Muhammad bin Yaqoub from Al Husayn bin Muhammad from Ma’aly...
Muhammad bin Yaqoub from Al Husayn bin Muhammad from Ma’aly Bin Muhammad from Ali Bin Ja’far, (It has been narrated) that he heard Abu Al-Hassan -asws say: ‘When Rasool-Allah ‑saww saw (in a dream) the enemies and the Clan of Umayya on the Pulpit (in a dream), Allah -azwj Sent down an example (to Console His Prophet -saww ) in the Quran to follow [2:34] And when We said to the Angels: Prostrate to Adam! So they (all) Prostrated except for Iblees then Revealed unto him -saww : ‘O Muhammad -saww !
I -azwj Ordered and he -la did not obey. Do not worry when you -saww order and they (people) do not obey about your -saww Successor -asws ‘. [5] وَ قَالَ ع كَفَاكَ مِنَ التَّعْزِيَةِ بِأَنْ يَرَاكَ صَاحِبُ الْمُصِيبَة Imam asws said: ‘It is suffice for offering condolences that the grieved sees you.
[6] Rewards of Consoling the sick, its etiquettes, and merits For further explanation, some Ahadith from Bihar Al-Anwaar V 78 are cited below: قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْعُوَّادِ أَجْراً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَمَنْ إِذَا عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ خَفَّفَ الْجُلُوسَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَرِيضُ يُحِبُّ ذَلِكَ وَ يُرِيدُهُ وَ يَسْأَلُهُ ذَلِكَ (The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnad’ – from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, ‘From Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws father -asws : ‘Ali -asws said: ‘The consoling (deserving) the mightiest Recompense in the Presence of Allah -azwj is for the one, when he consoles his Momin brother, lightens (shortens) the sitting, except if the sick one happens to like that and wants it’.
وَ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الْعِيَادَةِ أَنْ يَضَعَ الْعَائِدُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى أَوْ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ: And he -asws said: ‘From the complete consolation is that the consoler places on of his hand upon the other or upon his forehead’. وَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضاً نَادَى مُنَادٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِاسْمِهِ يَا فُلَانُ طِبْتَ وَ طَابَ مَمْشَاكَ تَبَوَّأْتَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلًا.
And he -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘One who consoles a sick, a caller calls out from the sky with his name, ‘O so and so! You have done good, and your walking is good. You have secured a house from the Paradise’’. [7] بيان: يحتمل أن يكون وضع اليد على اليد و على الجبهة لإظهار الحزن و التأسف على مرضه كما هو الشائع.