Is visiting the sick an individual obligation?

The questioner : But it is a collective obligation. The correct view is that visiting the sick is a collective obligation. It is obligatory for all Muslims to visit him. If they know that someone has visited him, the collective obligation is fulfilled. Otherwise, there is a problem, as if we were going around looking for the sick, or if the sick person is at the far end of the town and we say he is nearby.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : If he is nearby.

The Shaykh : No, the matter of the relative falls under maintaining family ties. You have fulfilled two obligations: maintaining family ties and the collective obligation. Yes.