مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Funerals
(الْجُلُوسُ قَلِيلاً عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ عِيَادَةٍ)
(Sitting briefly by the sick is the best visitation)
Hadith 1591
وَفِي رِوَايَةِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ مُرْسَلًا: «أَفْضَلُ الْعِيَادَةِ سُرْعَةُ الْقِيَامِ» . رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي شُعَبِ الْإِيمَان
In the version of Sa'id b. al-Musayyib in mursal form it says, “The best type of sick visit is when one gets up and departs soon.”(While this is more explicit to one who is not familiar with the milking of camels, the meaning is the same as in the form given by Anas.) Baihaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-iman.
