Invocations and Litanies
Remedy for anxiety
If you experience anxiety, place your right hand over your heart immediately after performing salam at the end of every obligatory salah, and recite the following:[1]
اَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ تَطْمَىٕنُّ الْقُلُوْبُؕ(۲۸)
“Pay heed! Only in the remembrance of Allah is the satisfaction of hearts.”[2]
Security against dependency on others
Whoever cuts his nails on a Thursday will not suffer from poverty inshāAllah.[3]
Relief from major calamities
Whenever a great calamity presents itself, recite the following litany:
حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِیْلُ
“Sufficient for us is Allah, and ˹He is˺ the best disposer of affairs.”
Allah will help, support, and empower you if He wills.[4]
Treating colds and flu
1. Recite any form of durood on the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم 3 times.
2. Recite the basmala[5]
3. Recite Surah al-Fātiha.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for a total of 3 times.
5. Recite any form of durood on the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم 3 times.
Then blow over the patient. Do this for three consecutive days. The patient will gain relief from cold and flu اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.[6]
[1] Faizan-e-Namaz, p. 558
[2] [Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 13, Surah Al-Ra’d, verse 28)
[3] Mirāt al-Manājīḥ, vol. 6, p. 147
[4] Faizan Riyad al-Saliheen, vol. 40, Tafsīr Rūḥ al-Ma’ānī, para 4, Surah Aale ‘Imran, Ayat 173, Juzz 4, p. 463
[5] بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم
[6] Beemar ‘Abid, p. 34
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