Chapter 2: The Prophet on Visiting People
‘When the Muslim visits his sick Muslim brother, he remains in an orchard of Paradise until he returns.’ (Muslim)
‘The rights of one Muslim over another are five’ Among these, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ mentioned: ‘visiting the sick.’ (Bukhari, Muslim)
‘Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captives.’ (Bukhari)
‘Allah, may He be glorified and exalted will say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I feel sick and you did not visit Me. He will say: O Lord, how could I visit you when You are the Lord of the Worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My slave so and so was sick but you did not visit him? Did you not know if you had visited him, you would have found Me with him?’ (Muslim)
The Prophet and Abu Talib:
When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ met his uncle Abu Talib who was sick, and said: ‘Say Laa ilaaha illa Allah and I will bear witness for you on the Day of Resurrection.’
Abu Talib replied: Were it not that Quraysh would shame me and say that the fear of death made him do that, I would have delighted your eyes. (Muslim)
Allah SWT then revealed the verse: ‘Verily, you (O Muhammad) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills.’ (Quran, 28:56)
The Prophet and a Jewish Boy:
A Jewish boy who used to serve the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and he fell sick. The Prophet came to visit him and said: ‘Become a Muslim.’
The boy looked at his father and he said to him: Obey Abu’l-Qaasim. After this, the Jewish boy became a Muslim and the Prophet went out saying: ‘Praise be to Allah Who has saved him from the Fire.’ (Bukhari)
When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to visit Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas when he was sick, he said: ‘O Allah, heal Sa’d, O Allah, heal Sa’d, O Allah, heal Sa’d. (Muslim)
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to visit a Bedouin who was sick and said: ‘Do not worry, it is a purification, if Allah wills.’(Bukhari)
‘When you visit one who is sick or dying, then say good words, for the angels say Ameen to what you say.’ (Muslim)
‘no one of you should wish for death because of some harm that has befallen him. If he must wish for it, then let him say: O Allah, keep me alive if living is good for me and cause me to die when death is good for me.’ (Bukhari)
‘no one of you should wish for death, for he is either a doer of good, so perhaps he will do more good deeds, or he is an evildoer, so perhaps he will repent.’ (Bukhari)
When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ visited a sick person, he would say: Adhib al-ba’s Rabb an-naas, ishfini anta ash-Shaafi, laa shifaa’a illa shifaa’uka shifaa’an laa yughaadiru saqaman (Take away the trouble O Lord of mankind and grant healing for You are the Healer and there is no healing but Your healing that leaves no trace of sickness). (Ibn Majah)
‘Whoever visits a sick person who is not dying yet and says seven times: As’alu Allah al-‘Azeem rabb al-‘arsh il-‘azeem an yashfiyaka (I ask Allah, the Almighty, Lord of the mighty Throne, to heal you) Allah will heal him of that sickness.’(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ahmad)
‘Put your hand on the part of the body that hurts and say: Bismillah (in the name of Allah) three times, then say seven times: ‘A’oodhi Billahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhaadhir.’ (I seek refuge in Allah and His might from the evil of what I find and I fear). (Muslim)
When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ visited a sick person, he would say: As’alu Allah al-‘Azeem rabb al-‘arsh il-‘azeem an yashfiyaka (I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the mighty Throne, to heal you) seven times. (Abu Dawud)
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would advise the one who had a fever to cool his body with water and he said: ‘Fever is part of the exhalation of Hell, so cool it down with water.’ (Bukhari)