visit a sick patient

Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, visited a sick Arab man and whenever the Prophet would visit a sick patient, he would say, “No harm will befall you; it is purification, if Allah wills.” So he said to the man, “No harm will befall you; it is purification, if Allah wills.” The man said, “Do you say it is purification? No, it is a fever which boils in the body of an old man and will lead him to the grave.” The Prophet said, “Then yes, if it is so.”

[Sahih Bukhari, Book 56, Number 813]

عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ طَهُورٌ كَلَّا بَلْ هِيَ حُمَّى تَفُورُ أَوْ تَثُورُ عَلَى شَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ تُزِيرُهُ الْقُبُورَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَعَمْ إِذًا

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