Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ لِآخِرَتِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ لَكَ قَالَ لَا بَلْ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وَأَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتَقْضِي وَتُشَفِّعُنِي فِيهِ وَتُشَفِّعُهُ فِيَّ قَالَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ هَذَا مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ أَحْسِبُ أَنَّ فِيهَا أَنْ تُشَفِّعَنِي فِيهِ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَبَرَأَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْخَطْمِيُّ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Rawh narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Abu Ja'far al-Madini, who said: I heard Umara b. Khuzayma b. Thabit narrating from Uthman b. Hunayf, that a blind man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Prophet of Allah, pray to Allah to restore my health." He said: "If you wish, I will delay that, and it is better for your Hereafter; and if you wish, I will pray for you." He said: "No, rather pray to Allah for me." So he ordered him to perform ablution, and to pray two rak'ahs, and to supplicate with this supplication: "O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet of Mercy. O Muhammad, I turn through you to my Lord in this need of mine, that it be fulfilled, and that You let him intercede for me and grant me intercession for him." He said: "He kept saying this repeatedly." Then he said afterward: "I think it includes: 'that you let him intercede for me.'" He said: "The man did so, and he was cured." Mu'ammal narrated to us: Hammad, meaning Ibn Salama, narrated to us: Abu Ja'far al-Khatmi narrated to us, from Umara b. Khuzayma b. Thabit, from Uthman b. Hunayf, that a man whose eyesight had gone came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) - and he mentioned the hadith.