What is the correct method of reading surah Fatiha for Shifa?

Published as Reciting Surah Fatiha for Shifa

· 12 Rabiʻ I 1444 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

What is the correct method of reading surah Fatiha for Shifa?

Answer

If the Surah is recited and blown onto the ill or the area of pain, it will prove beneficial Insha’Allah. Similarly, if it is written and hung, or even licked, it will prove beneficial.

One may also recite it forty-one times for forty days between the Sunnah and Fardh Salaah of Fajr, in the following manner; the ‘Meem’ at the end of ‘Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim’ should be read jointly with the letters ‘Alif & Laam of Alhamdu’. Through the grace of Allah Ta’ala one’s need and objective will be fulfilled. If it is being used to treat a sick person or one who is affected by black magic, then it should be blown into water and given to the patient to drink.

If the Surah is written on a porcelain dish using rose water, musk or saffron, then washed off and the water given to the patient to drink for forty days, it will prove beneficial for the cure of chronic diseases. It is also a cure for toothache, headache and stomach-ache if read seven times and blown on the affected area. These remedies have been summarized from Mazaahir-e-Haqq.

Answered by
Mufti Mohammed Desai
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