Chapter 135: About Visiting a Sick Person

Translation: 459. Narrated Al-Bara'a ibn Azib ' Allah's Messenger ordered us to do seven things and forbade us from seven other things. He ordered us to visit the sick, to follow funeral processions, to answer a sneezer invoking Allah (" May Allah bestow of His Mercy on you, " if he says: " Praise be to Allah "), to accept invitations, to greet (everybody), to help the oppressed, and to help others to fulfill their oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink from silver (utensils), to use Mayathir (silk carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al- Qissi (a kind of silk cloth), to wear silk Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk clothes). ' (Bukhari)

Translation: 460. Narrated Thawban: ' The Prophet said: " Truly, if a Muslim visits his (sick) Muslim brother he is amid the fruits of Paradise. "

Translation: 461. Narrated Sa'eed ibn Allaqa: ' Once Ali held me with hand and said: " Let us visit Al-Hasan because he is sick. " We found Abu-Musa there, so Ali said to Abu-Mousa: " Have you come visiting or as a guest O Abu-Musa? " He said: " I came to visit. " Alir said " " I heard the Messenger of Allah saying:

Translation: " There is no Muslim that visits his brother by day except that seventy thousand angels invoke Allah for him until night. And if he visits him by night, seventy thousand angels invoke Allah for him until day, and he will have a garden in Paradise. " *** (At-Termizi)

Translation: 462. Narrated Anas: ' A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet and he became sick. So the Prophet went to visit him. He sat near his head and asked him to accept Islam. The boy looked at his father who was sitting there. His father said to him: " Obey Abul-Qa sim. " The boy accepted Islam. The Prophet came out saying: " All the praises and thanks be to Allah Who saved the boy from the Hellfire. " (Bukhari)