Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 88
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى يَقْرَأُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ، فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا.
ʿAbdullāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us; Mālik informed us, from Ibn Shihāb, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was ill, he would recite the protective sūrahs over himself and breathe lightly. When his pain became severe, I would recite over him and wipe him with his hand, hoping for its blessing.
Translation notes
فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا.
The Arabic says ʿĀʾishah recited over him and wiped him with his hand; the English witness says she rubbed his hands over his body.
Should the translation retain the Arabic wording about wiping him with his hand?