In this hadith, there is a command for two things: the first is visiting the sick, and the second is following the funeral processions and seeing them off. Both commands, as you hear, are absolute, meaning they are not

The Shaykh : In this hadith, there is a command for two things: the first is visiting the sick, and the second is following the funeral processions and seeing them off. Both commands, as you hear, are absolute, meaning they are not directed at a specific person or group. Therefore, such a command has two implications. The first is that it is obligatory to comply with it, which is specific to those who perform this collective obligation, namely visiting the sick and seeing off the funeral processions. The other part falls under the general scope of these two commands. That is, this command and that command imply a collective obligation (fard kifayah); if some people perform it, it drops off the rest. However, what drops off the rest is not the original prescription (mashru'iyyah) but rather the obligatory nature (fard). Thus, visiting the sick remains prescribed in general, as does following the funeral processions. But the amount that is necessary is the individual obligation (fard 'ayn), as we mentioned in a past lesson regarding the discussion of the first hadith, which contains and in the other narration , which includes visiting the sick. But in this hadith, as I pointed out in a past lesson, the command to visit the sick and follow the funeral processions is given a legal cause ('illah), which is that they remind one of the Hereafter. So I repeat this to remind you that visiting the sick and following the funeral processions do not become an act of worship that brings their doer closer to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) unless he seeks thereby the Face of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). This includes intentionally remembering the Hereafter, based on his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: .