The Obligations of Those Working in Religious Awareness Offices in Hospitals

Question:
The questioner says: Allah the Exalted has blessed the hospitals of the Kingdom by opening religious awareness offices in them. What is obligatory for the workers in these offices toward the patients and the staff?

Answer:
Yes, this is glad tidings that we were very happy about. May Allah reward with good those who worked for it and those who brought it about, for it is a great glad tidings. The hospital is where a large number of Muslims are lying down, and they need guidance. They are in greater need of guidance than the healthy, because the healthy go out and ask the scholars, whereas these people cannot, and they cannot leave their beds or their place of treatment. They are in need of guides and counselors. So it is obligatory for those who have been given the opportunity and whom Allah has honored with guiding their sick brothers to exert effort and to fulfill the obligation. They will receive reward for that. This is a great opportunity and a great obligation. They should educate the patients and guide them to what is required of them while they are in the hospitals, and explain to them how to pray, how to perform ablution, and how to fast. This is their opportunity, so the obligation is great upon them. We ask Allah to help them in that.