So I want to pull back and not talk about the person visiting the one who's sick
talked about the reward of visiting your brother just for the sake of Allah,
or your sister just for the sake of Allah.
Just out of that love for Allah just to establish that connection, when they're
sick. The reward is definitely multiplying,
but, I want to speak about it from the perspective of the one who actually is sick,
The one who is in bed going through some sort of fever, going through some sort
of illness, whether they're in a hospital or at home.
What is their status with Allah at that moment? and what role do the angels play
in accompanying that person as they're in that situation?
The prophet (pbuh), he said that, when a person is sick,
Allah sends two angels to accompany that person in their illness.
So as you're laying in bed,
you have a special two angels that come and they reside with you, and they
monitor the guests that come to visit you. Now,
obviously they're going to record the reward for the ones that came to visit you
But, I want you to think about when you were sick, the last time you were sick,
and if you're sick right now,
may Allah cure you, when you're sitting in bed and someone asks you,
how are you feeling? And you're not feeling good at all, right?
You have a choice to actually talk about how bad you feel,
or you can say, "alhamd lilah"
You can praise Allah and thank Allah for what you still have.
You can say "alhamd lilah" I'm making it through.
And if you talk about your situation,
it's only to describe it for the sake of giving an accurate picture of what
you're going through. But not to complain, not to limit the situation,
but to say "alhamd lilah" to say, you know,
all praises and thanks are due to Allah for what he has spared me in the midst
of this illness and this sickness, right?
So you're sitting there and you have that opportunity and that could come,
you know,
through someone sending you a text message when you're in bed and saying,
how are you doing?
And you could respond with a long list of how horrible your life is right now
and how you're feeling.
So what actually is happening is that you have two angels that are with you, that
are going to monitor the response that you give to your visitor or give to the
one who's checking on you and report that back to Allah. So the prophet (pbuh) said.
these two angels sit with you and they see the guests that come to visit you or
check up on you, and they monitor your response.
If you praise Allah and glorify Allah,
then they take that response back up to Allah (swt) ,and Allah (swt)
response and Allah says
if I cause my slave to die as a result of this illness,
then I will surely grant that person, Jannah,
I will give that person a garden in Jannah, and Allah (swt)
Then goes on to say, and should I heal my "Eabd"
Should I heal my slave,
Then I will replace their blood with that which is better.
They're flushed with that which is better and I will wipe out their sense.
So Allah (swt) says,
I will give that person "lahmana khayrana min lihumih", flesh,
that they already have,"damana khayrana min damah" blood that is better than
the blood that they already have and I will wipe out their sins.
And so, if Allah (swt) causes you to die,
then you have Jannah assured because of the way that you responded,
if you live, then Allah (swt)
will restore you in a better way and at the same time wipe out the sins
that you carried with you to that illness.
Now that's something that only belongs to the sick person, in general.
If your patient's in the midst of hardship, Allah (swt)
gives you reward as a result of that.
But there is something special for the one that is sick and that would help us
understand the reward of the one that's visiting the sick,
the prophet (pbuh) said that on the day of judgment,
when a person stands be-for Allah, Allah says to the servant,
Oh my servant, Oh son of Adam, I was hungry and you did not feed Me.
And the person would say, "ya-Allah" Oh my Lord, how can I feed you
and you are the Lord of the worlds? Allah (swt) would respond and say
don't you know that my servant so-and-so was hungry and had you gone to my
servant and fed him? "lwjadat dhlk eindi ya abn adam" then you would have found that
reward with Me, or with that person. Oh son of Adam.
Meaning had you gone to feed that hungry person,
you would have found my "'ajr" my reward in place of that. And Allah says,
Oh my servant. Oh son of Adam, I was thirsty and you did not nourish Me,
and a person would say, Oh Allah
How could I nourish you and you're the Lord of the worlds? and Allah (swt)
respond once again that don't you know that my servant so-and-so
was thirsty and had you given my servant something to nourish themselves with,
"lwjadat dhlk eindi ya abn adam"
You would have found that reward with Me. Oh son of Adam.
But then Allah (swt) says, Oh, son of Adam,
I was sick and you did not visit Me. And the person would say,
how could I visit you and you are the Lord of the worlds?
And Allah (swt) gives a different answer than the one that he
gives two the previous two Allah (swt) Says,
don't you know my servant so-and-so was sick.
And, Had you gone to him? "law eidath" Had you gone to visit him?
"liwajadatani eindah yabin adam"
you would have found Me with him. Oh, son of Adam.
You would have found Me with that person. Oh, son of Adam. Not my reward.
You would have found Me with that person. Oh, son of Adam.
And so when you are sick and patient with that illness,
it's not just the reward of Allah that's with you. It's Allah himself That's with.