj, the Mighty and Sublime.’[222]

Insane and those Afflicted with the Falling Sickness:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع‏:أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ بُخُورَ مَرْيَمَ لِأُمِّ وَلَدٍ لَهُ وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ نَافِعٌ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْأَرْوَاحِ مِنَ الْمَسِّ وَ الْخَبَلِ وَ الْجُنُونِ وَ الْمَصْرُوعِ وَ الْمَأْخُوذِ وَ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ نَافِعٌ مُجَرَّبٌ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِتَأْخُذْ لُبَاناً أَوْ سَنْدَرُوساً وَ بُزَاقَ الْفَمِ وَ كُورَ سَنْدَرِيٍّ و قُشُورَ الْحَنْظَلِ و مُرَّ مري [بَرِّيٍ‏] وَ كبريت [كِبْرِيتاً] أَبْيَضَ كَسَرْتَ دَاخِلَ الْمُقْلِ وَ سُعْدَ يَمَانِيٍّ وَ يكسر [يَكْثُرُ] فِيهِ مُرٌّ وَ شَعْرَ قُنْفُذٍ مَشْبُوثٍ بِقَطِرَانٍ شَامِيٍّ قَدْرَ ثَلَاثِ قَطَرَاتٍ تَجْمَعُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَ يُصْنَعُ بُخُوراً فَإِنَّهُ جَيِّدٌ نَافِعٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Muhammad Ibn Jafar Ibn Mihran narrated from Ahmad Ibn Hammad from:

Abu Jafar al-Baqir^-asws that he^-asws had prescribed cyclamen (bukhur maryam) for his bondmaid and said that it was beneficial for everything caused by the spirits such as possession (al-mass), mental disorder, madness, the falling sickness, ensnarement, etc.. It is beneficial and has been proved, by the will of the Exalted.

He^-asws said: ‘Take storax or sanadarch (sandarus) and saliva (bazaq) from the mouth, Sandari false bdellium (kur sandari), the bark of the colocynth (qushur al-hanzal), marmari, white sulphur (kibrit abyad), a fragment inside the muql, and Yamani sweet cyperus (sud Yamani). Break into it three drops of myrrh and ‘porcupine hair’ (shar qanfadh) mixed with Syrian liquid pitch (qitran shami). Put it all together and create vapours (bukhar). It is good and beneficial, Allah^-azwj the Exalted Willing.’[223]

Cure for a Scared Person

و عن الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها و جعلها في إناء زجاج ضيق الرأس نظيف، و جعلها في منزله كثر خيره، و يرى الخيرات في منامه، كما يرى أهله في منزله، و إذا كتبت على حائط البيت منعت طوارقه و حرست ما فيه، و إذا شربها الخائف أمن بإذن الله تعالى».

And from Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘The one who writes it (Chapter 19) and makes it to be in a clean glass container with a narrow head, and makes it to be in his house would get abundant goodness, and he would see goodness in his dreams, just as he sees his family in his home. And when it is written upon a wall of the house, it would prevent its violation and fortify whatever is in it. And when it’s (water) is drunk by the scared (person), he would be secure by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[224]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أمن من عذاب الله تعالى، و سقاه الله من برد الشراب يوم القيامة، و من قرأها عند مواجهة أعدائه انحرفوا عنه و سلم منهم و لم يضروه».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (79), would be safe from the Punishment of Allah^-azwj the High, and would be quenched from a cold drink on the Day of Judgement. And the one who recites it during a confrontation with his enemies, they would divert themselves away from it, and he would be safe from them, and they will not harm him’.^[225]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها و هو مواجه أعداءه لم يبصروه، و انحرفوا عنه، و من قرأها و هو داخل على أحد يخافه نجا منه و أمن بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it (79), and he is in confrontation with his enemies will not be harmed from them, and they would divert away from him. And the one who recites it when he is coming up to anyone whom he fears, would be rescued from him, and would be safe by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[226]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة، كتب أنه ليس من المشركين بالله، و من قرأها في محاكمة بينه و بين أحد قواه الله على خصمه و ظفر به».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said; ‘The one who recites this Chapter (77), it would be written that he is not from those ‘المشركين بالله’ who associate others with Allah^-azwj. And the one who recites this in a trial between him and anyone, Allah^-azwj would Strengthen him against his opponent and Make him victorious’.^[227]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأها و هو في محاكمة عند قاض أو وال، نصره الله على خصمه».

And the Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites it whilst he is in the presence of a judge or a ruler, Allah^-azwj would Help against his opponent’.^[228]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة دفع الله عنه موت الفجأة، و من قرأها و دخل على سلطان يخاف بأسه، كفاه الله شره».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Surah (Al-Taghabun-chapter 64), Allah^-azwj would Repel from him the sudden death. The one who recites it and comes up to an authority and he is fearful of him and is distressed, Allah^-azwj would Suffice him from its evil’.^[229]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من كتبها و علقها عليه و هو في الحرب لم يصبه سهم و لا حديد، و كان قوي القلب في طلب القتال، و إن قرئت على موضع فيه حديد خرج من وقته من غير ألم».

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who writes it, and attaches it (Amulet), and he was in the war, neither an arrow nor iron would hit him, and he would be strong of heart in seeking the battle. And if it is recited upon a place in which there is iron (battle), he would come out immediately from the midst of the difficulty’.^[230]

Prayers to Overcome Laziness:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَ هَذَا شَهْرُ الصِّيَامِ وَ هَذَا شَهْرُ الْإِنَابَةِ وَ هَذَا شَهْرُ التَّوْبَةِ وَ هَذَا شَهْرُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ هَذَا شَهْرُ الْعِتْقِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ اللَّهُمَّ فَسَلِّمْهُ لِي وَ تَسَلَّمْهُ مِنِّي وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ بِأَفْضَلِ عَوْنِكَ وَ وَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِطَاعَتِكَ وَ فَرِّغْنِي فِيهِ لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَ دُعَائِكَ وَ تِلَاوَةِ كِتَابِكَ وَ أَعْظِمْ لِي فِيهِ الْبَرَكَةَ وَ أَحْسِنْ لِي فِيهِ الْعَاقِبَةَ وَ أَصِحَّ لِي فِيهِ بَدَنِي وَ أَوْسِعْ فِيهِ رِزْقِي وَ اكْفِنِي فِيهِ مَا أَهَمَّنِي وَ اسْتَجِبْ لِي فِيهِ دُعَائِي وَ بَلِّغْنِي فِيهِ رَجَائِي اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنِّي فِيهِ النُّعَاسَ وَ الْكَسَلَ وَ السَّأْمَةَ وَ الْفَتْرَةَ وَ الْقَسْوَةَ وَ الْغَفْلَةَ وَ الْغِرَّةَ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي فِيهِ الْعِلَلَ وَ الْأَسْقَامَ وَ الْهُمُومَ وَ الْأَحْزَانَ وَ الْأَعْرَاضَ وَ الْأَمْرَاضَ وَ الْخَطَايَا وَ الذُّنُوبَ وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّي فِيهِ السُّوءَ وَ الْفَحْشَاءَ وَ الْجَهْدَ وَ الْبَلَاءَ وَ التَّعَبَ وَ الْعَنَاءَ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِذْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَ هَمْزِهِ وَ لَمْزِهِ وَ نَفْثِهِ وَ نَفْخِهِ وَ وَسْوَاسِهِ وَ كَيْدِهِ وَ مَكْرِهِ وَ حِيَلِهِ وَ أَمَانِيِّهِ وَ خُدَعِهِ وَ غُرُورِهِ وَ فِتْنَتِهِ وَ رَجْلِهِ وَ شَرَكِهِ وَ أَعْوَانِهِ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِ وَ أَخْدَانِهِ وَ أَشْيَاعِهِ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ شُرَكَائِهِ وَ جَمِيعِ كَيْدِهِمْ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ تَمَامَ صِيَامِهِ وَ بُلُوغَ الْأَمَلِ فِي قِيَامِهِ وَ اسْتِكْمَالَ مَا يُرْضِيكَ فِيهِ صَبْراً وَ إِيمَاناً وَ يَقِيناً وَ احْتِسَاباً ثُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا بِالْأَضْعَافِ الْكَثِيرَةِ وَ الْأَجْرِ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ الْجِدَّ وَ الِاجْتِهَادَ وَ الْقُوَّةَ وَ النَّشَاطَ وَ الْإِنَابَةَ وَ التَّوْبَةَ وَ الرَّغْبَةَ وَ الرَّهْبَةَ وَ الْجَزَعَ وَ الرِّقَّةَ وَ صِدْقَ اللِّسَانِ وَ الْوَجَلَ مِنْكَ وَ الرَّجَاءَ لَكَ وَ التَّوَكُّلَ عَلَيْكَ وَ الثِّقَةَ بِكَ وَ الْوَرَعَ عَنْ مَحَارِمِكَ بِصَالِحِ الْقَوْلِ وَ مَقْبُولِ السَّعْيِ وَ مَرْفُوعِ الْعَمَلِ وَ مُسْتَجَابِ الدُّعَاءِ وَ لَا تَحُلْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِعَرَضٍ وَ لَا مَرَضٍ وَ لَا هَمٍّ وَ لَا غَمٍّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Husayn from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Asbat from ‘Abd aI-Rahman ibn Bashir from certain individuals of his people who has said:

(Imam) Ali^-asws Ibn Al-Husayn^-saww would say this prayer every day during the month of Ramadan:

‘Our Allah ^-azwj, this is the month of Ramadan and the month of fasting. It is the month of prayer and repentance. It is the month of forgiveness and mercy. It is the month of freedom from hellfire, and the month to gain Paradise. Our Allah^-azwj, Give it to me and accept it from me, Help me in it with the best of Your^-azwj Help. Grant me the opportunity during this month to obey You^-azwj. Provide me with time to worship You^-azwj, pray to You^-azwj and recite Your^-azwj Book. Grant me in this month great blessings, good consequences, good health to my body and abundant sustenance. (Our Allah^-azwj) Suffice me in what is important to me, Accept my prayers and make my wishes come true.

Our Allah^-azwj, remove from me during this month slumbering, laziness, lack of interest, lack of energy, hard heartedness, negligence and being deceived. Our Allah^-azwj, Protect me from illnesses, disease, anxiety, sadness, incidents, sicknesses, mistakes and sins. Keep away from me evil things, disgrace, strenuousness, misfortune, tiredness and exhaustion; You hear all prayers, Our Allah^-azwj, Grant me protection against Satan, the condemned one by stoning, and against his temptations and whispers, evil words and expressions, seductions, evil plans, cunning and wicked devices, false hopes, deceptions, misleading, chaotic deeds of his helpers on foot, his partners, helpers, followers, friends, his associates, friends, companions, and all of his evil plans. Our Allah^-azwj, Grant me the opportunity to complete fasting therein, to achieve my wishes to worship during the nights therein, to complete what will Please You^-azwj. Grant me patience, belief, certainty and expectation of good rewards from You^-azwj during this month. Accept this from us with many multiples and great reward. Our Allah^-azwj, Grant me the ability to strive, to work hard with energy and vitality, to pray wholeheartedly, to repent with interest and fear, to express great concerns tender heartedly with truthfulness and fear of You^-azwj and having hope in You^-azwj, to leave matters with You^-azwj and trust You^-azwj. (Our Allah^-azwj, Help us to) refrain (stay away from sins) from prohibited matters with virtuous words, accepted efforts, high degree deeds, and accepted prayers; do not allow anything to come between us and any such matters in the form of incidents, illnesses, anxieties, and sadness through Your^-azwj Mercy, Our most Merciful and most Beneficent.”^[231]

الْفَقِيهُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَ الْحَزَنِ وَ الْعَجْزِ وَ الْكَسَلِ وَ الْبُخْلِ وَ الْجُبْنِ وَ ضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَ غَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ وَ بَوَارِ الْأَيِّمِ وَ الْغَفْلَةِ وَ الزَّلَّةِ وَ الْقَسْوَةِ وَ الْعَيْلَةِ وَ الْمَسْكَنَةِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَ مِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَ مِنْ عَيْنٍ لَا تَدْمَعُ وَ مِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ تُشَيِّبُنِي قَبْلَ أَوَانِ مَشِيبِي وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ يَكُونُ عَلَيَّ رَبّاً وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ مَالٍ يَكُونُ عَلَيَّ عَذَاباً وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ صَاحِبِ خَدِيعَةٍ إِنْ رَأَى حَسَنَةً دَفَنَهَا وَ إِنْ رَأَى سَيِّئَةً أَفْشَاهَا اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ لِفَاجِرٍ عَلَيَّ يَداً وَ لَا مِنَّةً

It has been narrated through an authentic chain of narrators, by Hafas ibn Al-Bakhtari who says:

I heard Rasool Allah^-saww reciting after the dawn prayer:

Our Allah^-azwj I seek refuge with You^-azwj from the worries, the sadness, the inability, the laziness, the stinginess, the cowardice, the burden of debt, the suppression of the men, the lack of happiness and inattentiveness and the slip and the cruelty, the poverty, the stinginess and I seek refuge with you from a same that is not full and from a heart that doesn’t submit and from an eye that doesn’t shed tears and from a lack of prayer and from that prayer which is not heard and is wasted and I seek refuge with You^-azwj from a woman that ages before the time of my old age and I seek refuge by You^-azwj from a boy who rebels (the Instructions of my) Lord^-azwj and I seek refuge by You^-azwj from a money which (takes me to the path) of Punishment and I seek refuge with You^-azwj from a deceiver (owner of deception) who, when he sees goodness, buries it ( Conceals it) and when sees vice, reveals it, O Lord^-azwj do not make a dissolute (licentious person) to have control and strength.^[232]

Acidity:

عَنْهُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ بَعْضِ الْوَاسِطِيِّينَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ رُطُوبَةً فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَفَّ السَّعْتَرَ عَلَى الرِّيقِ .

From him, from Musa Bin Al-Hassan, from Ali Bin Suleyman, from some of the middle-men,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan^-asws, that he complained to him^-asws of moisture (acidity), so he^-asws ordered him that he should eat the thyme upon the empty stomach’.^[233]

Cupping:

الْحَارِثُ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَحْتَجِمُ فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع عَنِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِحِجَامَةِ الْكَاهِلِ.

Al-Harith, the son of Al-Harith Al-A’war Al-Hamdani, has narrated from Sa’id Ibn Mohammed, who from Abu Basir, who said:

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said:  The Prophet^-saww would be cupped in the lateral parts of the neck (al-akhdaan), so Jibrail^-as brought him^-saww (the Message) from Allah^-azwj, regarding cupping at the base of the neck.[234]

الْخَضِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَوَارِينِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْذَعِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَحْتَجِمُ بِثَلَاثٍ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهَا فِي الرَّأْسِ يُسَمِّيهَا الْمُتَقَدِّمَةَ وَ وَاحِدَةٌ بَيْنَ الْكَتِفَيْنِ يُسَمِّيهَا النَّافِعَةَ وَ وَاحِدَةٌ بَيْنَ الْوَرِكَيْنِ يُسَمِّيهَا الْمُعِينَةَ.

In another Hadith, Imam Abu Abd Allah^-asws says: Rasool Allah^-saww would be cupped in three places; one of them is in the head, which he called the ‘al-mutaqaddima’; one between the shoulders, called ‘al-naf’a’ and one in the lower waist area called ‘al-muayyana.[235]

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرَع يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏:الْحِجَامَةُ فِي الرَّأْسِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ.

(Also from various narrators) or Ahmad bin Muhammad from abu Muhammad bin Khalid from Abdullah bin Bukair from Zurara bin A’yun who heard Imam Muhammad Baqir^-asws saying that Rasool Allah^-saww said:  Cupping in the head is a healing for every illness except the poison.[236]

الحجامة تصح البدن و تشد العقل

(Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws says in his 400 golden rules for living) – Cupping[237] recovers the body and strengthens the mind.[238]

توقوا الحجامة يوم الأربعاء و يوم الجمعة فإن الأربعاء نحس مستمر و فيه خلقت جهنم و في يوم الجمعة ساعة لا يحتجم فيه أحد إلا مات

(Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws says in his 400 golden rules for living) – Avoid cupping on Wednesdays and Fridays. One of the hours of Wednesdays is continuous ill omen. Besides, Hell was created on a Wednesday. Likewise, he whoever applies cupping in a definite hour on Fridays will surely die.[239]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) مَا يَقُولُ مَنْ قِبَلَكُمْ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ قُلْتُ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهَا عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهَا عَلَى الطَّعَامِ قَالَ لَا هِيَ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ أَدَرُّ لِلْعُرُوقِ وَ أَقْوَى لِلْبَدَنِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hajjaal, from Sa’albat Bin Maymoun, from Ammaar Al-Sabaty who said:

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘What are they saying in front of you with regards to cupping?’ I said, ‘They are alleging that it is better upon an empty stomach than after a meal’. He^-asws said: ‘No, it makes the blood to flow more after a meal, and is strengthening for the body’.^[240]

عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ اقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ احْتَجِمْ أَيَّ يَوْمٍ شِئْتَ وَ تَصَدَّقْ وَ اخْرُجْ أَيَّ يَوْمٍ شِئْتَ.

From him, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Al-Hajjaaj, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘Recite the Verse of the Throne (Aayat Al-Kursy), and get cupping done on whichever day you like to, and give charity, and go out on whichever day you like’.^[241]

Types of Treatments and the Cupping:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ لَا تَحْتَجِمُوا فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مَعَ الزَّوَالِ فَإِنَّ مَنِ احْتَجَمَ مَعَ الزَّوَالِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Do not get cupping done during the day of Friday noon time, for the one who gets cupping done at noon during the day of Friday, if something were to happen to him, so he should not blame (anyone) except for himself’.[242]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُعَتِّبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ الدَّوَاءُ أَرْبَعَةٌ السَّعُوطُ وَ الْحِجَامَةُ وَ النُّورَةُ وَ الْحُقْنَةُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Abu Salma, from Mo’tab, who has narrated:

Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The medical cures are four – The inhalation, and the cupping, and the hair removal (Al-Noura), and the enema’.[243]

Cure for White Spots:

عنه، عن أبى يوسف، عن يحيى بن المبارك، عن أبى الصباح الكنانى، عن أبى عبد الله (ع) قال: السويق الجاف يذهب بالبياض.

From him, from Abu Yusuf, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abu Al Sabah Al Kanany

Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘Dry Al-Suweyq takes away the whiteness (albino)’.^[244]

Cure of Fever with Sugar:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ كَامِلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام) فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ سَاهِمَ الْوَجْهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ بِي حُمَّى الرِّبْعِ فَقَالَ مَا [ذَا] يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْمُبَارَكِ الطَّيِّبِ اسْحَقِ السُّكَّرَ ثُمَّ امْخُضْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَ اشْرَبْهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ وَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَمَا عَادَتْ إِلَيَّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Kamil Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Ju’fy who said:

My father narrated to me that he came up to Abu Abdullah^-asws who^-asws said; ‘Why is it that I^-asws see you with a grim face?’ So I said, ‘I have fever’. So he^-asws said: ‘What prevents you from the blessed and good. Take the sugar and dissolve it in the water and drink it on an empty stomach, and during the evening’. He said, ‘I did that, so it (fever) did not return to me’.^[245]

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ بِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تُعَالِجُونَ مَحْمُومَكُمْ إِذَا حُمَّ قَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَذِهِ الْأَدْوِيَةِ الْمُرَّةِ بَسْفَايَجٍ وَ الْغَافِثِ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُبْرِئَ بِالْمُرِّ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُبْرِئَ بِالْحُلْوِ

From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ja’far Bin Yahya Al Khazai’e, from Al Husayn Bin Al Hassan, from Aasim Bin Yunus, from a man, who has narrated:

Abu Abdullah^-asws has said to a man: ‘With what thing do you cure your sick when they have fever?’ He said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Keep you well, by these bitter medicines – by Safaayaj, and Al-Ghafas, and similar to these’. So he^-asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj, the One Who^-azwj has the Power to Free (Cure) with the bitter (medication) also has the Power to Free (Cure) with the sweet’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا حُمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْخُذْ إِنَاءً نَظِيفاً فَيَجْعَلَ فِيهِ سُكَّرَةً وَ نِصْفاً ثُمَّ يَقْرَأَ عَلَيْهِ مَا حَضَرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثُمَّ يَضَعَهَا تَحْتَ النُّجُومِ وَ يَجْعَلَ عَلَيْهَا حَدِيدَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ فِي الْغَدَاةِ صَبَّ عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ وَ مَرَسَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ شَرِبَهُ فَإِذَا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ زَادَهُ سُكَّرَةً أُخْرَى فَصَارَتْ سُكَّرَتَيْنِ وَ نِصْفاً فَإِذَا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ زَادَهُ سُكَّرَةً أُخْرَى فَصَارَتْ ثَلَاثَ سُكَّرَاتٍ وَ نِصْفاً.

Then said: ‘If one of you has fever, so he should take a clean container, and place sugar in it, then recite over it what he knows from the Quran. Then he should place it underneath the stars (at night in the open), and place iron in it. So when it is the morning, pour some water on it and mix it with his hand, then drink it. So when it is the second night, increase another (piece of) sugar in it so it becomes two and a half times as much. So when it is the third night, increase another (piece of) sugar so it become three and a half times as much’.^[246]

Cure for Fits and Poison:

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأها أعطاه الله توبة نصوحا، و من قرأها على ملسوع شفاه الله و لم يمش السم فيه، و إن كتبت و رش ماؤها على مصروع احترق شيطانه».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites it (Chapter 66), Allah^-azwj would Grant him the sincere repentance. And the one who recites it upon the bitten one, Allah^-azwj would Heal him and the poison would not flow into him. And if it is written and its water sprinkled upon the epileptic person, it would incinerate its devils (The fit would go away)’.[247]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها على المريض سكنته، و من قرأها على الرجفان بردته، و من قرأها على المصروع تفيقه، و من قرأها على السهران تنومه، و إن أدمن في قراءتها من كان عليه دين كثير لم يبق شي‏ء بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites (Chapter 66) upon a patient, it would settle him. And the one who recites it upon the trembling, it would cool it down. And the one who recites it upon the epileptic, it would wake him up. And the one who recites it upon the vigilant, it would put him to sleep. And the habitual recitation of it by the one who is heavily in debt, nothing of it would remain, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj the High’.[248]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة كان ممن يقال له يوم القيامة: يا عباد الله، لا خوف عليكم و لا أنتم تحزنون. و من كتبها و شربها لم يحتج إلى دواء يصيبه لمرض، و إذا رش بمائها مصروع أفاق من صرعته، و احترق شيطانه، بإذن الله تعالى».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from Rasool-Allah^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (43) would be from the ones to whom it would be Said on the Day of Judgement: “O servants of Allah^-azwj! There is no fear for you nor will you be grieving!” And the one who writes is and drinks (its water), would not be needy of medication when struck by illness. And if its water is sprinkled upon an epileptic, he would come round from his fit, and it would burn its devil, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[249]

Cure for Every Illness:

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ دَفَعَتْ إِلَيَّ امْرَأَةٌ غَزْلًا فَقَالَتِ ادْفَعْهُ بِمَكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ وَ أَنَا أَعْرِفُهُمْ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَعْطَتْنِي غَزْلًا وَ أَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ بِمَكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِ بِهِ عَسَلًا وَ زَعْفَرَاناً وَ خُذْ طِينَ قَبْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ اعْجِنْهُ بِمَاءِ السَّمَاءِ وَ اجْعَلْ فِيهِ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ وَ فَرِّقْهُ عَلَى الشِّيعَةِ لِيُدَاوُوا بِهِ مَرْضَاهُمْ .

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from one of our companions who said,

‘A woman handed over some yarn to me and she said, ‘Hand it over at Makkah for the covering of the Kaaba to be spun with it’. But, I dislike that I should hand it over to the guards (of the Kaaba), and I knew them. So when I came to Al Medina I went over to Abu Ja’far^-asws, so I said to him^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! A woman gave me some yarn and instructed me that I hand it over at Makkah for the covering of the Kabah to be spun with it. But I disliked to hand it over to the guards’. So he^-asws said: ‘Buy some honey with it, and saffron, and take some clay from the grave of Abu Abdullah^-asws (Imam Husayn^-asws), and knead it with water of the sky (rain), and make something from the honey and the saffron to be in it, and distribute it upon the Shiah for them to heal their sick ones with it’.[250]

Giving-Up Intoxicants

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «و من كتبها و علقها على من يشرب الخمر، يبغضه و لم يقر به أبدا». و في رواية أخرى: «و لم يذكره أبدا».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘And the one who writes it (Chapter 23) and attaches it (Amulet) upon the one who drinks the wine, he would come to hate it and would never recognise it at all’. And in another report: ‘And he would never mention it ever’.^[251]

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها ليلا في خرقة بيضاء، و علقها على من يشرب النبيذ، لم يشربه أبدا، و يبغض الشراب بإذن الله».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one writes it (Chapter 23) in a white cloth, and attaches it (Amulet) upon the one who drink Al-Nabeez (intoxicating drink), he would never drink it at all, and would hate the drink, by the Permission on Allah^-azwj’.^[252]

Cure for Jaundice

عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ تَغَدَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَأَتَى بِقَطَاةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مُبَارَكٌ وَ كَانَ أَبِي ع يُعْجِبُهُ وَ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَنْ يُطْعَمَ صَاحِبُ الْيَرَقَانِ يُشْوَى لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْفَعُهُ

It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn Mahziyar from who has said:

‘I once had lunch with Abu Jafar^-asws and sand grouse was brought. The Imam^-asws said, ‘It is blessed; my^-asws father^-asws liked it and would instruct to feed roasted to one who suffers from jaundice; it benefits him.’^[253]

Cure of Lice:

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة و حفظها، لم يكن حسابه يوم القيامة إلا بمقدار سورة مكتوبة، حتى يدخل الجنة، و من كتبها و علقها عليه لم يقربه قمل، و زادت فيه قوة عظيمة».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (78) and memorises it, he will not be Reckoned with on the Day of Judgement except by the measurement of the writing of the Chapter, until he enters the Paradise. And the one who writes it, and attaches it (Amulet), lice would not come near him, and he would have a great increase in strength’.^[254]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأها و حفظها كان حسابه يوم القيامة بمقدار صلاة واحدة، و من كتبها و علقها عليه لم يقربه قمل، و زادت فيه قوة و هيبة عظيمة».

And the Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites it would be Reckoned with on the Day of Judgement by the measurement of one Prayer. And the one who writes it and attaches it (Amulet), lice would not come near him, and he would have an increase in his strength and dignity’.^[255]

Cure from sickness:

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأ هذه السورة برى‏ء من الشرك و النفاق في الدين، و إن قرئت على عليل أو على وجيع شفاه الله تعالى».

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (63) would be free from the polytheism (الشرك) and the hypocrisy in the Religion. And if it is recited upon the sick or upon a pain, Allah^-azwj the High would Heal it’.[256]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها على الأرمد خفف الله عنه و أزاله، و من قرأها على الأوجاع الباطنة سكنتها، و تزول بقدرة الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it upon the sore eyes, Allah^-azwj would Soften it and Cure it. And the one who recites it upon the internal aches, they would settled down and eased by the Power of Allah^-azwj the High’.[257]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة برى‏ء من النفاق و الشك في الدين، و إن قرئت على الدماميل أزالتها، و إن قرئت على الأوجاع الباطنة سكنتها».

And from Khawas Al Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (63) would be free from the hypocrisy and the doubt in the Religion. And if it is recited upon the boil, it would recede. And if it is recited upon the inner aches, it would settle down’.[258]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأ هذه السورة برى‏ء من الشرك و النفاق في الدين، و إن قرئت على عليل أو على وجيع شفاه الله تعالى».

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (63) would be free from the polytheism (الشرك) and the hypocrisy in the Religion. And if it is recited upon the sick or upon a pain, Allah^-azwj the High would Heal it’.[259]

Cure for Scorpion’s Bite:

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من أدمن في قراءتها، و هو معتقل، سهل الله خروجه، و لو كان ما كان عليه من الحدود  الواجبة و إذا أدمن في قراءتها و هو مسافر، أمن في سفره مما يكره و إذا رش بمائها على لدغ العقرب، برئت بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who is habitual in its (Chapter 52) recitation, and he is a detained, Allah^-azwj would Ease his release, even if the Limits (of the Law) had been obligated upon him. And when he is habitual in its recitation, and his is on a journey, would be safe in his journey whatever he dislikes. And if its water is sprinkled upon the bite of a scorpion, it would be healed by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[260]

Cure for Boil or Sick Person and Hypocrisy

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة برى‏ء من النفاق و الشك في الدين، و إن قرئت على الدماميل أزالتها، و إن قرئت على الأوجاع الباطنة سكنتها».

And from Khawas Al Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (63) would be free from the hypocrisy and the doubt in the Religion. And if it is recited upon the boil, it would recede. And if it is recited upon the inner aches, it would settle down’.[261]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأ هذه السورة برى‏ء من الشرك و النفاق في الدين، و إن قرئت على عليل أو على وجيع شفاه الله تعالى».

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (63) would be free from the polytheism (الشرك) and the hypocrisy in the Religion. And if it is recited upon the sick or upon a pain, Allah^-azwj the High would Heal it’.[262]

Diarrhoea Relief:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ مَرِضْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَانْطَلَقَ بَطْنِي فَوَصَفَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) سَوِيقَ الْجَاوَرْسِ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ سَوِيقَ الْجَاوَرْسِ وَ أَشْرَبَهُ بِمَاءِ الْكَمُّونِ فَفَعَلْتُ فَأَمْسَكَ بَطْنِي وَ عُوفِيتُ .

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from one of our companions, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer who said,

‘I fell sick at Al-Medina, so my stomach went (diarrhoea), so Abu Abdullah^-asws prescribed for me Al-Suweyq of the finger-millet and instructed me that I should take Al-Suweyq of the finger-millet and drink it with water of cumin. So I did it and my belly retained, and I regained health’.^[263]

Cure from Rain Water:

محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن القاسم بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): اشربوا ماء السماء فإنه يطهر البدن و يدفع الأسقام، قال الله عز و جل: وَ يُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ بِهِ وَ يُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطانِ وَ لِيَرْبِطَ عَلى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَ يُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدامَ».

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al Hassan Bin Rashid, from Abu Baseer,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: ‘Drink the water of the sky for it cleanses the body and repels the sicknesses. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says [8:11] and Sent down upon you water from the sky that He might thereby Purify you, and Take away from you the uncleanness of the Satan, and that He might Fortify your hearts and Steady (your) footsteps thereby’.[264]

Duwa for Sore Eyes, Eman, Risk, and Marifat:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ كُنْتُ كَثِيراً مَا أَشْتَكِي عَيْنِي فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ ع فَقَالَ أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكَ دُعَاءً لِدُنْيَاكَ وَ آخِرَتِكَ وَ بَلَاغاً لِوَجَعِ عَيْنَيْكَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ تَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ الْفَجْرِ وَ دُبُرِ الْمَغْرِبِ

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father who from ibn abu Umayr, who from Muhammad al-Jufi, who from his father, who said:

I often complained about my eyes and once I mentioned it to Abu Abd Allah^-asws (Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq^-asws) and Imam^-asws said: Should I teach you a supplication that will be for the good for your worldly life as well as for the Hereafter and a cure for your eyes?  I said, yes, please (enlighten me).

Imam^-asws said recite after the Fajr and after the Maghrib (after offering prayers at these times), and say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْكَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اجْعَلِ النُّورَ فِي بَصَرِي وَ الْبَصِيرَةَ فِي دِينِي وَ الْيَقِينَ فِي قَلْبِي وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ فِي عَمَلِي وَ السَّلَامَةَ فِي نَفْسِي وَ السَّعَةَ فِي رِزْقِي وَ الشُّكْرَ لَكَ أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي

‘Ya Allah^-azwj, I plead before You^-azwj through the rights of Mohameed^-saww and Alay Mohammed^-asws with You^-azwj to Give ‘النُّورَ’ (Light) to my eyes, and brighten-up my heart with ‘Deen’ and ‘الْيَقِينَ’ certainty in my heart (with Eman) and give sincerity in my actions and protect my ‘Nafs’ (from indulgence in sins), and increase my sustenance.  And bless me with the ability to thank You^-azwj as long as I live.[265]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ مَوْلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَلْقَى مِنْ رَمَدِ عَيْنَيْهِ أَذًى قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ كُحْلِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) جُزْءُ كَافُورٍ رَبَاحِيٍّ وَ جُزْءُ صَبِرٍ أُصْقُوطْرَى يُدَقَّانِ جَمِيعاً وَ يُنْخَلَانِ بِحَرِيرَةٍ يُكْتَحَلُ مِنْهُ مِثْلَ مَا يُكْتَحَلُ مِنَ الْإِثْمِدِ الْكَحْلَةُ فِي الشَّهْرِ تَحْدُرُ كُلَّ دَاءٍ فِي الرَّأْسِ وَ تُخْرِجُهُ مِنَ الْبَدَنِ قَالَ فَكَانَ يَكْتَحِلُ بِهِ فَمَا اشْتَكَى عَيْنَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Suleym the slave of Ali Bin Yaqteen, who has said:

He said: ‘I had conjunctivitis in my eye, which hurt. ‘Abu Al-Hassan^-asws wrote to me about it initiating from himself^-asws; ‘What is preventing you from applying the application of Abu Ja’far^-asws, a part of Rabahiyya Camphor, Aloe of Asqutry, crushed together and sifted by silk. You should apply from it like the application from the powder, once in a month. It would chase away every illness in the head and exit it from the body’. He said, ‘He used to apply it, and had no complaints for his eyes until death’.[266]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها عند نزول الغيث، غفر الله له بكل قطرة تقطر، و قراءتها على العين يقوي نظرها، و يزول الرمد و الغشاوة بقدرة الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it (82) during the fall of the rain, Allah^-azwj would Forgive him for every drop which drops. And if recited it upon the eyes, it would strengthen the vision, and conjunctivitis and blurred vision would disappear by the Power of Allah^-azwj’.[267]

روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعاذه الله من الفضيحة يوم القيامة حين تنشر صحيفته، و ينظر إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) و هو آمن، و من قرأها على أرمد العين أو مطروفها  أبرأها بإذن الله عز و جل».

And it has been reported from the Prophet^-saww: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (81), it would Invoke Allah^-azwj not to Expose him on the Day of Judgement when his book is published, and he would look towards the Prophet^-saww and he would be secure. And the one who recites it upon the infection of the eye or eyelid, he would be free from it by the Permission of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.[268]

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها في إناء و محاها بماء المطر، و سحق بذلك الماء كحلا، و تكحل به من في عينه بياض أو رمد، زال عنه ذلك الوجع، و لم يرمد بها أبدا، و إن تعذر الكحل فليغسل عينيه بذلك الماء، يزول عنه الرمد بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who writes it in a container, and wipes it with the rain water, and mixes Kohl with that water, and applies it to the whiteness of his eyes or conjunctivitis, that pain would go away from him, and he would never have conjunctivitis ever and if he washes his eyes with the water of that insoluble Kohl, the conjunctivitis would go away from him, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[269]

Cure from Boil, Heart, and Unconsciousness:

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها ليلا و جعلها في حائط أو بستان كثرت بركته و أخضر و أزهر و صار حسنا في وقته، و إن تركت في حائط دكان كثر فى البيع و الشراء و إن كتبت لإنسان فيه الادرة، زال عنه ذلك و برى‏ء».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who writes it (Chapter 40) and makes it to be upon a wall or garden, there would be a lot of Blessings in it, and it would be greener and more flowering, and would become well in its time. And if it is left upon a wall of a shop, there would be a lot of buying and selling. And if it is written for a human being who has swelling in his testicle (الادرة), that would go away and he would be free from it’.

و إن كتبت و علقت على من به دمامل زال عنه ذلك و كذلك للمفروق  يزول عنه الفرق و إذا عجن بمائها دقيق، ثم يبس حتى يصير بمنزلة الكعك، ثم يدق دقا ناعما، و يجعل في إناء ضيق مغطى، فمن احتاج إليه لوجع في فؤاده أو لمغمى عليه، أو لمغشي عليه، أو وجع الكبد أو الطحال، يستف منه، برى‏ء بإذن الله تعالى».

And if it is written and attached (Amulet) upon the one who has abscesses, that would go away, similar to that for the fearful, the fear would go away from him. If its water is kneaded with flour, then left to dry until it becomes like cakes, then hammered into pieces, then made these to be in a container and covered tightly. So the one who needs it for aches in his heart, or for an unconscious person, or for the pains of the liver or the spleen, he should take (eat it) from it. He would be free from it by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[270]

For Chest Pain, Heart and Cold Relief:

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها على الصدر تنفع من ضره، و على الفؤاد تسكنه بإذن الله، و ماؤها ينفع لمن به البرد بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it (Verse 94) upon the chest would benefit from what harms him/her, and have tranquillity on his/her heart by the Permission of Allah^-azwj, and its water (if recited on the water) would benefit the one with the cold, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[271]

ومن (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله بعدد حروفها عشر حسنات و من كتبها في إناء و غسله، و عجن به عجينا ثم سحقه، و أسفه كل من به وجع الفؤاد، زال عنه و برى‏ء بإذن الله تعالى».

And from Khawas Al Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (41), Allah^-azwj would Give him ten Rewards for the number of its letters. And the one who writes it in a container and washes with it, and kneads it with a kneading, then applies it everywhere there is pain of the heart, it would pass away from him, and he would be free from it by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[272]

Relief in Passing Urine:

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من كتبها في إناء و شربها، و كان حصر البول، شفاه الله و سهل الله إخراجه».

And the Rasool-Allah ^-saww said:

‘The one who writes (Verse 94) in a bowl and drinks it, and he had difficulty in passing the urine, Allah^-azwj would Heal him and Ease its exit’.^[273]

Relief from Nose Bleeding:

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْقَنْدِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَ مَعِي أَخِي سَيْفٌ فَأَصَابَ النَّاسُ بِرُعَافٍ فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا رَعَفَ يَوْمَيْنِ مَاتَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ فَإِذَا سَيْفٌ يَرْعُفُ رُعَافاً شَدِيداً فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ يَا زِيَادُ أَطْعِمْ سَيْفاً التُّفَّاحَ فَأَطْعَمْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ فَبَرَأَ .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ziyad Al Qindy who said,

‘I entered Al-Medina and with me was my brother Sayf and the people had been struck with nose-bleed, and it was so that when the man had nose-bleed for two days, he died. So I returned to the house and Sayf had nose-bleed with intense bleeding. So I went over to Abu Abdullah^-asws, so he^-asws said: ‘O Ziyad! Feed Sayf the apple’. So I fed it to him, so he was cured’.[274]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ وَبَاءٌ بِمَكَّةَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ كُلِ التُّفَّاحَ .

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ziyad Bin Marwan who said,

‘The people were struck with plague at Makkah, so I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan^-asws. So he^-asws wrote to me: ‘Eat the apple’.[275]

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ رَعَفْتُ سَنَةً بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابُنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ يُمْسِكُ الرُّعَافَ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اسْقُوهُ سَوِيقَ التُّفَّاحِ فَسَقَوْنِي فَانْقَطَعَ عَنِّي الرُّعَافُ .

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr who said,

‘I had nose-bleed for a year at Al-Medina. So our companions asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about something which could stop the nose-bleed, so he^-asws said to them: ‘Make him drink Suweyq of the apples’. So they made me drink it, and the nose-bleed cut-off from me’.[276]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا أَعْرِفُ لِلسُّمُومِ دَوَاءً أَنْفَعَ مِنْ سَوِيقِ التُّفَّاحِ .

Muhammad Bin yahya, from Muhammad Bin Musa, from one of our companions,

(It has been narrated) raising it to Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws do not know for the toxins, any cure more beneficial that a Suweyq of the apples’.[277]

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا لَسَعَ إِنْسَاناً مِنْ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ حَيَّةٌ أَوْ عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ اسْقُوهُ سَوِيقَ التُّفَّاحِ .

From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yazeed who said,

‘Whenever if a person from the household is stung by a snake or a scorpion, he^-asws said: ‘Make him drink Suweyq of the apples’.[278]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَنْدِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ ذُكِرَ لَهُ الْحُمَّى فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا نَتَدَاوَى إِلَّا بِإِفَاضَةِ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ يُصَبُّ عَلَيْنَا وَ أَكْلِ التُّفَّاحِ .

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Al Qindy, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘The fever was mentioned to him^-asws, so he^-asws said: ‘We^-asws the People^-asws of the Household do not cure it except by the pouring of the cold water upon us (for cooling the external heat) and eating the apple (for cooling the internal heat)’.[279]

Protection from a Disease:

مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يُعَوِّذُ بَعْضَ وُلْدِهِ وَ يَقُولُ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ يَا رِيحُ وَ يَا وَجَعُ كَائِناً مَا كُنْتِ بِالْعَزِيمَةِ الَّتِي عَزَمَ بِهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عَلَى جِنِّ وَادِي الصَّبْرَةِ فَأَجَابُوا وَ أَطَاعُوا لَمَّا أَجَبْتِ وَ أَطَعْتِ وَ خَرَجْتِ عَنِ ابْنِي فُلَانٍ ابْنِ ابْنَتِي فُلَانَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ.

Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saaleh, from Zareeh who said:

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws seeking refuge for one of his^-asws sons and he^-asws was saying: ‘I^-asws am resolved against you, O wind, and O pain, whatever creature you are, with the determination which Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and the Messenger^-saww of Allah^-azwj held against the Jinn in the valley of Al-Sabrah. So they answered, and they obeyed. You answer and obey, and go away from my^-asws son so and so, son of my^-asws daughter so and so, at this very moment, at this very moment’.[280]

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الْمُهْتَدِي عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ زُرْبِيٍّ قَالَ مَرِضْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي عِلَّتُكَ فَاشْتَرِ صَاعاً مِنْ بُرٍّ ثُمَّ اسْتَلْقِ عَلَى قَفَاكَ وَ انْثُرْهُ عَلَى صَدْرِكَ كَيْفَمَا انْتَثَرَ وَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ الْمُضْطَرُّ كَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ مَكَّنْتَ لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ خَلِيفَتَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ أَنْ تُعَافِيَنِي مِنْ عِلَّتِي ثُمَّ اسْتَوِ جَالِساً وَ اجْمَعِ الْبُرَّ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ وَ قُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَ اقْسِمْهُ مُدّاً مُدّاً لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ وَ قُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ دَاوُدُ فَفَعَلْتُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَكَأَنَّمَا نُشِطْتُ مِنْ عِقَالٍ وَ قَدْ فَعَلَهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ فَانْتَفَعَ بِهِ.

From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdul Aziz Bin Al Muhtady, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahmaan, from Dawood Bin Zurby who said:

‘I fell ill in Al-Medina with intense illness, and that (news) reached Abu Abdullah^-asws. So he^-asws wrote to me: ‘It has reached me^-asws (news of) your illness. Buy one Sa’a of wheat, then lie down on your back and scatter it upon your chest a scattering and say, ‘Our Allah^-azwj! I hereby ask You^-azwj by Your^-azwj Name which the restless (Al Muztar i.e. Al Qaim^-asws) asks You^-azwj to Remove the adversities, and Enable him^-asws in the earth and Make him^-asws as Your^-azwj Caliph upon Your^-azwj creatures, and send greetings upon Muhammad^-saww and upon the People^-asws of his^-saww Household, and Cure me from my illness’. Then sit straight and gather the wheat which is around you and say the like of that (again) and distribute one Mudd by one Mudd to each of the poor and say the like of that (again)’. Dawood said, ‘I did the like of that and I was as if I had been disentangled from a knot, and more than one person did that, so they all benefitted by it’.[281]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) مَنْ ظَهَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ فَلْيُكْثِرْ ذِكْرَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ مَنْ كَثُرَتْ هُمُومُهُ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَ مَنْ أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ الْفَقْرُ فَلْيُكْثِرْ مِنْ قَوْلِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ يَنْفِي عَنْهُ الْفَقْرَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Nawfaly, from Al-Sakuny, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws has said that the Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj said; ‘For whom the Blessings appear should frequently mention ‘الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ’ ‘Praise be to Allah^-azwj’, and the one who has numerous worries so for him is ‘بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ’ to seek Forgiveness, and the one who is pressed by the poverty should frequently say     ‘لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ’ ‘There is no Power and no Might except by Allah^-azwj the High the Magnificent, the poverty would be negated from him’.

وَ قَالَ فَقَدَ النَّبِيُّ (صلى الله عليه وآله) رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ مَا غَيَّبَكَ عَنَّا فَقَالَ الْفَقْرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ طُولُ السُّقْمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلَاماً إِذَا قُلْتَهُ ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ الْفَقْرُ وَ السُّقْمُ فَقَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

And he^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww missed a man from the Helpers so he^-saww said to him: ‘What is the reason for your absence?’ He said, ‘The poverty, O Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj, and the lengthy illness’. So he^-saww said to him: ‘Shall I^-saww teach you certain words, if you were to recite these, the poverty would go away from you, as well as the illness?’ He said, ‘Yes, O Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj’.

فَقَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَ أَمْسَيْتَ فَقُلْ.

So he^-saww said: ‘When it is the morning and evening, say:

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ [الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ] تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قُلْتُهُ

‘There is no Power and no Might except by Allah^-azwj, the High, the Magnificent. I hereby rely upon the Alive Who does not die, and Praise be to Allah^-azwj Who never Took for Himself^-azwj a son, and there never was for Him^-azwj an associate in the Kingdom, and will not be for Him^-azwj a guardian from the humiliation, and Great is His^-azwj Greatness’.

إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَنِّي الْفَقْرُ وَ السُّقْمُ

So the man said, ‘By Allah^-azwj, I had not recited it except for three days, and the poverty and the illness went away from me’.[282]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ لِي إِنِّي لَمَوْعُوكٌ مُنْذُ سَبْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَ لَقَدْ وُعِكَ ابْنِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْراً وَ هِيَ تَضَاعَفُ عَلَيْنَا أَ شَعَرْتَ أَنَّهَا لَا تَأْخُذُ فِي الْجَسَدِ كُلِّهِ وَ رُبَّمَا أَخَذَتْ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَسَدِ وَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ فِي أَسْفَلِهِ وَ رُبَّمَا أَخَذَتْ فِي أَسْفَلِهِ وَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَسَدِ كُلِّهِ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Al-Jowhary, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, who has said:

Abu Ibrahim^-asws having said to me: ‘I^-asws have had fever for seven months and my^-asws son has had fever for twelve months and it has been increasing for us.  I^-asws feel that it does not affect the whole body. Sometimes it affects in the upper part of the body and does not affect in the lower of it, and sometimes it affects in the lower part of it and does not affect in all of the upper body’.

قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنْ أَذِنْتَ لِي حَدَّثْتُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ جَدِّكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا وُعِكَ اسْتَعَانَ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ ثَوْبَانِ ثَوْبٌ فِي الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ وَ ثَوْبٌ عَلَى جَسَدِهِ يُرَاوِحُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ يُنَادِي حَتَّى يُسْمَعَ صَوْتُهُ عَلَى بَابِ الدَّارِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you. If you^-asws allow me, I would narrate to you^-asws a Hadeeth from Abu Baseer from your^-asws grandfather^-asws when he^-asws had fever, he^-asws sought help by the cold water. So he^-asws would take two pieces of cloth, one immerse it in the cold water and one on the body and rotate between them. Then he^-asws would call out until his^-asws voice would be heard at the door of the house;       ‘يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ’ ‘O Fatima^-asws daughter^-asws of the Muhammad^-saww’. He^-asws said: ‘You have spoken the truth’.

قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ لِلْحُمَّى عِنْدَكُمْ دَوَاءً فَقَالَ مَا وَجَدْنَا لَهَا عِنْدَنَا دَوَاءً إِلَّا الدُّعَاءَ وَ الْمَاءَ الْبَارِدَ إِنِّي اشْتَكَيْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِطَبِيبٍ لَهُ فَجَاءَنِي بِدَوَاءٍ فِيهِ قَيْ‏ءٌ فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَبَهُ لِأَنِّي إِذَا قَيَيْتُ زَالَ كُلُّ مَفْصِلٍ مِنِّي.

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws. Have you^-asws not found a cure for the fever?’ So he^-asws said: ‘We^-asws have not found a cure for it except for the supplication and the cold water. I^-asws complained of it, so Muhammad Bin Ibrahim sent a doctor to me for it. So he came to me^-asws with a medicine which made me^-asws vomit, so I refused to drink it, because if I vomit, all of my^-asws joints hurt’.[283]

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) حُمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عليه السلام) فَعَوَّذَهُ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَشْفِيكَ وَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يُعْيِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ شَافِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خُذْهَا فَلْتَهْنِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِعِ النُّجُومِ لَتَبْرَأَنَّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ قَالَ بَكْرٌ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رُقْيَةِ الْحُمَّى فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا.

Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al-Ashary, from Bakr Bin Muhammad Al-Azady who said:

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘The Rasool Allah^-saww had fever so Jibraeel^-as gave to him^-saww a charm. So he said: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj I perform incantation on you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, and in the Name of Allah^-azwj I heal you^-saww, and in the Name of Allah^-azwj from every disease which has exhausted you^-saww, and in the Name of Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is your^-saww Healer. So take it and congratulations to you^-saww. [56:75] Nay, I swear by the places of the stars for it would free you^-saww from it by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’. Bakr (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him^-asws about an incantation[284] for the fever, so he^-asws narrated to me with this’.[285]

Cure for Knee Pain:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ عَرَضَ بِي وَجَعٌ فِي رُكْبَتِي فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِذَا أَنْتَ صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْ

Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Awfy, from Ali Bin Al Husayn, form Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Zurara, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Abu Hamza who said,

‘A pain appeared with me in my knee, so I complained about that to Abu Ja’far^-asws. So he^-asws said: ‘When you go to pray Salāt, so say,

يَا أَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَى وَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ ارْحَمْ ضَعْفِي وَ قِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي وَ عَافِنِي مِنْ وَجَعِي

‘O the Most Benevolent of the ones who give, and O the Best of the ones who are asked from, and O the Most Benevolent of the ones who have mercy, have Mercy on my weakness and scarcity of my way out, and Grant me good health from my pain’.

قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُهُ فَعُوفِيتُ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘So I did it, and regained health’.^[286]

Protection from Fever, Headaches, and Pain of the Joints

ومن (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة فكأنما أحيا ليلة القدر، و من كتبها و جعلها عليه أمن الحمى، و وجع الرأس، و وجع المفاصل».

And from Kahwas Al-Quran – It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (32), so it would be as if he has stayed awake in the Night of Pre-destination (ليلة القدر). And the one, who writes it and makes it to be with him, would be safe from fever, headaches, and pain of the joints’.^[287]

Protection from Wet-Dream:

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها ليلا أمن من الجنابة و الاحتلام، و أمن في تمام ليله إلى أن يصبح بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it (Sura 70) at night would be safe from the bed wetting (impurities) and wet dreams, and would be safe the whole night up to the morning, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[288]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (صلوات الله عليه) يَقُولُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws used to say:

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الِاحْتِلَامِ وَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْأَحْلَامِ وَ أَنْ يَلْعَبَ بِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ وَ الْمَنَامِ

‘O Allah^-azwj! I seek Refuge with You^-azwj from the wet dreams and the evil dreams, and that the Satan^la would play with me^-asws during the wakefulness and the sleep’.^[289]

Recovery from Unconsciousness and Fits:

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله تعالى حتى يرضى، و أزال عنه العسر، و يسر له اليسر، و أغناه من فضله، و من قرأها قبل أن ينام خمس عشرة مرة، لم ير في منامه إلا ما يحب من الخير، و لا يرى في منامه سوءا، و من صلى بها في العشاء الآخرة كأنما صلى بربع القرآن، و قبلت صلاته».

And from Khawas Al-Quran:

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (92), would be Given by Allah^-azwj until he is happy, and the difficulties would pass away from him, and the ease would come quickly to him, and will become needless from His^-azwj Grace. And the one who recites it fifteen times before he sleeps, will not see in his dream except what he likes from the good, nor will he see anything evil in his dream. And the one who Prays by it in last Al-Isha, it would be as if he has Prayed by a quarter of the Quran, and his Prayer would be Accepted’.^[290]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها خمس عشرة مرة، لم ير ما يكره، و نام بخير، و آمنه الله تعالى، و من قرأها في أذن مغشي عليه أو مصروع، أفاق من ساعته».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one recites it (92) fifteen times, would not see (in his dream) what he abhors, and he will sleep well, and Allah^-azwj would Keep him Safe. And the one who recites in the ear of the one who fell unconscious or had an epileptic fit, he would come around at that time’.^[291]

و من خواص القرآن: روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة، هون الله عليه سكرات الموت، و من كتبها و علقها على مصروع أفاق من صرعته و أمن من شيطانه، و إن كتبت و شربتها امرأة قليلة اللبن كثر لبنها».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww that the one who recite this Chapter (Qaf:50), would Diminish for him the pangs of death. And the one who writes it and attaches it (Amulet) upon an epileptic (person), it would awaken him from its fit, and he would be secure from its devil. And if it is written, and its water is drunk by a woman of little milk, her milk would be plenty’.^[292]

Relief from Back Pain

في كتاب طب الائمة باسناده إلى ابى حمزة الثمالى عن أبى جعفر عليه السلام قال: شكا رجل من همدان إلى أمير المؤمنين وجع الظهر وانه يسهر الليل، فقال: ضع يدك على الموضع الذى تشتكى منه واقرأ ثلثا ” وما كان لنفس ان تموت الا باذن الله كتابا مؤجلا ومن يرد ثواب الدنيا نؤته منها ومن يرد ثواب الاخرة نؤته منها وسنجزي الشاكرين ” واقرأ سبع مرات انا انزلناه في ليلة القدر إلى آخرها فانك تعافى من العلة ان شاء الله تعالى.

In the book Tibb Al-Aimma, by his chain going up to Abu Hamza Al-Thumaly,

‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘A man from Hamadan complained to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws of backache and he was a night watchman, he^-asws said: ‘Place your hand on the area which you are complaining of and recite three times (3:145)

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ كِتَابًا مُؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ

“No soul can die except by the Permission of Allah^-azwj Who has Decreed its term, and one who wants the Reward of the world is Given from it, and one who wants the Reward of the hereafter is Given from it, and We Recompense the thankful”, and recite seven times ‘           انا انزلناه في ليلة القدر’ [97] till its end (the whole chapter). You will recover from the illness, Allah^-azwj, the High, Willing.’[293]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَجَعَ الْخَاصِرَةِ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِمَا يَسْقُطُ مِنْ الْخِوَانِ فَكُلْهُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَذَهَبَ عَنِّي

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abdullah Bin Salih Al Khash’amy who said,

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws of the waist pain. So he^-asws said: ‘Upon you is with what falls from the table-spread, so eat it’. So I did that, so it went away from me’.

قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ كُنْتُ وَجَدْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْجَانِبِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ الْأَيْسَرِ فَأَخَذْتُ ذَلِكَ فَانْتَفَعْتُ بِهِ .

Ibrahim (the narrator) said, ‘I had found that in the right side and the left, so I took with that (eating the fallen crumbs), so I benefited by it’.[294]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ مَنْ تَغَيَّرَ عَلَيْهِ مَاءُ الظَّهْرِ فَلْيَنْفَعْ لَهُ اللَّبَنُ الْحَلِيبُ وَ الْعَسَلُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Nuh Bin Shuayb, from the one whom he mentioned:

Abu Al-Hassan^-asws having said: ‘The one whose water of the back (semen) has changed, so the butter milk and the honey would be beneficial for him’.[295]

Relief from Gastric Problems and Spleen:

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة صلت عليه الملائكة و استغفرت له، و إذا مات في يوم أو ليلته مات شهيدا، و كان المؤمنون شفعاؤه يوم القيامة. و من كتبها و شربها ثلاثة أيام متوالية لم يبق له طحال ، و أمن من وجعه و زيادته، و تعلق الرياح مدة حياته بإذن الله تعالى».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (60), the Angels would Pray for him and seek Forgiveness for him. And when he dies, be it during the day or night, it would be like a martyr, and the Believers would intercede for him on the Day of Judgement. And the one who writes it and drinks it’s water for three consecutive days, the (illness of the) spleen would not remain in him, and he would be safe from its pain and its increase, suspend the winds for the duration of his lifetime, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj the High’.^[296]

Invocation for Weakness, or Headache, or Urine Blockage:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَكَى الْوَاهِنَةَ أَوْ كَانَ بِهِ صُدَاعٌ أَوْ غَمْرَةُ بَوْلٍ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ وَ لْيَقُلْ اسْكُنْ سَكَّنْتُكَ بِالَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Ismail Bin Muslim, who has narrated the following:

مَنِ اشْتَكَى الْوَاهِنَةَ أَوْ كَانَ بِهِ صُدَاعٌ أَوْ غَمْرَةُ بَوْلٍ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ وَ لْيَقُلْ

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘The one who complains of weakness, or headache, or urine blockage, should place his hand upon that particular place and should say:

اسْكُنْ سَكَّنْتُكَ بِالَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

‘Settle down for the Sake of the One for Whom^-azwj settle down what is in the night and the day, and He^-azwj the Hearing, the Knowing’.[297]

Cure from Heart Pain

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة كان جزاؤه على الله جنة و حريرا، و من أدمن قراءتها قويت نفسه الضعيفة، و من كتبها و شرب ماءها نفعت وجع الفؤاد، و صح جسمه، و برأ من مرضه».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (Holy Quran Sura الانسان, Chapter:76), Allah^-azwj would Reward him with a Garden and silk. And the one, who habitually recites it, would strengthen his weak self. And the one who writes it and drinks its water, would benefit against heart pain, and correct his body, and be free from his illness’.[298]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأها أجزاه الله الجنة و ما تهوى نفسه على كل الأمور، و من كتبها في إناء و شرب ماءها نفعت شر وجع الفؤاد، و نفع بها الجسد».

And the Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who recites it (76), Allah^-azwj would Recompense him with the Paradise, and whatsoever he loves for himself over all matters. And the one who recites it in a bowl and drink its water, would benefit against the evil of heart ache, and the body would benefit by it’.[299]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «قراءتها تقوي النفس و تشد [العصب، و تسكن القلق‏] و إن ضعف في قراءتها، كتبت و محيت و شرب [ماؤها]، منعت من [ضعف‏] النفس و يزول عنه بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The recitation of it (76) strengthens the self, and gives tranquillity to the heart, and if one is weak in its recitation, write it and erase it, and drink its water, it would prevent the weakness of the self, and it would decline from him, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[300]

Prayer for Heart Cure:

ففي كتاب التحصيل أن رجلا رأى النبي ص في منامه فقال يا رسول الله علمني شيئا يحيي به الله تعالى قلبي فقال قل

Prophet^-saww said: A time will come when lot of people will suffer from heart diseases, if my followers want to be protect from it then they should recite after Fajr and Magrabain Salat recite three times with Salawat the following:[301]

يا حي يا قيوم يا لا إله إلا أنت أسألك أن تحيي قلبي اللهم صل على محمد و آل محمد

فقال ذلك ثلاثة أيام فأحيا الله تعالى قلبه

He^-asws said that (recite it) three days (and) Allah^-azwj will cure his heart.

Relief from Stomach Pain (Colic):

عَنْهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَجَعَ بَطْنِي فَقَالَ لِي خُذِ الْأَرُزَّ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ جَفِّفْهُ فِي الظِّلِّ ثُمَّ رُضَّهُ وَ خُذْ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ غَدَاةٍ مِلْ‏ءَ رَاحَتِكَ

From him, from Usman Bin Isa, from Khalid Bin Najeeh who said,

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws of stomach pains, so he^-asws said to me: ‘Take the rice, wash it, then dry it in the shade, then powder it, and take from it during every morning as per your convenience’.

وَ زَادَ فِيهِ إِسْحَاقُ الْجَرِيرِيُّ تَقْلِيهِ قَلِيلًا وَزْنَ أُوقِيَّةٍ وَ اشْرَبْهُ .

And Is’haq Al Jareery increased in it, ‘(He^-asws said): ‘Fry it a little, the weight of one Awqiya (Unit of measurement), and drink it’.[302]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ كَانَ بِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَجَعُ الْبَطْنِ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُطْبَخَ لَهُ الْأَرُزُّ وَ يُجْعَلَ عَلَيْهِ السُّمَّاقُ فَأَكَلَهُ فَبَرَأَ .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from Humran who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws was with stomach pain, so he^-asws instructed that the rice be cooked for him^-asws, and the Sumac (a kind of pepper) sprinkled upon it. So he^-asws ate and was cured’.[303]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة لم يجمع الله بينه و بين أبي لهب، و من قرأها على الأمغاص التي في البطن سكنت بإذن الله تعالى، و من قرأها عند نومه حفظه الله».

And from Khawaas Al Quran, it has been reported from the Prophet^-saww that: ‘One who recites this Chapter, will never be Gathered together with Abu Lahab by Allah^-azwj, and the one who recites it during the colic which is in the stomach, will be at peace by the Permission of Allah^-azwj the High, and one who recites it just before his sleep will be under the Protection of Allah^-azwj’.[304]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) وَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ ضَعْفَ مَعِدَتِي فَقَالَ اشْرَبِ الْحَزَاءَ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ فَفَعَلْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْهُ مَا أُحِبُّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from someone else, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Amro Bin Ibrahim who said:

I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws and complained to him^-asws of a weak stomach, so he^-asws said: ‘Drink ‘الْحَزَاءَ’ Al-Haza’a[305] with the cold water’. So I did it, and found from it what I liked’.[306]

و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من كتبها في إناء و شربها زال عنه وجع البطن، و إن علقت على الحامل المتعسرة ولدت سريعا».

And Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The one who writes it (Chapter 51) in a container and drinks it (water), his stomach pain would go away. And if it is attached (Amulet) upon the pregnant (woman) with obstruction (in birth), would give birth easily’.[307]

Supplication to Facilitate the Birth

ابنا بسطام في طب الأئمة عليهم السلام عن الخواتيمي عن محمد بن علي الصيرفي عن محمد بن أسلم عن الحسن بن محمد الهاشمي عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام، قال: إني لأعرف آيتين من كتاب الله المنزل تكتبان للمرأة إذا عسر عليها ولدها، تكتبان في رق ظبي ويعلقه في حقويها: (بسم الله وبالله، إن مع العسر يسرا، إن مع العسر يسرا) ، سبع مرات.

Ibn Bastaam in Tibb Al-Aimma^-asws, from Al-Khwataymi, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Sayrafi, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Hashmy, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who has narrated:

Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws said: ‘I^-asws know of two Verses from the Revealed Book of Allah^-azwj, to be written for the woman in order to ease her pangs of birth. Both of these are to be written on the skin of a deer, and to be attached to her waist – “In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Beneficent, the Merciful, [94:5] Surely with difficulty is ease. [94:6] With difficulty is surely ease” seven times.

(يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم، إن زلزلة الساعة شيئ عظيم، يوم ترونها تذهل كل مرضعة عما أرضعت وتضع كل ذات حمل حملها وترى الناس سكارى وما هم بسكارى ولكن عذاب الله شديد) مرة واحدة.

“[22:1] O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing. [22:2] On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving feed shall quit in confusion what she fed, and every pregnant woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe.” Once.

يكتب على ورقة وتربط بخيط من كتان غير مفتول وتشد على فخذها الأيسر. فإذا ولدته قطعته من ساعتك ولا تتواني عنه. ويكتب: (حي ولدت مريم ومريم ولدت حي، يا حي اهبط إلى الأرض الساعة بإذن الله تعالى).

Write upon the paper, and connect it with a linen thread, not being woven, to be tied to her left thigh. So when the birth takes place, it should be untied and do not be careless from it. And write, ‘The live one gave birth to Maryam^-as, and Maryam^-as gave birth to a live one. O Live one, get down to the earth right now by the Permission of Allah^-azwj, the High’.[308]

Relief From Stomach Pain

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من قرأها في حكومة قوي على من يحاكمه، و إذا كتبت و محيت بماء البصل، ثم شربه من به وجع في بطنه، زال عنه بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who recites it regarding a government it would strengthen him against the one who is governing him. And if it (chapter 77: Sura e المرسلات) is written and washed with the water of the onion, then is consumed (drunk) by the one with stomach pains, it would go away by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.[309]

Stopping Bleeding:

ومن (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة كان لقمان رفيقه يوم القيامة، و أعطي من الحسنات عشرا بعدد من أمر بالمعروف و نهى عن المنكر و من كتبها و سقاها من في جوفه علة زالت عنه، و من كان ينزف دما، رجل أو امرأة، و علقها على موضع الدم، انقطع عنه بإذن الله تعالى».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (31), Luqman^-as (Prophet) would be his friend on the Day of Judgement, and he would be Given ten times the Rewards of the one who enjoins the doing of good and forbidding the evil. And the one who writes it, and makes to drink (its water) the one who has an illness in his stomach, it would go away from him. And the one who was bleeding, man or a woman, and attaches it to the place of the bleeding, it would stop, by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[310]

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها و سقى بها رجلا أو امرأة في جوفها غاشية، أو علة من العلل، عوفي و أمن من الحمى، و زال عنه كل أذى بإذن الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who writes it for a man or a woman suffering from stomach pains, or an illness from the illnesses, it would receded, and he would be secure from the fever, and every harm would go away from him by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[311]

عن حمران، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «اشتكى رجل إلى أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) فقال له: سل من امرأتك درهما من صداقها، فاشتر به عسلا فاشربه بماء السماء، ففعل ما أمر به فبرى‏ء، فسئل أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) عن ذلك: أ شي‏ء سمعته من النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)؟ قال: لا، و لكني سمعت الله يقول في كتابه: فَإِنْ طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهُ نَفْساً فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً و قال: يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِها شَرابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوانُهُ فِيهِ شِفاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ و قال: وَ نَزَّلْنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً مُبارَكاً فاجتمع الهني‏ء المري‏ء و البركة و الشفاء، فرجوت بذلك البرء».

From Hamran,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A man complained to Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws (about stomach pain), so he^-asws said to him: ‘Ask your wife for two Dirhams from her dowry, and buy some honey with it. Drink it with rain water’. So he did what he was ordered to and was cured. So he asked Amir-ul-Momineen^-asws about that, ‘Is this something you^-asws heard from the Prophet^-saww?’ He^-asws said: ‘No! But I^-asws heard Allah^-azwj Saying in His^-azwj Book [4:4] but if they of themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it with enjoyment and with wholesome result; and Said [16:69] There comes forth from its belly a beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for the people; and Said [50:9] And We Send down from the sky Blessed water. So there had gathered the enjoyment, and the wholesome result, and the Blessing, and the Healing. Therefore hope for the healing with that’.^[312]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي صَلْتِ بْنِ أَخِي شِهَابٍ‏: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْأَوْجَاعَ وَ التُّخَمَ فَقَالَ لِي تَغَدَّ أَوْ تَعَشَّ وَ لَا تَأْكُلْ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْئاً فَإِنَّ فِيهِ فَسَادَ الْبَدَنِ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ‏ وَ لَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيها بُكْرَةً وَ عَشِيًّا؟.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar, Bin Suweyd, from Ali Bin Al Salt, from a cousin of Shahaab Bin Abd Rabbih who said,

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws what I faced from the pains and the indigestion. So he^-asws said to me: ‘Have lunch and the dinner and do not eat anything between the two, for therein is the spoiling of the body. Have you not heard Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Saying [19:62] and they shall have their sustenance therein morning and evening?’^[313]

Treatment of Open Wounds:

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة كتب الله له عشر حسنات بعدد كل نجم في السماء، و من كتبها و غسلها بالماء، و غسل بها الجراح لم ترم، و إن قرئت على شي‏ء حرسته و أمن صاحبه عليه».

And from Khawas Al-Quran –

It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘The one who recites this Chapter (86), Allah^-azwj would Write for him ten Rewards by the number of the stars in the sky. And the one who writes it, and showers (bathes) with its water, and showers (bathes) with it on the open wounds it will not swell. And if it is recited upon something which is guarded, its owner would be secure with it’.[314]

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من غسل بمائها الجراح سكنت و لم تقح، و من قرأها على شي‏ء يشرب دواء يكون فيه الشفاء».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who showers (bathes) with its (86) water, the open wounds would settle and not swell. And the one who recites it upon something, and drinks it as medication, there would be a healing in it’.[315]

Treatment of Tumour and Liver:

و قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها و علقها عليه، و كان فيه يرقان، زال عنه، و إذا علقت على بياض بالعين، و البرص، و شرب ماؤها، دفعه الله عنه، و إن شربت ماءها الحوامل نفعتها، و سلمتها من سموم الطعام، و إذا كتبت على جميع الأورام أزالتها بقدرة الله تعالى».

And Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘The one who writes it (Ch.98) and attaches it to himself (amulet), and he was with jaundice, it would recede from him. And if he attaches it for the whiteness of the eyes, and the leprosy, and drinks it’s water, Allah^-azwj would Repulse it from him. And if the pregnant woman drinks it, it would be beneficial for her, and it would keep her safe from the food poisoning. And if it is written upon all of the tumours, they would diminish by the Power of Allah^-azwj the High’.[316]

ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ فِي بَطْنِي مَاءً أَصْفَرَ فَهَلْ مِنْ شِفَاءٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ بِلَا دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَا دِينَارٍ وَ لَكِنِ اكْتُبْ عَلَى بَطْنِكَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ تَغْسِلُهَا وَ تَشْرَبُهَا وَ تَجْعَلُهَا ذَخِيرَةً فِي بَطْنِكَ فَتَبْرَأُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَبَرَأَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ

Then another man stood up to him^-asws and he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen^-asws! In my belly there is yellow water, so is there a cure from it?’ So he^-asws said: ‘Yes, without a Dirham nor a Dinar. But write upon your belly Ayat Al-Kursy (2:255), and wash it, and drink it, and make it to be a hoard inside your belly, and you would be cured by the Permission of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’. So the man did so and he was cured by the Permission of Allah^-azwj’.^[317]

Try to get Cured from the Holy Quran:

العياشي: عن السكوني، عن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه (عليهما السلام)، قال: «شكا رجل إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) وجعا في صدره، فقال: استشف بالقرآن، لأن الله يقول: وَ شِفاءٌ لِما فِي الصُّدُورِ».

Al Ayyashi, from Al Sakuny,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said: ‘A man complained to the Prophet^-saww of pain in his chest. So he^-saww said: ‘Heal yourself by the Quran, because Allah^-azwj is Saying [10:57] and a Healing for what is in the chests’.[318]

Cure for Tuberculosis:

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا دَخَلَ جَوْفَ الْمَسْلُولِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَنْفَعُ لَهُ مِنْ خُبْزِ الْأَرُزِّ .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, form Yunus,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘There does not enter the inside of the (sufferer of) tuberculosis, anything more beneficial for him than the rice bread’.[319]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَطْعِمُوا الْمَبْطُونَ خُبْزَ الْأَرُزِّ فَمَا دَخَلَ جَوْفَ الْمَبْطُونِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَنْفَعُ مِنْهُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ يَدْبُغُ الْمَعِدَةَ وَ يَسُلُّ الدَّاءَ سَلًّا .

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Musa, from Al Khashaab, form Ali Bin Hassan, from one of our companions who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Feed the rice bread to the (sufferer of) stomach ailments, for there does not enter the inside of the (sufferer of) stomach ailments anything more beneficial to him than it; at the same time it repairs the stomach and pulls out the illness of tuberculosis’.[320]

Vitiligo:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ شَكَوْا إِلَى مُوسَى ( عليه السلام ) مَا يَلْقَوْنَ مِنَ الْبَيَاضِ فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مُرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا لَحْمَ الْبَقَرِ بِالسِّلْقِ .

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Suleyman Bin Abbad, from Isa Bin Abu Al Warad, from Muhammad Bin Qays,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The Children of Israel complained to Musa^-asws of what they were facing from the whiteness (vitiligo). So he^-as took that complaint to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, so Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him^-as: “Order them to eat the boiled meat of the cow’.[321]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ أَرَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَرَقُ لَحْمِ الْبَقَرِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْبَيَاضِ .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, reporting from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kinany,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The broth of the meat of the cow does away with the whiteness (vitiligo)’.[322]

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ السَّوِيقُ وَ مَرَقُ لَحْمِ الْبَقَرِ يَذْهَبَانِ بِالْوَضَحِ .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin ZIyad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Yahya Bin Masour,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim^-asws (7th Imam^-asws) having said: ‘Al-Suweyq and the broth of the meat of the cow (beef soup), both do away with (remove) the vitiligo’.[323]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ ظَهَرَ بِوَجْهِي يَزْعُمُ النَّاسُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَبْتَلِ بِهِ عَبْداً لَهُ فِيهِ حَاجَةٌ فَقَالَ لِي لَا لَقَدْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنُ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ مُكَنَّعَ الْأَصَابِعِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ وَ يَقُولُ يا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Yunus Bin Ammar who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! This (illness) which has appeared in my face, the people are alleging that Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic does not Afflict any servant with it for whom He^-azwj has a need for’. So he^-asws said to him: ‘No! It was so that a Momin of the people of the Pharaoh^la was paralysed of the fingers, so he was saying (gesturing) like this’ – and he^-asws extended his^-asws hand, and he was saying: ‘[36:20] O people! Follow the Rasools’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الثُّلُثُ الْأَخِيرُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَ قُمْ إِلَى صَلَاتِكَ الَّتِي تُصَلِّيهَا فَإِذَا كُنْتَ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَقُلْ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws said: ‘When it is the last third of the night, during its beginning, perform ablution and stand to your Salāt which you tend to pray. So when you are in the last Sajdah of the first two Cycles, so say while you are in Sajdah,

وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا سَامِعَ الدَّعَوَاتِ وَ يَا مُعْطِيَ الْخَيْرَاتِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّي مِنْ شَرِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ أَذْهِبْ عَنِّي هَذَا الْوَجَعَ وَ سَمِّهِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ غَاظَنِي وَ أَحْزَنَنِي وَ أَلِحَّ فِي الدُّعَاءِ

‘O Exalted! O Magnificent! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Hearer of the supplications and O Giver of the goodness! Send Salawāt upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, and Give me from the goodness of the world and the Hereafter, what You^-azwj are Rightful of it, and Exchange from me from the evil of the world and the Hereafter what You^-azwj are Rightful of it, and Remove from me this pain’ – and specify it – ‘for it has infuriated me and grieved me’, and be insistent in the supplication’.

قَالَ فَمَا وَصَلْتُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ حَتَّى أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَنِّي كُلَّهُ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘So I had not (even) arrive at Al-Kufa until Allah^-azwj Removed it from me, all of it’.^[324]

Wind and Joint Troubles:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ السَّيَّارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَمَّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَرَاقِرَ تُصِيبُنِي فِي مَعِدَتِي وَ قِلَّةَ اسْتِمْرَائِي الطَّعَامَ فَقَالَ لِي لِمَ لَا تَتَّخِذُ نَبِيذاً نَشْرَبُهُ نَحْنُ وَ هُوَ يُمْرِئُ الطَّعَامَ وَ يَذْهَبُ بِالْقَرَاقِرِ وَ الرِّيَاحِ مِنَ الْبَطْنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ صِفْهُ لِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Al Hassan, from Al Sayyari, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from the one who informed him, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl Al Hashimy who said,

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws of the rumbling and the winds in my stomach, and the scarcity of my digestion of the food’. So he^-asws said to me: ‘Why do you not take Nabeez which we^-asws drink and it digests the food and removes the rumbling and the winds from the belly?’ So I said to himasws, ‘Describe it for me, may I be sacrificed for you^-asws’.

فَقَالَ لِي تَأْخُذُ صَاعاً مِنْ زَبِيبٍ فَتُنَقِّي حَبَّهُ وَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَغْسِلُ بِالْمَاءِ غَسْلًا جَيِّداً ثُمَّ تُنْقِعُهُ فِي مِثْلِهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَا يَغْمُرُهُ ثُمَّ تَتْرُكُهُ فِي الشِّتَاءِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِلَيَالِيهَا وَ فِي الصَّيْفِ يَوْماً وَ لَيْلَةً فَإِذَا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْقَدْرُ صَفَّيْتَهُ وَ أَخَذْتَ صَفْوَتَهُ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَ أَخَذْتَ مِقْدَارَهُ بِعُودٍ ثُمَّ طَبَخْتَهُ طَبْخاً رَفِيقاً حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُهُ

So he^-asws said to me: ‘Take a Sa’a (a unit of measurement – four handfuls) of raisins, so clean its seeds and whatever is in it, then wash it with water with a renewed washing. Then soak it in similar from the water or whatever submerges it. Then leave it in the winter for three days and nights, and in the summer, for one day and one night. So when that times comes up so you take it and make it to be in a vessel, and take its measurement with a stick. Then cook it gently until two-thirds of it goes away and there remains a third of it.

ثُمَّ تَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفَ رِطْلِ عَسَلٍ وَ تَأْخُذُ مِقْدَارَ الْعَسَلِ ثُمَّ تَطْبُخُهُ حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ تِلْكَ الزِّيَادَةُ ثُمَّ تَأْخُذُ زَنْجَبِيلًا وَ خُولِنْجَاناً وَ دَارَصِينِيَّ وَ الزَّعْفَرَانَ وَ قَرَنْفُلًا وَ مَصْطَكَى وَ تَدُقُّهُ وَ تَجْعَلُهُ فِي خِرْقَةٍ رَقِيقَةٍ وَ تَطْرَحُهُ فِيهِ وَ تُغْلِيهِ مَعَهُ غَلْيَةً ثُمَّ تُنْزِلُهُ فَإِذَا بَرَدَ صَفَّيْتَهُ وَ أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُ عَلَى غَدَائِكَ وَ عَشَائِكَ

Then make half a ratl (unit of measurement) of honey to be upon it, and take a measurement of the honey. Then cook it until that increment evaporates. Then take ginger and Alpinia (a plant), and cinnamon, and the saffron, and cloves, and mastic resin, and pound these and make these to be in a thin rag, and place it in is and boil it with it with a boiling. Then take it off. So when it has cooled, clean it and take from it upon your lunch and your dinner’.

قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَذَهَبَ عَنِّي مَا كُنْتُ أَجِدُهُ وَ هُوَ شَرَابٌ طَيِّبٌ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ إِذَا بَقِيَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .

He (the narrator) said, ‘So I did it, and it removed from me what I had, and it was an aromatic drink. It will not change, when it remains (for a while), Allahazwj Willing’.[325]

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلَ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الشَّابِكَةِ وَ الْحَامِ وَ الْإِبْرِدَةِ فِي الْمَفَاصِلِ تَأْخُذُ كَفَّ حُلْبَةٍ وَ كَفَّ تِينٍ يَابِسٍ تَغْمُرُهُمَا بِالْمَاءِ وَ تَطْبُخُهُمَا فِي قِدْرٍ نَظِيفَةٍ ثُمَّ تُصَفِّي ثُمَّ تُبَرِّدُ ثُمَّ تَشْرَبُهُ يَوْماً وَ تَغِبُّ يَوْماً حَتَّى تَشْرَبَ مِنْهُ تَمَامَ أَيَّامِكَ قَدْرَ قَدَحٍ رَوِيٍّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from bakr Bin Salih who said:

I heard Abu Al-Hassan the First^-asws saying: ‘The one with wind (gastric trouble), and Al-Haam, and the coldness in the joints should take a handful of fenugreek (plant) and a handful of dry fig, soak these two in the water, and cook these two in a clean pot, then drain it, then cool it, then drink from it every other day until the completeness of your days the measurement of a cup (as prepared)’.[326]

For Winds:

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَيَّاعُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ هَامَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَ سَعْدٍ الْمَوْلَى قَالا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقُ ع‏: إِنَّ عَامَّةَ هَذِهِ الْأَرْوَاحِ مِنَ الْمِرَّةِ الْغَالِبَةِ أَوْ دَمٍ مُحْتَرِقٍ أَوْ بَلْغَمٍ غَالِبٍ فَلْيَشْتَغِلِ الرَّجُلُ بِمُرَاعَاةِ نَفْسِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَغْلِبَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الطَّبَائِعِ فَيُهْلِكَهُ.

Muhammad Ibn Bukayr narrated from Safwan Ibn Yahya from al-Mundhir Ibn Haman from Muhammad Ibn Muslim and Sa’d al-Mawla, who both said: “

Abu Abd Allah^-asws said:  All these winds are from the predominant bile (al-mirra al-ghaliba) or excessively heated blood or predominant phelgm. So a person should take care of himself before any of these natural constituents overcome and destroy him.’[327]

 

[1] Al Kafi – V 7 – The Book of Wergilds Ch 50 H 10

[2] Ilul Sharaia, Chapter 304, Tradition 1, 304-  باب العلة التي من أجلها سمي الطبيب طبيبا

[3] Nahjul Balagha, saying no. 146 (Urdu), no. 145 (English): http://www.nahjulbalagha.org/sayings.php

[4] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 1 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ ,بَابُ عِلَلِ الْمَوْتِ وَ أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَمُوتُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ

[5] True believer, the follow of Imam Ali asws and 12 Imams (i.e., traditionalist, orthodox, Akhbari)

[6] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 3 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[7] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 5 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[8] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 6 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[9] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 8 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[10] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 9 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[11] An entity through which Allah azwj and His Divine Representatives asws are recoginised.

[12] Al-Kafi, Kitabul AlJanaiz, Chp. 1, h. 10 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 270)

[13] Al-Kafi, Sawab-ul-Marz, Chp. 2, h. 2 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 271)

[14] Al-Kafi, Sawab-ul-Marz, Chp. 2, h. 3 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 271)

[15] Al-Kafi, Sawab-ul-Marz, Chp. 2, h. 4 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 271)

[16] Al-Kafi, Sawab-ul-Marz, Chp. 2, h. 6 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 272)

[17] Al-Kafi, Sawab-ul-Marz, Chp. 2, h. 9 (Urdu, vol.1. Faro, pp. 271)

[18] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 15, H. 1.

[19] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 15, H. 2.

[20] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 16

[21] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 16

[22] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 17

[23] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 14

[24] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 17

[25] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 18

[26] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 6

[27] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 7

[28] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 8

[29] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 18

[30] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 18

[31] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 19

[32] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 19

[33] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 19

[34] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 20

[35] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 20

[36] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 20

[37] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 20

[38] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 20

[39] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 22

[40] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 23

[41] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 24

[42] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 24

[43] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 24

[44] Cyperus rotundus is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up to 140 cm (55 inches). The names “nut grass” and “nut sedge” – shared with the related species Cyperus esculentus – are derived from its tubers, that somewhat resemble nuts, although botanically they have nothing to do with nuts.

[45] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 24

[46] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 24

[47] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11558 (خواص القرآن: 14 «مخطوط».)

[48] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10945

[49] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 25

[50] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 25

[51] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 27

[52] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 27

[53] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 28

[54] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 29

[55] Lovage (/ˈlʌvᵻdʒ/), Levisticum officinale, is a tall perennial plant, the sole species in the genus Levisticum in the family Apiaceae, subfamily Apioideae, tribe Apieae

[56] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 29

[57] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 30

[58] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 30

[59] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 31, Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 97 H 6

[60] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 49 H 3

[61] Al Kafi – V 8 – H. 14670

[62] Tafseer Noor Al Saqlayn – Ch 21 H 58

[63] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 31

[64] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 31

[65] See for example, https://www.facebook.com/savoryspiceshopstores/posts/451406931558318

[66] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 33

[67] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11537

[68] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 60 H 6

[69] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 111 H 6

[70] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 81

[71] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 31

[72] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 33

[73] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 34

[74] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 34

[75] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 35

[76] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 35

[77] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 35

[78] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 35

[79] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 36

[80] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 35

[81] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 37

[82] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 74

[83] Sciatica is a medical condition of pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg.

[84] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 37

[85] Pustules are small bumps on the skin that contain fluid or pus. They usually present as white bumps surrounded by red skin. These bumps look very similar to pimples, but they can grow quite big. Pustules may develop on any part of the body, but they most commonly form on the back, chest, and face.

[86] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 38

[87] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 38

[88] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[89] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[90]             طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[91]             طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[92] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[93] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[94]             طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[95]             طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 39

[96] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 40

[97] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 41

[98] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 41

[99]

[100] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 43

[101] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 44

[102] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 44

[103] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 44

[104] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 46

[105] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 48

[106] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 48

[107] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 48

[108] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 52

[109] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 52

[110] Kamil Al-Ziyarah, Ch. 94, h, 1

[111] Kamil Al-Ziyarah, Ch. 94, h, 2

[112] Kamil Al-Ziyarah, Ch. 94, h, 3

[113] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 52

[114] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 10

[115] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14889

[116] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14890

[117] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14891

[118] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 52

[119] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn    CH 1 – H 7

[120] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 248 (الأمالي 1: 290.)

[121] Tafseer Al Ayyashi

[122] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn  – CH 1 – H 8

[123] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 66

[124] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 66

[125] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 67

[126] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 68

[127] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 19

[128] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 69

[129] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 70

[130] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 71

[131]  طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 72

[132] See for example: https://sites.google.com/site/islamiceconomyuwo/weights-and-measurements/maghribnorth-africa/ratl

[133] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 72

[134] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 73

[135] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Fasts Ch 12 H 1

[136] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 73

[137] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 73

[138] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 140

[139] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[140] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[141] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 133

[142] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 74

[143] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 77

[144] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 77

[145] 79طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص:

[146] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 92

[147] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 92

[148] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 93

[149] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 93

[150] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 128

[151] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 40

[152] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 41

[153] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 113

[154] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 114

[155] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 114

[156] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 115

[157] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 115

[158] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 116

[159] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 116

[160] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 117

[161] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 117

[162] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 117

[163] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 118

[164] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 82

[165] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 83

[166] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 83

[167] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 83

[168] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 83

[169] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 85

[170] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 86

[171] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14675.

[172] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 87

[173] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 88

[174] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 90

[175] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 90

[176] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14667.

[177] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 90

[178] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 91

[179] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 91

[180] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 118

[181] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 119

[182] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 119

[183] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 120

[184] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[185] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[186] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[187] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[188] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 121

[189] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 1

[190] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 118

[191] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 79

[192] A sudden sharp spasm of pain

[193] خواص القرآن 9: «مخطوط»

[194] الكافي 3: 126/ 5.

[195] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 79

[196] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 80

[197] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 80

[198] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 80

[199] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 122

[200] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 122

[201] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 129

[202] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 140

[203] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_gold_dinar and http://www.everingham.com/family/data2/rec0034.html

[204] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 64

[205] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 100

[206] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 100

[207] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 101

[208] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 101

[209] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 101

[210] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 102

[211] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 103

[212] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 105

[213] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 105

[214] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 107

[215] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 105

[216] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 108

[217] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 108

[218] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 108

[219] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 109

[220] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 109

[221] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 110

[222] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 110

[223] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 112

[224] خواص القرآن: 44 (مخطوط)

[225] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11348

[226] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11350 (خواص القرآن: 28، 57 «مخطوط».)

[227] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11291

[228] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11292

[229] خواص القرآن

[230] خواصّ القرآن: 20، 53 «مخطوط»

[231]  H. 7, الكافي ج : 4 ص : 75

[232] , H. 49.بحارالأنوار ج : 83 ص : 187

[233] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 125 H 2

[234] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 58

[235] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 57

[236] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 57

[237] Removing infected blood

[238] الخصال ج : 2 ص : 611

[239] الخصال ج : 2 ص : 611

[240] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14855

[241] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14855

[242] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14673.

[243] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14674.

[244] Al Mahaasin – V 2 Bk 3 H 566

[245] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14832

[246] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14834

[247] (خواص القرآن)

[248] (خواص القرآن: 11 «مخطوط»)

[249] خواص القرآن:

[250] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 25 H 5

[251] ثواب الأعمال: 108.

[252] خواص القرآن: 9 «مخطوط».

[253] الكافي ج : 6 ص : 313, H. 5.

[254] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11311 (خواص القرآن: 27، 56 «مخطوط».)

[255] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11312

[256] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10748

[257] خواص القرآن: 10 «مخطوط»

[258] خواص القرآن

[259] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10748

[260] خواص القرآن: «مخطوط»

[261] خواص القرآن

[262] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10748

[263] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 96 H 2

[264] الكافي 6: 387/ 2.

[265]                         الكافي ج : 2 ص : 550

[266] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 15030

[267] Tafseer Al Burhan _ H 11439

[268] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11400

[269] خواص القرآن: 49 «مخطوط»

[270] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 9306

[271] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11717

[272] (خواص القرآن)

[273] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11716

[274] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 4

[275] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 5

[276] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 6

[277] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 7

[278] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 8

[279] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 102 H 9

[280] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14494.

[281] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14502.

[282] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14513.

[283] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14535.

[284] An incantation or enchantment is a charm or spell created using words.

[285] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14536.

[286] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 19

[287] (خواص القرآن)

[288] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11054

[289] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 49 H 5

[290] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11676

[291] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11678 (خواص القرآن: 14 «نحوه».)

[292] خواص القرآن

[293] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 97 H 6

[294] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 49 H 3

[295] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14670.

[296] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10651

[297] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14665.

[298] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11254

[299] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11255

[300] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11256 (خواص القرآن: 12 «مخطوط».)

[301] Nahjul Israr, vol. 2, pg. 384   المجتنى          20    للنجاة من الشدائد …..  ص : 19  المصباح‏للكفعمي          198    الفصل الرابع و العشرون في ذكر آيات

[302] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 91 H 6

[303] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 91 H 7

[304] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11976

[305] A herb similar to leek

[306] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14668.

[307] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 10105

[308] Sulaym Ibn Qais Hilali, H. 88

[309] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11293

[310] مجمع البيان 8: 488 «قطعة منه»

[311] خواصّ القرآن: 6

[312] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 219/ 18

[313] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 42 H 2

[314] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11527

[315] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11529 (خواص القرآن: 13 «نحوه»)

[316] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 11797 (خواص القرآن: 15 «مخطوط»)

[317] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Merits of the Quran CH 13 H 21

[318] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 124/ 27.

[319] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 52 H 1

[320] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 52 H 2

[321] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 58 H 1

[322] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 58 H 2

[323] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 58 H 7

[324] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 56 H 4

[325] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Drinks Ch 30 H 3

[326] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14669.

[327] طب الأئمة عليهم السلام، ص: 110