According to sunnah, can you suggest a dua for releiving pain.
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dear brother burhan
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according to sunnah, can you suggest a dua for releiving pain. medicine doesnot
help and it is unbearable.
thank you
a brother
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Answer:
Supplication
dua for pain
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 155-157:
155 Be sure We shall test you with something of fear, and hunger, some
loss in goods or lives, or the fruits (of your toil); but give glad tidings to
those who patiently persevere.
156 Who say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah we belong
and to Him is our return."
157 They are those on whom (descend) blessings from Allah and Mercy, and
they are the ones that receive guidance.
Suhaib ibn Sinan narrated that the Prophet
(saws) said: "How remarkable is the case of the believer! There is good
for him in everything, but this is not the case for anyone except for the
believer. When the believer receives any good, he is thankful to Allah, and
gets a reward. And when some misfortune
befalls him, he endures it patiently, for which he is (also) rewarded."
Regardless of whatever good or afflictions which befall a
believer, he must believe with conviction that his Lord Most Gracious knows the
condition of each and every one in creation, and it is He Alone Who is testing
His slaves to see how they act in those circumstances of good or evil.
If one is afflicted by their Lord with some physical pain,
he should seek to utilize the best available remedies to relieve his pain and at
all times keep firm his faith and belief in the Mercy of the Lord Most
Merciful; for none has the power to remove affliction but He, the Majestic Lord
of the Worlds Alone.
Abu Hurairah reports that Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: "For every misfortune, illness, anxiety, grief, or hurt that
afflicts a Muslim -even the hurt caused by the pricking of a thorn - Allah
removes some of his sins."
Ibn Mas'ud reports: "I visited the
Messenger of Allah (saws) while he had a fever. I exclaimed: 'O Messenger of Allah
(saws)! You have a high fever! ' He (saws) said: 'My fever is as much as two
among you [might have].' I asked: 'Is
it because you have a double reward?'
He (saws) replied: 'Yes, that is right. No Muslim is afflicted with any
hurt, even if it is no more than the pricking of a thorn, but Allah wipes off
his sins because of it, and his sins fall away from him as leaves fall from a
tree'."
Some of the best supplications one can make when afflicted
by some pain as a test from their Lord are the supplications made by the Noble
Prophets of Allah as related in the Glorious Quran:
Allah Subhanah severely tested his Noble Prophet Ayyub
(a.s.), whereby he was afflicted by an incurable disease for a long period of
time. This incident and the beautiful
supplication of Prophet Ayyub (a.s.) is related in the Glorious Quran:
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verses 83-84:
83 And (remember) Ayyub when he cried to his Lord "Truly
distress has seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are
merciful."
84 So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and
We restored his people to him and doubled their number as a Grace from
Ourselves and a thing for commemoration for all who serve Us.
Similarly, the Noble Prophet Yunus (a.s.) was also tested
and this was the supplication he made to his Lord in his severe distress as
related in the Glorious Quran:
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verses 87-88:
87 And remember Zun-nun (Yunus (a.s.) when he departed in wrath: he
imagined that We had no power over him!
But he cried through the depths of darkness "There is no god
but Thou: Glory to Thee: I was indeed wrong!"
88 So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do
We deliver those who have faith.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam,
Burhan