48/118. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3578 — Dua of the Blind Man
Chapter :
Dua of the Blind Man for Healing
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3578
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3578
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي . قَالَ " إِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ صَبَرْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ " . قَالَ فَادْعُهُ . قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ لِتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ فَشَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ الْخَطْمِيِّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ هُوَ أَخُو سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ .
`Uthman bin Hunaif Narrated from:
A blind man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “Supplicate To Allah To Heal Me.” He (ﷺ) Said: “If You Wish I Will Supplicate For You, And If You Wish, You Can Be Patient, For That Is Better For You.” He Said: “Then Supplicate To Him.”He Said: “So He Ordered Him To Perform Wudu’ And To Make His Wudu’ Complete, And To Supplicate With This Supplication: ‘O Allah, I Ask You And Turn Towards You By Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), The Prophet Of Mercy. Indeed, I Have Turned To My Lord, By Means Of You, Concerning This Need Of Mine, So That It Can Be Resolved, So O Allah So Accept His Intercession For Me (Allāhumma Innī As’Aluka Wa Atawajjahu Ilaika Binabiyyka MuḥAmmadin Nabi-Ir-RaḥMati, Innī Tawajjahtu Bika Ila Rabbī Fī ḤĀjatī Hādhihī LituqḍĀ Lī, Allāhumma Fashaffi`Hu Fīyya).’”
[1] See At-Tawassul, Anwā’uhu wa Ahkāmu by Muḥammad Nāṣiruddīn Al-Albānī.[2] This Hadīth does not mean that we can ask Allāh to grant us something for the sake of the Prophet ﷺ or anything along those lines. Rather, what is intended is that he was asking Allāh to accept the Prophet’s supplicating for him, as indicated by his statement, “so accept his intercession for me.”Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3578In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 209English translation : Vol. 6, Book 46, Hadith 3578
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3578
This hadith about the blind man’s dua describes a man who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and asked him to supplicate to Allah to heal him. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave him a choice: if he wished, he would supplicate, and if he wished, he could be patient, which would be better for him. The man asked for supplication. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then ordered him to perform wudu completely and to say the taught dua, asking Allah and turning to Him by His Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, the Prophet of mercy, concerning his need. The hadith focuses on asking Allah, completing wudu, patience as a better option, and supplication for a specific need.
What we learn from this hadith
- The blind man asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to make dua for healing.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioned patience as a better choice if he wished.
- The man was instructed to perform wudu well before the supplication.
- The taught dua turns to Allah concerning a specific need.
