It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) missed one of his brothers for three days, he would ask about him: if he was away (on a journey), he would supplicate for him; if he was present, he would visit him; and if he was ill, he would visit him in his illness. Once he (peace and blessings be upon him) missed a man of the Ansar on the third day and asked about him. It was said: O Messenger of Allah! We left him like a chick (utterly weak and exhausted); his condition is such that whatever enters his throat comes out from behind just as it is. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to some of his Companions: "Go and visit your brother." The narrator said: So we went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to visit him, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were also in the group. When we entered upon him, he was indeed just as he had been described to us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How do you find yourself?" He said: Nothing enters my throat except that it comes out from behind. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What caused this (condition)?" He said: O Messenger of Allah! I passed by you while you were leading the Maghrib prayer, so I prayed with you, and you were reciting this surah: "The Striking Calamity! What is the Striking Calamity?" to its end: "A blazing Fire." (On hearing it) I made this plea: "O Allah, whatever sin of mine there is for which You are going to punish me in the Hereafter, hasten its punishment for me in this world." So this condition that you see came upon me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What an evil thing you said! Why did you not ask Allah to give you good in this world and good in the Hereafter and to protect you from the punishment of the Fire?" The narrator said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him, so he asked with that supplication, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also supplicated for him, and he stood up (healthy) as if an animal had been freed from its tether. The narrator said: When we came out from there, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! You have just now urged us to visit the sick; so what reward is there for us in this deed? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, when a Muslim man goes out from his house to visit his Muslim brother, he wades in the mercy of Allah up to his waist; then when he sits with the sick person, mercy covers both him and the sick person. The sick person is in the shade of Allah's Throne, while the visitor is in the shade of His holiness. And Allah Almighty says to His angels: Look, how much time did the visitors spend with the sick person seeking reward?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels say: O Lord, just a fuwaq (the interval between two milkings of a she-camel). Then Allah says to His angels: Write for this servant of Mine who visited (the sick) the worship of a thousand years, consisting of standing in prayer by night and fasting by day, and tell him that I have not recorded a single sin against him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: "And Allah asks His angels: Look, how much time did they spend seeking reward? The angels say: An hour. Then Allah says: Write for him (the reward of) a dahr, and a dahr is equal to ten thousand years. If he dies before that, he will enter Paradise, and if he lives, not a single sin will be recorded against him. Moreover, if he visits in the morning, seventy thousand angels seek forgiveness for him until evening, and he is in the gardens of Paradise; and if he visits in the evening, seventy thousand angels supplicate for mercy for him until morning, and he is in the fruit-gardens of Paradise."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أنس بن مالك / 3429
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: باطل بهذا السياق: قال الهيثمى في "المجمع" [3/ 18]: "» «رواه أبو يعلى، وفيه عباد بن كثير، وكان رجلًا صالحًا، ولكنه ضعيف الحديث؛ متروك لغفلته" وقال الحافظ في "المطالب" [رقم 2546، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 3416»