Chapter 99

Remembrance 11 from Chapter 99

What the sick should say, what should be said and recited near them, and how to ask after their health

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Romanisation

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu-akbar.
Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah.
Lā ilāha illa-llāh, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd.
Lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh.

Context

We relate in the books of at-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah that Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī Honorific symbol and Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol attest that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “Whenever anyone says: There is no god but Allah and Allah is greater, his Lord confirms him and says: ‘There is no god but Me and I am Greater.’ When he says: There is no god but Allah alone, He says: ‘There is no god but Me alone.’ When he says: There is no god but Allah alone without partner, He says: ‘There is no god but Me, Alone without partner.’ When he says: There is no god but Allah and to Him belongs Dominion and to Him belongs all praise, He says: ‘There is no god but Me, to Me belongs Dominion and to Me belongs all praise.’ When he says: There is no god but Allah and there is no power or strength except by Allah, He says: ‘There is no god but Me and there is no power or strength except by Me.’” Then he Honorific symbol said: “Whoever says this during an illness and then passes away, Hell-Fire will not consume him.” [10].At-Tirmidhī describes this hadith as ḥasan.

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References
[10] Ibn Mājah (3794), at-Tirmidhī (3426), and al-Futūḥāt (4/64). Ibn Ḥajar grades it as ḥasan.

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