Virtues of Visiting the Sick

Hadith

أَخْرَجَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ (969) عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رضي الله عنه قَالَ : سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ : ( مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مُسْلِمًا غُدْوَةً إلا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ , وَإِنْ عَادَهُ عَشِيَّةً إلا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ، وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ) صححه الألباني في صحيح الترمذي .

Al-Tirmidhi (969) narrated that ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say:

“There is no Muslim who visits a (sick) Muslim early in the morning but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him until evening comes, and if he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him until morning comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise.”

Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi