Chapter 96
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 96
What to say over abscesses, pimples and suchlike
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhumma Muṣaghghira-l-kabīri wa Mukabbira-ṣ-ṣaghīr, ṣaghghir mā bī.
Context
We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from one of the wives of the Prophet 
who said: “The Messenger of Allah came to me when a pimple had come out on my finger. He asked: ‘Do you have any dharīrah [1].?’ He put it on [the pimple] and said: ‘Say: O Allah, Who make the great small and make the small great, make my problem small.’ It was cured.” [2].
References
[1] Dharīrah is a fragrant powder imported from India.
[2] Ibn as-Sunnī (640) and an-Nasā’ī (1031) in ‘Amal al-yawm wa al-laylah.