English translation
3578. ‘Uthmān bin Ḥunaif narrated that a blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “Supplicate to Allāh to heal me.” He said: “If you wish I will supplicate for you, and if you wish, you can be patient, for that is better for you.” He said: “Then supplicate to Him.” He said: “So he ordered him to perform Wuḍū’ and to make his Wuḍū’ complete, and to supplicate with this supplication: ‘O Allāh, I ask You and turn towards You by Your Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet of Mercy. Indeed, I have turned to my Lord, by means of You, concerning this need of mine, so that it can be resolved, so O Allāh so accept his intercession for[1] me (Allāhumma Innī As’aluka Wa Atawajjahu Ilaika Binabiyyka Muḥammadin Nabī-Ir-Raḥmati Tawajjahtu Bika Ila Rabbi Fī Ḥajati Hadhihi Lituqda Lī, Allāhumma Fashaffi’hu Fiya).’[2] (Saḥīh) [He said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Saḥīh Gharīb, we do not know of it except through this route, as a narration of Abū Ja’far, and he is someone other than Al-Khaṭmī, [and ‘Uthmān bin Ḥunaif is the brother of Sahl bin Ḥunaif.]
