Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: A Patient’s Giving Permission to His Visitors َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُ٠ْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ عَائِداً لَهُ فَلْيَسْأَلْهُ يَدْعُو لَهُ فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ ٠ِثْلُ دُعَاءِ الْ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, who has narrated from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad, from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah, who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one of you visits his brother in belief during his illness, he should ask him (the patient) to pray for him; a patient’s prayer is like the prayer of the angels.’”