Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Virtue (Reward) of Visiting a Patient َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ فِي٠ُوسَى رَبَّهُ أَنْ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ ٠ِنْ عِيَادَةِ الْ٠ِنَ الأجْرِ فَقَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أُوَكِّلُ بِهِ ٠َلَكاً يَعُودُهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِلَى ٠9.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Sinan from abu al-Jarud who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘One of the conversations of Moses with his Lord was this, “O Lord, what is the reward for one who visits a person during his illness?’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, replied, ‘I assign an angel to visit him in his grave until the Day of Judgment.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/276))