If you visit a sick person, is it better to admonish him and remind him of Allah, or to console him with words and lighten his burden?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If you visit a sick person, is it better to admonish him and remind him of Allah, or to console him with words and lighten his burden?
Answer:
Both, both. You combine this and that. You console him and open the door of hope for him. You are, if Allah wills, a good person, and today you are better than yesterday, and so on. So-and-so was healed by Allah, and so-and-so fell ill and was healed by Allah. You open the door of hope for him, and you also admonish him and remind him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If you visit a sick person, is it better to admonish him and remind him of Allah, or to console him with words and lighten his burden?
Answer:
Both, both. You combine this and that. You console him and open the door of hope for him. You are, if Allah wills, a good person, and today you are better than yesterday, and so on. So-and-so was healed by Allah, and so-and-so fell ill and was healed by Allah. You open the door of hope for him, and you also admonish him and remind him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [133 -308] إذا زرت مريضا فهل الأفضل وعظه وتذكيره بالله، أم أسليه بالكلام وأخفف عنه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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