Madani pearls of visiting patients

Two sayings of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

   ٭ ‘عُوۡدُوا الۡمَرِيۡضَ’ Visit the patient. (Al-Adab-ul-Mufrad, pp. 137, Hadees 518)

   ٭The one who makes proper Wudu and visits his (sick) Muslim brother with the intention of receiving reward, will be moved away from Hell [equal to] the distance of 70 years. (Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. 3, pp. 248, Hadees 3097)

   ٭Visiting a sick person is a Sunnah. If you feel that your visit would be inconvenient for the patient, then do not visit him. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, pp. 505)

   ٭Even if you have strained relations with the patient or you do not like him, you should still visit him.

   ٭Visit the patient purely with the intention of following the blessed Sunnah. If anyone visits a patient merely for the reason that he will also visit me when I fall ill, then no reward will be granted.

   ٭If you visit a patient and notice his severe illness, do not talk to him in such a way that he feels fear, e.g., ‘you are in a critical condition!’ Nor should the visitor shake his head in such a way that it indicates the patient is in a serious condition.

   ٭At the time of visiting, show distress and sorrow from your facial expressions in front of an ailing or a grieved person.

   ٭Never talk in such a way that the patient or his attendant has the satanic whisper that you are happy about his problem.

   ٭Express your sympathy with the patient’s family members as well and offer all possible assistance and cooperation.

   ٭Get close to the patient and enquire about him and pray for his recovery and well-being.

   ٭Ask the patient to make Du’a for you as the patient’s Du’a is not rejected.