Hadith on Visiting the ill

What are hadith about visiting the ill? Examples of hadith about visiting the ill...

According to Anas b. Malik (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “If anyone performs the wudu’ well and pays a visit to his (ill) Muslim brother seeking his reward from Allah, he will be removed a distance of seventy years (kharīf) from Hell.” (Abu Da’ud, al-Janaʾiz, 3)

According to Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “When a man visits an ailing person, he is immersed in mercy to such an extent that when he sits with the patient it settles inside him, or the like of that.”  (Muwattaʾ, al-ʿAyn, 7)

According to Ibn ʿAbbas (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “If anyone visits an ill person whose time (of death) has not come, and says with him seven times, ‘I ask Allah, the Almighty, the Lord of the mighty Throne, to cure you, Allah will cure him from that disease.’” (Abu Da’ud, al-Janaʾiz, 8)

According to ʿAʾisha (ra), the Prophet (saw) said the following when he visited an ill person, “O Lord of the people, grant him health, heal him, for You are a Great Healer. There is no healer, but You with whose healing power one is healed and illness is removed.” (Muslim, al-Salam, 47)

According to Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “When one of you visits the ill, then reassure him regarding his lifespan. Indeed that will not fend off anything, but it will comfort his soul.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Tibb, 35)

According to ʿUmar b. al-Khattab (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “When you enter upon one who is unwell, tell him to pray for you, for his supplication is like the supplication of the angels.” (Ibn Maja, al-Janaʿiz, 1)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths