Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I was ill, and the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, came with Abu Bakr to visit me. They came
on foot. They found that I had fainted, so the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, did wudu' and then poured his wudu' water on me.
I came to and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
there. I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, what should I do with my property?
Give me a judgement regarding my property.' He did not give me any answer
until the ayat of inheritance was revealed."
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ مَرِضْتُ مَرَضًا فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ فَوَجَدَانِي أُغْمِيَ عَلَيَّ فَتَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ صَبَّ وَضُوءَهُ عَلَيَّ فَأَفَقْتُ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي مَالِي كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي مَالِي فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمِيرَاثِ
Hadith 512
Sahih — Al-Albani
Visiting children who are ill
Usama ibn Zayd reported that a child of one of the daughters of
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was very
ill. His mother sent word to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, to say that her child was dying. He told the messenger, "Go
and tell her that to Allah belongs what He takes and what He gives. Everything
is with Him until a stated term. She should be patient and leave him to
Allah." The messenger went back and told her. She sent to him again to
plead with him to come. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, got up with a group of his Companions, including Sa'd ibn 'Ubada.
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took the child and
put him on his breast. The child was shaking like a leaf against his chest.
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wept and
Sa'd said, "Do you weep, Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "I weep out of
compassion for the child. Allah only shows mercy to those of His slaves
who are merciful."
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ صَبِيًّا لاَبْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَقُلَ فَبَعَثَتْ أُمُّهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ وَلَدِي فِي الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لِلرَّسُولِ اذْهَبْ فَقُلْ لَهَا إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ إِلَى أَجْلٍ مُسَمًّى فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ فَرَجَعَ الرَّسُولُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَبَعَثَتْ إِلَيْهِ تُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِ لَمَا جَاءَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ مِنْهُمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الصَّبِيَّ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ ثَنْدُوَتَيْهِ وَلِصَدْرِهِ قَعْقَعَةٌ كَقَعْقَعَةِ الشَّنَّةِ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ أَتَبْكِي وَأَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَبْكِي رَحْمَةً لَهَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَرْحَمُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِلاَّ الرُّحَمَاءَ
Hadith 513
Sahih — Al-Albani
Chapter
Ibrahim ibn Abi 'Abla said, "My wife was ill and I used to go to
Umm ad-Darda'. She asked me, 'How's your family?' 'Ill,' I replied. She
called for some food for me and I ate. Then I went back and she did the
same thing again. I visited her yet again and she asked, 'How are they?'
'They are almost well,' I replied. She said, 'I called for good for you
when you told me that your family were ill. Since they are almost well
know, we will not call for anything for you.'"
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, went to visit a bedouin when he was ill and said,
"Do not worry. It is a purification if Allah so wills." He said that the
bedouin said, "It is a fever which boils in an old man and will cause him
to visit the graves." "It is a blessing then," he concluded.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, asked, "Which of you is fasting today?" Abu Bakr
said, "I am." He asked, "Which of you has visited a sick person today?
"I have," Abu Bakr stated. Then he asked, "Who has attended a funeral today?"
"I have," Abu Bakr said. He asked, "Who has fed a poor person today?" Abu
Bakr said, "I have."
Jabir said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
visited Umm as-Sa'ib while she was sighing. He asked, 'What is wrong with
you?' 'The fever,' she replied, "May Allah debase it!' The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Gently! Do not curse it. It
removes the errors of the believer as the bellows remove the dross of iron.'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أُمِّ السَّائِبِ وَهِيَ تُزَفْزِفُ فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ قَالَتِ الْحُمَّى أَخْزَاهَا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَهْ لاَ تَسُبِّيهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُذْهِبُ خَطَايَا الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ
Hadith 517
Sahih — Al-Albani
Visiting the sick
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Allah says: 'I asked you for food and you
did not feed Me. He (His slave) will say, 'Lord, how could I feed You when
You did not ask me for food and You are the Lord of the universe?' He will
say, 'Do you not know that My slave so-and-so asked you for food and you
did not feed him? Do you not know that if you had fed him, you would have
found that action with Me? Son of Adam, I asked you for water and you did
not give Me water.' The slave will reply, 'O Lord, how could I give you
water when You are the Lord of the universe?' He will say, 'My slave so-and-so
asked you for water and you did not give him water. Do you not know that
if you had given him water, you would have found that action with Me? Son
of Adam, I was ill and you did not visit Me.' He will say, 'O Lord, how
could I visit You when You are the Lord of the universe?' He will say,
'Do you not know that My slave so-and-so was ill. If you had visited him
you would have found that action with Me (or you would have found Me with
him)."
Abu Sa'id reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Visit the sick. Follow funeral processions. Remind yourselves
of the Next World."
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِيسَى الأُسْوَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ عُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الْجَنَائِزَ تُذَكِّرُكُمُ الآخِرَةَ
Hadith 519
Sahih — Al-Albani
Visiting the sick
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "There are three things which are all a duty for
every Muslim: to visit the sick, to attend funerals, and to say, 'may Allah
have mercy on you' when someone sneezes if he praises Allah Almighty."
The visitor supplicating for recovery of the ill one
Three of the Banu Sa'd related from their father that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited Sa'd (ibn Abi
Waqqas) in Makka and Sa'd wept. He asked, "Why are your weeping?" Sa'd
replied, "I fear that I will die in the land from which I have emigrated
as Sa'd (ibn Khawla) died." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah, heal Sa'd!" three
times. Sa'd said, "I have a lot of property which my daughter will inherit.
Shall I will all of it away?" "No," he replied. Sa'd asked, "Two-thirds?"
"No," he replied. "A half then?" Sa'd asked. "No," he answered. Sa'd asked,
"A third?" "A third," he said, "but a third is a lot. What you give as
sadaqa from your property is sadaqa. What you spend on your family is sadaqa.
What your wife eats of your food is sadaqa for you. It is better for you
to leave your family in a state of plenty (or he said "livelihood") than
to leave them where they have to importune people."
Abu Qilaba reported from Abu'l-Ash'ath as-San'ani that Abu Asma'
said, "Whoever visits his brother is in a tent of the Garden." I (the transmitter)
asked Abu Qilaba, "What is the tent of the Garden?" "Its fruits," he replied.
I said to Abu Qilaba, "From whom did Asma' transmit?" "From Thawban from
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace," he replied.
Abu Bakr ibn Hazm and Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir were some people
from the mosque who visited 'Umar ibn al-Hakam ibn Rafi' al-Ansari. They
said, "Abu Hafs! Relate to us!" He said, "I heard 'Abdullah say that he
heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "When
someone visits a sick person, he dives into mercy to such an extent that
when he sits with him, he settles in it."
Someone who prays in the presence of a sick person
'Ata' said, "Ibn 'Umar visited Ibn Safwan and the time came for
the prayer. So Ibn 'Umar prayed two rak'ats with them and then observed,
'I am travelling.'"
Anas reported that a Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace. The boy became ill and the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to visit him. He sat by his
head and said, "Become a Muslim." The boy looked at his father who was
also sitting by his head. His father said to him, "Obey Abu'l-Qasim (may
Allah bless him and grant him peace)." So the boy became a Muslim. The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left saying, "Praise
be to Allah who has saved him from the Fire!"
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ غُلاَمًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ كَانَ يَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَمَرِضَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُهُ فَقَعَدَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ أَسْلِمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَطِعْ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَسْلَمَ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Hadith 525
Sahih — Al-Albani
What to say to someone who is ill
'A'isha (ra) said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to Madina, Abu Bakr (ra) and Bilal (ra) came down with a fever. I visited them and asked, 'Father, how are you? Bilal, how are you?' When Abu Bakr's (ra) fever worsened, he said:"Every body is given the prayer to arise healthy among his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe-laces." And whenever Bilal’s (ra) fever subsided, he would recite, "Would that I know that I will ever spend a night in a valley surrounded by Izkhir and Jaleel (two kinds of sweet smelling grass). And that I will arrive one day to the waters of Majannah and observe (the mountains) Shamah and Tafeel" Ayshah (ra) went to the Prophet (ﷺ) M, and informed him of what transpired with these two men. Thereupon, he made this supplication: "O Allah, make us love Madinah as dearly as we love Makkah, or more than that. O Allah! Make it healthy for us and bless for us it sa' and mudd. And remove its fever putting it in al-Juhfah"
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, went to visit a bedouin who was ill. When the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, visited someone who was ill, he would say,
'There is no harm in it. It is a purification, Allah willing." That man
then said, "A purification! No, rather it is a fever which boils (or appears)
in an old man and will cause him to visit the graces." The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Then yes (it is)".
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ ذَاكَ طَهُورٌ كَلاَّ بَلْ هِيَ حُمَّى تَفُورُ أَوْ تَثُورُ عَلَى شَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ تُزِيرُهُ الْقُبُورَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَعَمْ إِذًا
Hadith 527
Da'if — Al-Albani
What to say to someone who is ill
Nafi' reported that when Ibn 'Umar visited someone who was ill,
he would ask him how he was. When he left him, he would say, "May Allah
choose what is best for you." He did not say more than that.
'Amr ibn Sa'id said, "Al-Hajjaj visited Ibn 'Umar while I was with
him, He asked, 'How are you?' 'Sound,' he replied. He asked, 'What is wrong
with you?' He replied, "I have been afflicted by the business of carrying
arms on a day when it is not lawful to carry them.' He was referring to
al-Hajjaj.*"
Al-Harith ibn 'Abdullah al-Ansari said, "I saw Umm ad-Darda' going to visit (a sick) Ansari man from the mosque and she was on her mount in an uncovered howdah."