Hadith 47

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 29: Visiting the Ill

Chapter 246

Where does a person sit when he visits a sick person

بَابُ أَيْنَ يَقْعُدُ الْعَائِدُ‏؟‏

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 537
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ‏:‏ ذَهَبْتُ مَعَ الْحَسَنِ إِلَى قَتَادَةَ نَعُودُهُ، فَقَعَدَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ، فَسَأَلَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ قَالَ‏:‏ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ قَلْبَهُ، وَاشْفِ سَقَمَهُ‏.‏
Ar-Rabi' ibn al-Hasan said, "I went with al-Hasan to visit Qatada. He sat by his head and asked after him and made supplication for him. He said, 'O Allah, heal his heart and cure him of his illness!"