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There is a good deed, a Sunnah, – nay – an Islamic duty, that we forget about altogether, except when our close family members are involved. This is the duty of visiting the sick. We should make it our habit to visit those we know are ill and spend just a little time in their company to cheer them up and show them that we care.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) always made it a point to visit those who were sick and comfort them. <\/p>\n
For instance, upon hearing that Sa`d b. `Ub\u0101dah was complaining of an illness, he went to visit him at home, accompanied by three of his Companions. When they arrived at Sa`d\u2019s home, they found that he was unconscious and his family were gathered round him. <\/p>\n
The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: \u201cIs it over?\u201d They said it was not. The Prophet began to cry, and upon seeing this, everyone was moved to tears as well. He then said: \u201cListen to me! Allah does not punish anyone for the tears that are shed, nor for the grief in their hearts. However, He punishes on account of this\u201d \u2013 and he pointed to his tongue \u2013 \u201cor on account of it gives mercy.\u201d [Sah\u012bh al-Bukh\u0101r\u012b<\/em> (1304) and Sah\u012bh Muslim<\/em> (924)] <\/p>\n This is how easily he was moved by compassion and sympathy. He wept just because one of his Companions had fallen unconscious. How Sa`d must of felt when he came to, and learned that the Prophet was moved to tears by his unconscious state. <\/p>\n Consider how it made Sa`d\u2019s family feel that the Prophet shared with them their grief and was truly affected by it as if their sorrows were his very own. Indeed, Allah declares about Muhammad in the Qur\u2019\u0101n: \u201cHe is full of kindness and mercy for the believers.\u201d [S\u016brah al-Tawbah<\/em>: 128] <\/p>\n J\u0101bir b. `Abd Allah recalls to us the time that the Prophet (peace be upon him) visited him when he was ill: Allah\u2019s Messenger performed ablutions and then sprinkled water from his hand onto me. This made me come to, so Allah\u2019s Messenger was the first thing I saw. I said: \u201cMessenger of Allah, what should I do with my estate, since I have only distant relatives, no parents or children to leave anything to?\u201d <\/p>\n He did not reply to my question. Afterwards, the verse of inheritance was revealed in the Qur\u2019an. [Sah\u012bh al-Bukh\u0101r\u012b<\/em> (6723) and Sah\u012bh Muslim<\/em> (1616)] Nothing inspires love in the heart like showing you care when others are in distress. This is how our Prophet (peace be upon him) lived every day of his life with his Companions. He did not neglect them for even an hour in their time of sorrow, nor did he forget to share in their every joy, and he was dearer to their hearts than anything else in the world.<\/p>\n Source: IslamToday.net<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is a good deed, a Sunnah, – nay – an Islamic duty, that we forget about altogether, except when our close family members are involved. This is the duty of visiting the sick. We should make it our habit to visit those we know are ill and spend just a little time in their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c71-introduction-to-islam-muslims"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
I fell sick, and Allah\u2019s Messenger came to visit me, with Ab\u016b Bakr walking alongside him. I was at my family homestead \u2013 the clan of Ban\u016b Salamah \u2013 and by the time the two of them arrived, I had fallen unconscious, or was at least delirious and unable to comprehend anything. <\/p>\n
We should know that J\u0101bir asked that question fearing he was going to die on that occasion. However, he had a long life ahead of him. He was to outlive the Prophet by seventy years, but this incident from his early in his life lived stayed with him as a vivid memory, especially the moment when he opened his eyes and beheld the Prophet\u2019s face. <\/p>\n