Sunday, February 6, 2022

Visiting The Sick Is Akin To Visiting A Garden of Paradise

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَزِيدَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ - حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، - وَهُوَ أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ - عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيِّ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي خُرْفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا خُرْفَةُ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ ‏"‏ جَنَاهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ 
 
Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise. 

It was said: Allah's Messenger, what is this Khurfat-ul-jannah? 

He said: It is a place abounding in fruits. 

Reference: Sahih Muslim 2568 d 

(Hadith translation obtained from: https://sunnah.com/muslim/45/52)
 
Lessons: 

1. It is the responsibility of a person to fulfil the right of a fellow Muslim by visiting them when they are sick. 

2. Visiting the sick is likened to visiting a garden of paradise 

3. When visiting someone sick, pray for them as taught by Rasulullah SAW (Sahih al-Bukhari 5750): 

أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اِشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا 
 
O Lord of the people! Remove the difficulty and bring about healing as You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your Healing, a healing that will leave no ailment 
 
(Hadith translation obtained from: https://sunnah.com/bukhari/76/65)

Let us perform our duty to visit the sick and pray for their recovery.

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