1651 - عِيادَةُ المَريضِ‏

1651. VISITING THE SICK

5774.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ اللَّه عَزَّوجلَّ يقولُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ : يابنَ آدمَ، مَرِضتُ فلَم تَعُدْني ! قالَ: ياربِّ، كيفَ أعودُكَ وأنتَ رَبُّ العالَمينَ ؟! قالَ: أما عَلِمتَ أنّ عَبديَ فُلاناً مَرِضَ فلَم تَعُدْهُ ؟ ! أما عَلِمتَ أنّكَ لَو عُدتَهُ لَوَجَدتَني عِندَهُ ؟ !¹

5774.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah Almighty will say on the Day of Resurrection , 'O son of Adam, I became sick and you did not visit Me!' and he will ask, 'O Lord, how can I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?' He Almighty will say, 'Did you not know that My servant so and so became sick and you did not visit him?! Did you not know that if you had visited him you would have found Me there with him [visiting a sick person is as visiting Allah]?!' ²

5775.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : عائدُ المَريضِ يَخوضُ في الرَّحمَةِ .³

5775.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The one who visits the sick dives into [divine] mercy.' ⁴

5776.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : عُودوا المَريضَ واتبَعوا الجَنازَةَ يُذَكِّرْكُم الآخِرَةَ .⁵

5776.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Visit the sick and attend funerals, they will remind you of the Hereafter.' ⁶

5777.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن عادَ مَريضاً شَيَّعَهُ سَبعونَ ألفَ ملَكٍ يَستَغفِرونَ لَهُ حتّى‏ يَرجِعَ إلى‏ مَنزلِهِ .⁷

5777.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever visits a sick person, seventy thousand angels will escort him seeking forgiveness for him until he returns to his house.' ⁸