۔5It was stated, ‘When a person turns ill, Allah Almighty sends two angels towards him who go and see what His bondsman says. If the sick praises Allah Almighty (i.e. utters (اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه), then the angels humbly state his saying to Allah Almighty, and Allah Almighty is fully aware. It is stated by Allah Almighty, ‘If I give this bondsman death due to this illness, I will make him enter Paradise and if I bestow health upon him, I will give him better flesh and blood than before and forgive his sins.’’

(Muwatta’ Imam Maalik, vol. 2, p. 429, Hadees 1798)

   ۔6It was stated, ‘When a person is ill or a traveller, then those deeds are written for him that he used to do in good health or at home.’

(Bukhari, vol. 2, p. 308, Hadees 2996)

Under the last aforementioned blessed Hadees, Hakeem-ul-Ummah Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه writes, ‘I.e. If he was unable to pray Tahajjud and other Nawafil due to sickness or travel, or was not able to be present in congregation, he will attain the reward of it on the condition that he was punctual of these things in good health. The meaning of the Hadees is not that Faraaid are forgiven in illness or travel. One will still have to actually perform them and if they are missed, then their Qada will be Wajib.

 (Mirat-ul-Manajeeh, vol. 1, p. 413)

O devotees of the Prophet! One comes to know from the aforementioned blessed Ahadees that:

   *Illness is a cause of forgiveness.

   *It is a way of purifying sins.

   *Sins shed due to it.

   *Allah Almighty makes the Muslim afflicted with illness His beloved.

   *If the one praising Allah Almighty in the state of sickness passes away in that very sickness, then he becomes deserving of Paradise.

   *If one recovers, then there is good news of better flesh and blood.

   *Those very deeds of a person in the state of illness are written which he used to do in the state of good health.