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TAWEEZ AGAINST KNEE PAINS

Quoted from the book of Yibb al-A’immah (Medicine of the Imams), Jabir al-Ju’fi reported Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) as saying:

I was present with al-Husayn ibn Ali(a.s.) when a man from the descendants of Umayyah, yet he was loyalist to us, came to him and said, “O son of Allah’s Messenger, I could hardly come to you walking because of a pain from which I am suffering in my leg.”

The Imam (a.s.) asked, “How are you turned back from the supplicatory amulet of al-Hasan ibn Ali(a.s.)?”

“What is that, son of Allah’s Messenger?” asked the man.

The Imam (a.s.) explained, “You may recite the first seven verses of Surah al-Fath.”

Afterwards, the man said, “As I had carried out this direction, I felt no pain at all.”

It is also reported that one who suffers from knee pains may say the following supplicatory prayer after the ritual prayers:

يَا اَجْوَدَ مَنْ اَعْطٰى

O most magnanimous of all those who may donate!

يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ

O best of all those who may be besought

وَ يَاۤ اَرْحَمَ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ

O most merciful of all those whose mercy is asked!

اِرْحَمْ ضَعْفِىْ وَ قِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِىْ

(Please) have mercy upon my weakness and my confusion

وَ اَعْفِنِىْ مِنْ وَجَعِىْ۔

and release me from my pain.

For those suffering from pains in the legs, it is reportedly recommended to recite the following holy verse seven times over the legs:

وَاتْلُ مَا اُوْحِىَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ

“And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord.

لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ

There is none who can alter His words

وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا۔

and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.