The reward for visiting the sick

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ المُسلِمَ مَشَى فِي خِرَافَةِ الجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَجلِسَ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتهُ الرَّحمَةُ، فَإِن كَانَ غُدوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيهِ سَبعُونَ أَلفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمسِيَ، وَإِن كَانَ مَسَاءً صَلَّى عَلَيهِ سَبعُونَ أَلفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصبِحَ)).

Approximate Arabic reading aid

Qāla an-nabiyyu ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam: idhā 'āda ar-rajulu akhāhu almuslima mashā fī khirāfati aljannati ḥattā yajlisa, fa'idhā jalasa ghamarathu ar-raḥmatu, fa'in kāna ghudwatan ṣallā 'alayhi sab'ūna alfa malakin ḥattā yumsiya, wa'in kāna masā'an ṣallā 'alayhi sab'ūna alfa malakin ḥattā yuṣbiḥa.

English meaning

Ali Ibn Abee Talib related that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘If a man calls on his sick Muslim brother, it is as if he walks reaping the fruits of Paradise until he sits, and when he sits he is showered in mercy, and if this was in the morning, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the evening, and if this was in the evening, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the morning.

Explanation (Tafseer)

This passage describes visiting a sick Muslim through images of walking among the fruits of Paradise, being covered by mercy, and receiving the prayers of many angels until evening or morning. Its language emphasizes the mercy and honor connected in the narration with attending to someone who is ill.

When to use

The reward for visiting the sick

Reference & source

Hisn al-Muslim 149

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