Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1441
What was narrated concerning visiting the sick
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُسَافِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لَكَ فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ "
Translation
It wasnarrated that ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said
“The Prophet (ﷺ)saidto me: ‘When you enter upon one who is sick, tell him to pray foryou, for his supplication is like the supplication of the angels.’”