Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-59a

The reciter: The hadiths in the chapter on visiting the sick and accompanying the deceased: "From Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

No Muslim visits (the sick) Muslims in the morning, except that sevety-thousand angels, sent Salat upon him until the evening, and he does not visit at night except that seventy thousand angels sent Salat upon him until the morning, and there will be a garden for him in Paradise.

ما من مسلم يعود مسلمًا غدوة إلا صلى عليه سبعون ألف ملك حتى يمسي، وإن عاده عشية إلا صلى عليه سبعون ألف ملك حتى يصبح وكان له خريف في الجنة

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 969Da'if (Darussalam)

Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: A good hadith. And from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He fell ill, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit him, sat by his head, and said to him:

He embraced Islam

أسلم

The boy looked at his father who was with him, and said: Obey Abu al-Qasim. So he became a Muslim. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left while saying:

Praises be to Allah Who saved the boy from the Hell-fire.

الحمد لله الذي أنقذه من النار

Sahih al-Bukhari 1356

Al-Bukhari narrated it."

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in his book Riyad al-Salihin, in the chapter on visiting the sick and accompanying the deceased, from Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: And likewise This hadith has a corroborating narration from what was mentioned previously, that a person who visits his brother is in the harvest of Paradise, meaning in its fruit. As for the angels seeking forgiveness for him, there is some consideration regarding this, because the grace of Allah is vast. However, one of the rules of weak hadiths among the scholars is: excessive reward for a very minor action. But we say that as long as the original prescription of visiting the sick is established, mentioning the virtues, if the weakness is not severe, helps to perform the act for which the reward is attached, encourages the person, and makes him hope for the reward of that. If this hadith is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), the person obtains what it indicates. And if it is not established, it only increases his desire for good. In any case, it indicates the virtue of visiting the sick, and if it is in the morning, he has this reward, and if it is in the evening, he has this reward.