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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) entered upon sick man to pay him a visit, and said to him, “Don’t worry, Allah willing,
(your sickness will be) an expiation for your sins.” The man said, “No, it is but a fever that is boiling
within an old man and will send him to his grave.” On that, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Then yes, it is so.”

During the ailment of the Prophet (ﷺ) some people came to visits him. He led them in prayer while sitting.
but they prayed standing, so he waved to them to sit down. When he had finished the prayer, he said,
“An Imam is to be followed, so when he bows, you should bow. and when he raises his head, you
should raise yours, and if he prays sitting. you should pray sitting.” Abu `Abdullah said Al-Humaidi
said, (The order of ) “This narration has been abrogated by the last action of the Prophet (ﷺ) as he led the
prayer sitting, while the people prayed standing behind him.’

I became seriously ill at Mecca and the Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit me. I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I shall
leave behind me a good fortune, but my heir is my only daughter; shall I bequeath two third of my
property to be spent in charity and leave one third (for my heir)?” He said, “No.” I said, “Shall I
bequeath half and leave half?” He said, “No.” I said, “Shall I bequeath one third and leave two thirds?”
He said, “One third is alright, though even one third is too much.” Then he placed his hand on his
forehead and passed it over my face and `Abdomen and said, “O Allah! Cure Sa`d and complete his
emigration.” I feel as if I have been feeling the coldness of his hand on my liver ever since.

A Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet (ﷺ) and became ill. The Prophet (ﷺ) went to pay him a visit and said
to him, “Embrace Islam,” and he did embrace Islam. Al-Musaiyab said: When Abu Talib was on his
deathbed, the Prophet (ﷺ) visited him.

When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got a fever. I entered upon them and
asked, “O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?” Whenever fever attacked Abu Bakr, he
would recite the following poetic verses: ‘Everybody is staying alive among his people, yet death is
nearer to him than his shoe laces.” And whenever the fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic
lines): ‘Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and
Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I would drink of the water of Majinna
and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me.’ Then I came and
informed Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about that, whereupon he said, “O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or
more than we love Mecca. O Allah! Make it healthy and bless its Mudd and Sa for us, and take away
its fever and put it in Al Juhfa.”

Usama bin Zaid said that while he. Sa`d and Ubai bin Ka`b were with the Prophet (ﷺ) a daughter of the
Prophet sent a message to him, saying. ‘My daughter is dying; please come to us.” The Prophet (ﷺ) sent
her his greetings and added “It is for Allah what He takes, and what He gives; and everything before
His sight has a limited period. So she should hope for Allah’s reward and remain patient.” She again
sent a message, beseeching him by Allah, to come. So the Prophet (ﷺ) got up. and so did we (and went
there). The child was placed on his lap while his breath was irregular. Tears flowed from the eyes of
the Prophet. Sa`d said to him, “What is this, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?” He said. “This Is Mercy which Allah
has embedded in the hearts of whomever He wished of His slaves. And Allah does not bestow His
Mercy, except on the merciful among His slaves. (See Hadith No. 373 Vol. 2)

The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit a sick bedouin. Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to a patient, he used to say to
him, “Don’t worry, if Allah will, it will be expiation (for your sins):” The bedouin said, “You say
expiation? No, it is but a fever that is boiling or harassing an old man and will lead him to his grave
without his will.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Then, yes, it is so.”

Once I fell ill. The Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came walking to pay me a visit and found me unconscious.
The Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution and then poured the remaining water on me, and I came to my senses
to see the Prophet. I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What shall I do with my property? How shall I dispose
of (distribute) my property?” He did not reply till the Verse of inheritance was revealed.

Ibn `Abbas said to me, “Shall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise?” I said, “Yes.” He said,
“This black lady came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ‘I get attacks of epilepsy and my body becomes
uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to her), ‘If you wish, be patient and you will
have (enter) Paradise; and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.’ She said, ‘I will remain
patient,’ and added, ‘but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become
uncovered.’ So he invoked Allah for her.”Narrated ‘Ata:That he had seen Um Zafar, the tall black lady, at (holding) the curtain of the Ka`ba.

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “Allah said, ‘If I deprive my slave of his two beloved things (i.e., his
eyes) and he remains patient, I will let him enter Paradise in compensation for them.’”