PRAY FOR THE SICK

The second etiquette of doing Iyadat (visiting a sick person) is that when a we go to visit a person first we should inquire as to how are they feeling. Once they have expressed how they are feeling then we should say a prayer for them. The Holy Prophet ﷺ has taught us how to pray for a sick person. Whenever the Holy Prophet ﷺ visited a sick person he prayed for them with following words:

لاَ باَسَ طَھور اِن’ شَا ٴَ الّٰلہ (صحیح بخاری، کتاب المرض)

It means that this illness will cause you no harm, rather InshAllah (God willing) this illness will become a way for you to get cleansed of sins. In this prayer on one hand there is a reassurance for the person that while you do have discomfort but InshaAllah this illness will cleanse your sins. On the other hand, it is also a prayer that O Allah! Please make this illness a way of getting thawab (eternal reward) for this person, and please forgive their sins because of this illness.

From the talk "The etiquette of Iyadat (visiting a sick person) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Daamat Barakatahum