Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2087
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، قال حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السَّكُونِيُّ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ فَنَفِّسُوا لَهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لاَ يَرُدُّ شَيْئًا وَيُطَيِّبُ نَفْسَهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Sa‘id al-Ashajj narrated to us; ‘Uqbah ibn Khalid al-Sakuni narrated to us, from Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘When you visit a sick person, give him hope regarding his remaining lifetime. That does not avert anything, but it comforts him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a gharib hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording couples the instruction to give hope about one’s lifespan with the qualification that this does not change anything, though it comforts the patient.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ .
The English witness omits Abu ‘Isa’s grading, present in the Arabic block.
Should this grading be included? It is translated from the source.