So buy a Sa’a (about 3kg) of wheat...
So buy a Sa’a (about 3kg) of wheat, then lie down upon your back and scatter (the wheat) upon your chest, as it is done and say, اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ الْمُضْطَرُّ كَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ مَكَّنْتَ لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ خَلِيفَتَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُعَافِيَنِي مِنْ عِلَّتِي ‘O Allah -azwj !
I ask You -azwj by Your -azwj Name Which, when You -azwj are asked with by a desperate one, it would Remove whatever he is with, from the harm, and (matters) are enabled for him in the earth, and You -azwj would Make him to Your -azwj Caliph upon Your -azwj creatures, that You -azwj (please) Send Salawāt upon Muhammad -saww and the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww , and that You -azwj (please) Grant me good health during my illness’.
ثُمَّ اسْتَوِ جَالِساً وَ اجْمَعِ الْبُرَّ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ وَ قُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَ اقْسِمْهُ مُدّاً مُدّاً لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ وَ قُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ Then sit up straight, and gather the wheat from around you, and say similar to that, and distribute it, one Mudd (750 gms.), one Mudd to each poor one and say similar to that’. قَالَ دَاوُدُ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَكَأَنَّمَا نُشِطْتُ مِنْ عِقَالٍ وَ قَدْ فَعَلَهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ فَانْتَفَعَ بِهِ .
Dawood (the narrator) said, ‘So I did that, and it was as if I was activated from inactivity, and someone else (also) had done it, and he benefited by it’. [5] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ اشْتَكَى بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ قُلِ.
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Al Husayn Bin Nuaym, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘One of his -asws sons complained to him -asws , so he -asws said: ‘O my -asws son! Say, اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِنِي بِشِفَائِكَ وَ دَاوِنِي بِدَوَائِكَ وَ عَافِنِي مِنْ بَلَائِكَ فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ‘O Allah -azwj !
Heal me with Your -azwj Healing, and Cure me with Your -azwj Cure, and Grant me good health from Your -azwj affliction, for I am Your -azwj servant and son of Your -azwj servant’’.
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