Is the reward for visiting a patient who is unconscious or has lost his mind the same as the reward for visiting one who is conscious?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the patient is in a coma, or if his mind is gone, is there the same reward in visiting him as in visiting one who is conscious, or one who knows his visitor?

Answer:
No, if he is not aware of who has come to him. If he is not aware of who has come to him and does not feel comforted by it, then there is no benefit in visiting him. But he should make du'a for him, even if he does not visit him; he should make du'a for him, even if he does not visit him. Unless it brings comfort to the minds of his family; if he visits him in order to bring comfort to the minds of his family, then that is a good thing, and comforting them is a good thing. Yes.