What is the virtue of a person performing Ruqyah on themselves, what are its proofs, and what should one recite therein?

Ruqyah (definition) according to the Shariah is permissible and a good Sunnah (definition). The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ruqyah on himself and his companions. Scholars have denied the authenticity of the phrase "and they do not perform ruqyah on others" found in the hadith (definition) about the seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning. They clarified that it is an interpolation and an error by some narrators, as what is blameworthy is seeking ruqyah, not ruqyah itself.

Among the Quranic supplications for lawful ruqyah are Al-Fatihah and Al-Mu'awwidhat (Surahs Al-Falaq and An-Nas). Among the Prophetic supplications are saying "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) three times, then seven times "A'udhu bi 'izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhir" (I seek refuge in the might and power of Allah from the evil of what I find and what I fear), while placing the hand on the site of pain, and seeking refuge with "Kalimatillahit-tammah min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli 'aynin lammah" (the perfect words of Allah from every devil and poisonous creature, and from every evil eye).