The Test of illness

‘adh-hibil ba’sa rabbun-ncs,
‘ishfi wa ‘antash-shcfe,
lc shifc’a ‘illc shifc’uk,
shifc’ul-lc yughcdiru saqamc.
“Remove the agony, O Lord of Man.
Cure (him/her): You are the (true) Giver of cure,
there is no cure but Your cure,
(which is) such a cure which leaves behind no disease.”
al-Bukh\r|
`Abdull\h ibn `Abb\s t narrates, “Whenever the Prophet r would
visit any sick person he would say,
lc ba’sa ]ahprun, in shc’al-lch.
“It (the sickness) is no problem, but (it is) a cure,
If All\h so wills.”
al-Bukh\r|
`Al| t narrates, “The Prophet visited me when I was ill, at which time I
was praying, ‘O All\h! if my time (of death) has come, have mercy on
me; and if my time is later, raise me; and if it is a test, make me patient.’
“He (The Prophet) asked, ‘What did you say?’
“I repeated what I had prayed. On this the Prophet said,
allchum-mash-fihe, allchumma `cfihe
‘O All\h! Cure him. O All\h! relieve him.’
“He then told me to stand, and I stood. I never suffered from that
illness after that.”
al-*\kim
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