Hadith 37

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 29: Visiting the Ill

Chapter 240

What to say to someone who is ill

بَابُ مَا يَقُولُ لِلْمَرِيضِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 527
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقُرَشِيِّ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَسْأَلُهُ‏:‏ كَيْفَ هُوَ‏؟‏ فَإِذَا قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ‏:‏ خَارَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏
Nafi' reported that when Ibn 'Umar visited someone who was ill, he would ask him how he was. When he left him, he would say, "May Allah choose what is best for you." He did not say more than that.