Is there a reward for calling a sick person if they are far away?
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Question:
I ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is there a reward for calling a sick person if their place is far from me and I cannot go to them?
Answer:
It counts, yes. If you cannot go to them and you call them on the mobile phone or the telephone, this is a type of visiting and comforting them. You have a reward for that, but it is not like the reward of those who went, traveled to them, and visited them in their home or in the hospital? That is more effective. Yes.
I ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is there a reward for calling a sick person if their place is far from me and I cannot go to them?
Answer:
It counts, yes. If you cannot go to them and you call them on the mobile phone or the telephone, this is a type of visiting and comforting them. You have a reward for that, but it is not like the reward of those who went, traveled to them, and visited them in their home or in the hospital? That is more effective. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يؤجر بالاتصال على المريض إذا كان بعيدًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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