Dua When Seeing an Afflicted or Diseased Person

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية المعتبرة.
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 للهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِى مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ
All praise be to Allah Who has spared me from that with which He has affected you,
وَ لَوْ شَآءَ فَعَلَ
but if He wills, He is certainly able to do.
Instructions
According to another tradition, the following statement should be said at such situations:
اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِى مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ
All praise be to Allah Who has spared me from that with which He has affected you
وَ فَضَلَنِى عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى كَثِيْرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ.
and preferred me over you and over many of His creatures.
Instructions
It is also required to say this statement as inaudibly as possible so that the defected person would not hear you.