Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11146 — Reports on the reward for visiting

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa came to visit Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who was suffering from illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Have you come to visit the sick, or to rejoice at another's misfortune?" He said: "No, rather to visit the sick." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "If you have come to visit the sick, then I myself heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever comes to visit a Muslim who is sick walks among the fruits (gardens) of Paradise until he sits down; then, when he sits down, mercy covers him. If he comes in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for his forgiveness until the evening; and if he comes in the evening, seventy thousand angels keep praying for his forgiveness until the morning.'"