It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person continues to eat the fruits of Paradise until he returns."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6579
Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as a marfu' report, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who visits the sick is among the fruits of Paradise."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6580
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to visit (and attend to) a sick person remains continually in the gardens of Paradise." He (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is this khurfat al-jannah?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its fruits."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6581
Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who visits the sick is among the fruits of Paradise until he returns."
He did not mention Abu al-Ash'ath in its chain, and the narration of Yazid and Marwan is more correct.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6582
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person continues to wade in the mercy of Allah until he sits down; and when he sits down, he is immersed in it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6583
Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Have you come to visit the sick, or to gloat?" He said: "Rather, to visit the sick." Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you have come to visit the sick, then I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'When a man comes to visit his brother (in sickness), he walks among the fruit gardens of Paradise until he sits down. When he sits down, the mercy of Allah Almighty covers him. If he went in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for his forgiveness until the evening; and if he goes at night, seventy thousand angels keep praying for his forgiveness until morning comes.'"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6584
Abdullah bin Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Have you come to visit the sick, or just as a visitor?" Abu Musa said: "I have come to visit the sick." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person in the morning, a company of seventy thousand angels seeks forgiveness for him until the evening, and he will have fruit and a garden in Paradise; and if he visits in the evening, a company of seventy thousand angels prays for his forgiveness until the morning, and he will have a garden in Paradise."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6585
Likewise (through another chain).
He added: Ibn Abi Masarrah said to me: After that, al-Muqri' narrated it as mawquf (stopping) on Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and did not mention the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: It has reached me that Abd al-Malik al-Juddi narrates it as mawquf, and he has a better memory than I do.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6586