It isn’t upon the women...

It isn’t upon the women, neither Friday (Salat), nor consoling a sick, nor following (escorting) a funeral’’. [40] وَ قَالَ: سِرْ مِيلًا عُدْ مَرِيضاً سِرْ مِيلَيْنِ شَيِّعْ جَنَازَةً. And he -asws said: ‘Walk a mile to console a sick; walk two miles to escort a funeral’’. [41] وَ قَالَ فِي أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ لَا تُسَاوُوهُمْ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ وَ لَا تَعُودُوا مَرِيضَهُمْ وَ لَا تُشَيِّعُوا جَنَائِزَهُمْ.

And he -asws said regarding the Zimmy people, ‘Neither equalise them in the gatherings, nor console their sick, nor escort their funerals’. وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذَا رَأَى الْمَرِيضَ قَدْ بَرَأَ قَالَ يَهْنِئُكَ الطُّهْرُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ. And Amir Al-Momineen -asws , when he saw the sick to have been cured. He -asws said: ‘Congratulations of having been purified from the sins’’.

[42] وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ عُودُوا الْمَرْضَى وَ اتَّبِعُوا الْجَنَائِزَ يُذَكِّرْكُمُ الْآخِرَةَ وَ تَدْعُو لِلْمَرِيضِ فَتَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ بِشِفَائِكَ وَ دَاوِهِ بِدَوَائِكَ وَ عَافِهِ مِنْ بَلَائِكَ. Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Consoling the sick, and escorting the funerals will remind you of the Hereafter, and supplicate for the sick saying, ‘O Allah -azwj !

Heal him with Your -azwj Healing, and Medicate him with Your -azwj medication, and Cure him from Your -azwj Affliction’’. [43] وَ قَالَ: مَنْ أَطْعَمَ مَرِيضاً شَهْوَتَهُ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ. And he -asws said: ‘One who feeds a sick to his desires, Allah -azwj will Feed him from the fruits of Paradise’’. [44] كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: عَائِدُ الْمَرِيضِ يَخُوضُ فِي الْبَرَكَةِ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ انْغَمَسَ فِيهَا.

(The book) ‘Al Karajaky’ – from Jabir Al Ansari – ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘A consoler of the sick wades in the Blessings. When he sits, he is immersed in it’’. [45] وَ قَالَ ع‏ إِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ فَنَفِّسُوا لَهُ فِي الْأَجَلِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَرُدُّ شَيْئاً وَ هُوَ يُطَيِّبُ النَّفْسَ And he -asws said: ‘When you enter to see the sick, so you relieve for him regarding the death, for that does not reject anything, and it makes his-self feel good’.

وَ أَنْشَدَ لِبَعْضِهِمْ- حَقُّ الْعِيَادَةِ يَوْمٌ بَيْنَ يَوْمَيْنِ- وَ جَلْسَةٌ لَكَ مِثْلُ الطَّرْفِ بِالْعَيْنِ‏ – لَا تُبْرِمَنَّ مَرِيضاً فِي مُسَاءَلَةٍ- يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ ذَاكَ تَسْأَلُ بِحَرْفَيْنِ.