This is the prayer suggested by Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.) to protect ourself against plague.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ  أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

اَلْحَمْدُ  ِللّٰهِ رَبِّ اْلعَالَمِينَ وَ الصَّلاَةُ وَ السَّلاَمُ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَلٰى اٰلِهِ وَ صَحْبِهِ اَجْمَعِينَ

This is the prayer suggested by Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.) to ask ALLAH (SWT) for protection against plague.

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.) named this prayer as “as-Sakina”.

According to his suggestion these are the things that need to be considered:

1- To get rid of the disease (plague) before praying one should make charity on behave of Rasulullah (saw)’s descendants.

2- For those who are rich could make an animal sacrifice to offer to Allah for protection againts the disease (plague).

3- It should be enough to read this pray once a day. But it is best (recomended) to do after fajr prayer or after the sunrise or after isha prayer. Read everyday until we get rid of the disease (plague).

The prayer is read as follows :

1- Make the niyyah (intention) before prayer.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ  أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ   

2- Make istighfar (7 times)  أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ  

3- Read salawat for Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) (7 times)  :

       Read it 6 times this way :

                         اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلٰى اۤلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

      And the seventh time read it this way : 

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلٰى اۤلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلٰى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلٰى اۤلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

4- Say Takbeer (10 times)  اَللّٰهُ أكْبَرْ  

5- Read Basmalah and the 122th verse of Surah Al-An’am (19 times) 

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

فَرْدٌ حَىٌّ قَيُّومٌ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ قُدُّوسٌ 

اَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيْتاً فَاَحْيَيْنَاهُ

6- At the end of the prayer, the following passage is read 3 times :

أُلْطُفْ بِناَ فِيماَ نَزَلَ   ياَ مَنْ لَطِيفُ لَمْ يَزَلْ

عَنْ قَهْرِكَ يَوْمَ الْخلَلِ   أَنْتَ الْقَوِيُّ نَجِّناَ

نَارَ الْوَبَٓاءِ الْحَاطِمَةَ   ل۪ى خَمْسَةٌ اُطْف۪ى بِهَا

ألْمُصْطَفٰى وَ الْمُرْتَضٰى وَابْنَاهُمَا وَ الْفَاطِمَةُ

آمِين  يَا مُعِينُ  (جَلَّ جَلاَلُهُ)