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DUA WHEN YOU SEE A DISEASED OR DEFECTED PERSON

Twenty-third: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (‘a) is reported to have said: Whenever you see a diseased or defected person, you should repeat this saying three times inaudibly, without letting him hear what you say. If you say so, you will not be affected by that disease or defect:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ عَافَانِىْ مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ

All praise be to Allah Who has spared me from that with which He has affected you,

وَ لَوْ شَاۤءَ فَعَلَ‏

but if He wills, He is certainly able to do.

According to another tradition, the following statement should be said at such situations:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ عَافَانِىْ مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ

All praise be to Allah Who has spared me from that with which He has affected you

وَ فَضَّلَنِىْ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلٰى كَثِيْرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ۔

and preferred me over you and over many of His creatures.

It is also required to say this statement as inaudibly as possible so that the defected person would not hear you.