TAWEEZ AGAINST FEVER

(1) It is recommended to say this supplicatory amulet, which the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) taught to Imam Ali(a.s.) against fever:

اَللّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ جِلْدِىَ الرَّقيقَ وَ عَظْمِىَ الدَّقيقَ وَ اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فَوْرَةِ الْحَريقِ يا اُمَّ مِلْدَمٍ اِنْ كُنْتِ آمَنْتِ بِاللّٰهِ فَلا تَاْكُلىِ اللَّحْمَ وَلاتَشْرَبىِ الدَّمَ وَلاتَفُورى مِنَ الْفَمِ وَانْتَقِلى اِلى مَنْ يَزعَمُ اَنَّ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلهاً آخَرَ فَاِنّى اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لا اِلهَ اِلا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لاشَريكَ لَهُ وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ

(2) A feverish person is recommended to say repeatedly in mornings and evenings the supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-nur - a supplicatory prayer that Lady Fatimah al-Zahra’(a.s.) taught to Salman. This supplicatory prayer can be found in Mafatih al-Jinan.

(3) The Holy Imams (a.s.) are reported to have used to treated themselves against fever with cold water. Successively, they used to wet their clothes by putting one on and leaving the other in water. When the dressed one dried out, they would put on the other wet one.

(4) Handwritten by Imam al-Rida(a.s.), a feverish person may write the following inscriptions on three sheets of paper as follows:

On the first sheet, the following may be written down:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ لاتَخَفْ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الاَْعْلى

On the second sheet, the following may be written down:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ لاتَخَفْ نَجْوَتَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظّالِمينَ

On the third sheet, the following may be written down:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ اَلا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَ الاَْمْرُ تَبارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعالَمينَ

On each of these sheets, Surah al-Tawheed may be recited three times. After that, the feverish person may swallow the sheets in three days; each one on a day. If this is practiced, the fever will be healed, Allah willing.

(5) The feverish person my untie the buttons of his shirt, hang his head down to his chest, say the adhan and the iqamah statements, and recite Surah al-Faatehah seven times. If this is practiced, the fever will be healed, Allah willing.

(6) The Holy Imams (a.s.) are reported to have instructed that the following supplicatory prayer should be written on a parchment and hanged to the feverish person:

اَللّهُمَّ اِنّى اَسْئَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ سُلْطانِكَ وَ ما اَحاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَنْ لا تُسَلِّطَ عَلى فُلانِ بْنِ فُلانٍ شَيْئاً مِمّا خَلَقْتَ بِسُوَّءٍ وَارْحَمْ جِلْدَهُ الرَّقيقَ وَ عَظْمَهُ الدَّقيقَ مِنْ فَوْرَةِ الْحَريقِ اُخْرُجى يا اُمَّ مِلْدَمٍ يا آكِلَةَ اللَّحْمِ وَ شارِبَةَ الدَّمِ حَرُّها و بَرَدُها مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ اِنْ كُنْتِ آمَنْتِ بِاللّٰهِ الاَْعْظَمِ اَنْ لاتَاْكُلى لِفُلانِ بنِ فُلانة لَحْماً وَ لاتُمَصّى لَهُ دَماً وَلاتَنْهَكى لَهُ عَظْماً وَلاتُثَوِّرى عَلَيْهِ غَمّاً وَ لاتُهَيِّجى عَلَيْهِ صُداعاً وَانْتَقِلى عَنْ شَعْرِهِ وَ بَشَرِهِ وَ لَحْمِهِ وَ دَمِهِ اِلى مَنْ زَعَمَ اَنَّ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلهاً آخَرَ لا اِلهَ اِلاّ هُوَ سُبْحانَهُ وَ تَعالى عَمّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Then, it is recommended to write down the name of a non-Muslim or an enemy of Almighty Allah.

(7) On the right arm of the feverish person, it is advised to hang a sheet of paper (or the like) on which the following inscription has been written down:

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ بِسْمِ الِلَّهِ وَ بِالِلَّهِ اَعُوذُ بِكَلِماتِ اللّٰهِ التّآمّاتِ كُلِّهَا الَّتى لايُجاوِزُهُنَّ بَرُّ وَلا فاجِرٌ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ وَ ذَرَءَ وَ بَرَءَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْهآمَّةِ وَ السّآمَّةِ وَالْعآمَّةِ وَاللاَّّمَّةِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ طَوارِقِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ فُسّاقِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَالاِْنْسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطانِ وَ شَرَكِهِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلّ ذى شَرٍّ وَ مِنْ شَرٍّ كُلِّ دآبَّةٍ هُوَ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها اِنَّ رَبّى عَلى صِراطٍ مُسْتَقيمٍ رَبَّنا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنا وَ اِلَيْكَ اَنَبْنا وَ اِلَيْكَ الْمَصيرُ يا نارُ كُونى بَرْداً وَ سَلاماً عَلى اِبْرهيمَ وَ اَرادُوا بِهِ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْناهُمْ الاَْخْسَرينَ بَرْداً وَ سَلاماً عَلى فُلانِ بْنِ فُلانةَ رَبَّنا لاتُؤ اخِذْنا اِنْ نَسينا اَوْ اَخْطَاْنا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا اِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ اَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ حَسْبِىَ اللّٰهُ لا اِلهَ اِلاّ هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكيلاً وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَىِّ الَّذى لايَمُوتُ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ وَ كَفى بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبادِهِ خَبيراً بَصيراً لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُ صَدَقَ وَعْدَهُ وَ نَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَ هَزَمَ الاَْحْزابَ وَحْدَهُ ماشآءَ اللّٰهُ لاقُوَّةَ اِلاّ بِاللّٰهِ كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لاََغْلِبَنَّ اَنَا وَ رُسُلى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِىُّ عَزيزٌ اِنَّ حِزْبَ اللّٰهِ هُمُ الْغالِبُونَ وَ مَنْ يَعْتَصِمْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدْ هُدِىَ اِلى صِراطٍ مُسْتَقيمٍ وَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبينَ الطّاهِرينَ

(8) On three pieces of sugar, the following three phrases may be written down and the feverish person may eat them in the mornings of three days as the first meal, each piece a day:

The inscription on the first piece of sugar is this:

عَقَدْتُ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ

The inscription on the second piece of sugar is this:

شَدَدْتُ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ

The inscription on the third piece of sugar is this:

سَكَنْتُ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ

A SUPPLICATORY PRAYER AGAINST TENESMUS

It is reported that a man complained to Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) about suffering from continuous tenesmus (i.e. a frequent, excessive, and painful desire to defecate). As treatment, the Imam (a.s.) taught the man to say the following supplicatory prayer after the Night Prayer:

اَللّهُمَّ ما كانَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَمِنْكَ لاحَمْدَلى فيهِ وَ ما عَمِلْتُ مِنْ سُوءٍ فَقَدْ حَذَّرْتَنيهِ لاعُذْرَ لى فيهِ اَللّهُمَّ اِنّى اَعُوذُبِكَ اَنْ اَتَّكِلَ عَلى مالا حَمْدَلى فيهِ اَوْ آمَنَ مِمّا لا عُذْرَ لى فيهِ

A SUPPLICATORY PRAYER AGAINST STOMACH GURGLING

Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) is also reported to have advised the same previous supplicatory prayer to be said after the Night Prayer by those who suffer from stomach gurgling. [A man said to him, “I suffer from stomach gurgling that never stops. Therefore, I feel embarrassed when people to whom I speak hear the sounds of such gurgling. So, please pray Allah to cure me of it.]

Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.), advising those who suffer from stomach gurgling, said, “Black cumin may be mixed with honey and then eaten.”

A SUPPLICATORY PRAYER AGAINST LEPROSY

Yunus has reported that whitish scales between the eyes affected him. He therefore complained about this disease to Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) who, leading him to a treatment, said: You may pure yourself ceremonially, offer a two-unit prayer, and say this (supplicatory prayer):

يا اَللَّهُ يا رَحْمنُ يا رَحيمُ يا سَميعَ الدَّعَواتِ يا مُعْطِىَ الْخَيْراتِ اَعْطِنى خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَ خَيْرَ الاْخِرَةِ وَ قِنى شَرَّ الدُّنْيا وَ شَرَّ الاْخِرَةِ وَ اَذْهِبْ عَنّى ما اَجِدُ فَقَدْ غاضَنىِ الاَْمْرُ وَاَحْزَنَنى

Reporting the same narration, the author of ‘Uddat al-DAIhas reported Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) as saying:

In the beginning of the last third of night, you may perform the ritual ablution (wudu’) and offer the prayer you usually offer at this time. In the second prostration of the first two units of the prayer, you may say the following (supplicatory prayer) while you are in a state of prostration:

يا عَلَىُّ يا عَظيمُ يا رَحْمنُ يا رَحيمُ يا سامِعَ الدَّعَواتِ يا مُعْطِىَ الْخَيْراتِ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَعْطِنى مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيا وَالاْخِرَةِ ما اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ وَاصْرِفْ عَنّى مِنْ شَرِّ الدُّنْيا وَالاْخِرَةِ ما اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ وَاَذْهِبْ عَنّى هذَا الْوَجَعَ فَاِنَّهُ قَدْ غاظَنى وَاَحْزَنَنى

You may pray Almighty Allah so persistently.

Yunus added, “Before I returned to al-Kufah, Almighty Allah has removed from me all the traces of that disease.”

For this disease as well as hemorrhoids, it is reported to write down Surah Yasin with honey in a cup that must be then washed and drunk.

It is also reported to have the soil of Imam al-Husayn’s tomb after being kneaded with rainwater.