The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · From the Prophetic Sunnah

Ash-Shaafi الشافي

The Healer, who cures hearts and bodies of their ailments; there is no cure but His cure.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 227 ↗

Evidence

«اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، أَذْهِبِ البَأْسَ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»
Sahih al-Bukhari (5743) and Sahih Muslim (2191)

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Prophetic Sunnah

He ﷺ said it when visiting the sick

«اللهم رب الناس أذهب البأس، واشف أنت الشافي، لا شفاء إلا شفاؤك، شفاء لا يغادر سقما»

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Grading: Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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