Dua for Fever
When a person suffers from fever, the Sunnah mentions cooling the fever with water. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that fever should be cooled with water. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما would also supplicate to Allah during fever, asking Him to remove the punishment.
Dua in Arabic
اِكْشِفْ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ
Roman English
Ikshif ‘annar-rijza.
English Meaning
“Remove the punishment from us.”
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 5723. The narration mentions that after reporting the Prophet ﷺ’s statement about cooling fever with water, Nafi‘ said that Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما would say: “Ikshif ‘annar-rijz” — “Remove the punishment from us.”
Note: This particular wording is reported as the supplication of Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما, rather than as a specific Dua directly taught by the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophetic instruction in the cited hadith is to cool the fever with water.
Dua for Fever is a supplication mentioned in the Sunnah in connection with fever. Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما would recite this Dua, asking Allah Ta’ala to remove the affliction. The related Hadith also mentions cooling fever with water.
