Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11150 — Reports on the reward for visiting

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Abi Burdah that Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) went to visit Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in his illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Have you come to visit the sick, or have you come as a visitor?" He replied: "As a visitor." So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whatever is in your heart, it will not prevent me from telling you that when the one who visits the sick leaves his house to visit a sick person, he wades deep into mercy; and when he reaches the sick person and sits with him, mercy covers him and he is immersed in it. And when he returns from visiting the sick person, seventy thousand angels escort him, praying for his forgiveness the whole day; and if he visits at night, he remains in that same station until morning. And he will have a garden of fruits in Paradise."