Weekly gathering schedule for 14^th August 2025

1. Sunan and manners: 5 minutes

2. Dua memorisation: 5 minutes

3. Summary: 5 minutes

4. Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining pearls of wisdom concerning visiting the ailing

1. Upon visiting the patient, one should enquire about their condition and make a supplication for their health and well-being.

2. One should request the ailing person to supplicate for them, as the supplication of the ailing is not rejected.

3. Appropriate to the circumstances, one should also extend an invitation to righteousness to the patient. Specifically, they should be reminded to be steadfast in their prayers, as even those who pray regularly may become heedless during illness.

4. One should not sit with the patient for an extended period, nor create a disturbance. However, if the patient themselves desires the visitor to stay longer, their feelings should be respected where possible.

5. Bringing gifts when visiting the sick is a commendable act. However, to forgo the visit altogether because one is not bringing a gift—perhaps thinking, "What will they think if I arrive empty-handed?"—is a cause for deprivation from spiritual reward. One should still visit, even if empty-handed.

6. A suggestion: when taking gifts such as fruit or biscuits, one should also include some booklets from Maktaba-tul-Madinah to present to the patient. This enables them to give these booklets