Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 272
CHAPTER 14 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Compassion for Mankind 272 ِ ْاَذْﻫِﺐ ْ اﻟﺒَﺄ ْ س َ رَب َّ اﻟﻨَّﺎس ِ اِﺷ ِْ ﻒ ِ وَاَﻧ ﺖ َ اﻟﺸَّﺎىف ًﻻَﺷِﻔَﺎء َ اِﻻَّﺷِﻔَﺎءُکَ، َ ﺷِﻔَﺎءً َﺎﻣِﻼ َ ﻻ ﻳُﻐ ﺎ دِرُﺳَﻘَﻤًﺎ. ‘O the Lord of the people, remove the disease. You are the Healer bestow healing. Bestow such healing that would not leave any disease behind. ’ 36 Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra relates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "if a Muslim visits such a patient (whose appointed time of death has not arrived) and recites this prayer seven times, God would bestow healing upon him, َ ُ اَﺳْﺄ َ ل اﻟﻠ ّٰ َ اﻟﻌَﻈِﻴْﻢ َ رَب َّ اﻟْﻌَﺮْش ِ اﻟﻌَﻈِﻴْﻢ ِ اَنْ ﻳَﺸْﻔِﻴَک. 37 "God is the Greatest. I pray to the Lord of the greatest throne to heal you. " The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa advised his Companions to visit the ill people as this is a right of a Muslim brother. He not only visited the important people like chief of An sa r, Hadrat Sa‘d bin ‘Ub a dah ra or Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqqa s ra , a senior Companion, he also visited young men, children and Bedouins. He went to see his uncle Ab u Ta lib and also a Jewish slave. J a bir bin ‘Abdull a h ra was a young Companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. His father was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. He always remembered that once when he fell ill and had fainted, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came to see him on foot accompanied by Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra and Hadrat ‘Umar ra. 38 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to