The hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say

The Shaykh : The hadith that follows is also an authentic hadith, narrated by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) from the same previously mentioned Companion, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri. He said: It was narrated from him that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: It was narrated by Ibn Hibban in his "Sahih."
In this hadith, there is a special virtue for the Muslim who combines these five characteristics in one day, including visiting the sick. Whoever does so, as mentioned in the following hadith, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guarantees him Paradise. He (peace be upon him) said: .
Attending a funeral requires some clarification, unlike visiting the sick, for which what we have discussed recently and previously is sufficient. As for attending a funeral, it has a general meaning; it includes accompanying the funeral procession, praying over the deceased, and attending the burial. Undoubtedly, when a term is used in a general sense in the Arabic language, this generality refers to the most comprehensive and inclusive meaning. Therefore, his (peace be upon him) statement in this hadith: does not mean merely that he prayed over the deceased in the mosque or the prayer area, but rather it means everything previously mentioned: accompanying the funeral procession from the moment it leaves the house, then praying over the deceased, either in the mosque or in the prayer area, the latter being better, then continuing to accompany the procession and attending the burial. In this sense, this day is general, but it must be restricted to a day on which the Wise Lawgiver has not forbidden fasting. It should be a day on which fasting is permissible, at the very least, if not one of the days on which fasting is preferred over other days, such as Monday and Thursday, and the like. However, the important point is that the day which this person who deserves to enter Paradise fasts must be a permissible fast. He should not fast, for example, on Friday alone; because the Messenger (peace be upon him), as we have mentioned repeatedly, forbade singling out the night of Friday for standing in prayer, and forbade singling out the day of Friday for fasting. So any day he fasts, provided it is a permissible fast, is what this hadith includes.
. Likewise, going to the Friday prayer has degrees. So, is the intended meaning the highest degree or the lowest? What comes to mind is what we said earlier regarding attending a funeral; that is: the most comprehensive, inclusive, and best meaning. This is because the one who goes to the Friday prayer in the first hour is called one who "went to the Friday prayer," and the one who goes in the last hour and barely catches the sermon, and then the prayer as well, has "gone to the Friday prayer." But this last matter is the minimum required of a person. So, is the intended meaning in a hadith like this, where this great virtue is restricted to its doer, that he simply goes to the Friday prayer? It appears that the intended meaning of the one who "went to the Friday prayer" is as in the hadith of al-Bukhari: . Undoubtedly, here it is not intended that one who has only an egg [as a reward] is meant, let alone one who does not even have an egg; when he goes to the mosque and the scrolls have been rolled up and the preacher has ascended the pulpit.
So, in this hadith, there is an encouragement to visit the sick, attend a funeral from its beginning, fast a prescribed day, and go early to the Friday prayer. This is the fourth characteristic.
As for the fifth characteristic, it is his statement: . And this, unfortunately, is something that is not possible today. The reason is clear: we live in a society that is Islamic in name for the most part, but not in reality, unfortunately. May Allah restore the honor and glory of the Muslims so that they can perform some of the virtues that have been lost to them due to their turning away from acting upon what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has revealed, including the freeing of slaves.