Dua When Visiting the Sick
Where this dua comes from
Reported by Ibn Abbas, this is what the Prophet ﷺ would say to sick people he visited, framing the illness itself — not just recovery from it — as a means of purification (tahur) from sin, conditional on Allah's will. It sits alongside a broader theme in the hadith literature that hardship, including physical illness, can function as expiation, provided the person bears it with patience; a related hadith states that no fatigue, illness, sorrow, or even a thorn's prick befalls a believer except that Allah expiates some of their sins through it. In practice, this line is said directly to the person who is unwell as words of comfort during a visit, distinct from the previous dua ("Adhhibil-ba's..."), which is a request for their healing rather than a statement about the illness's meaning.
When to recite
Said to a person who is unwell, while visiting them.