<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) Visiting the sick is a right of Muslims upon one another. This is a collective duty (i.e. if some of them fulfilled it, it is waived from the rest).<br> 2) While visiting a sick person, it is recommended to give him hope of recovery and cheer him up.<br> 3) When a person visits someone who is sick, he should utilize his state of broken-heartedness and remind him of Allah, advise him to repent and ask Allah for forgiveness and absolve himself of the rights that he owes to people, and teach him the Shariah rulings related to illness, such as his ablution and prayer.<br> 4) We should remember the divine favor of good health and show gratitude to our Lord within our hearts and through our words and deeds.<br> 5) A person should be keen to visit the sick, given the abundant rewards and good for both the visitor and the visited.