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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, 526
sahih· Al-Albani

Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), went to visit a bedouin who was ill. When the Prophet, (ﷺ), visited someone who was ill, he would say, 'There is no harm in it. It is a purification, Allah willing." That man then said, "A purification! No, rather it is a fever which boils (or appears) in an old man and will cause him to visit the graces." The Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "Then yes (it is)".

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ، قَالَ‏:‏ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ‏:‏ لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، قَالَ‏:‏ ذَاكَ طَهُورٌ، كَلاَّ بَلْ هِيَ حُمَّى تَفُورُ، أَوْ تَثُورُ، عَلَى شَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ، تُزِيرُهُ الْقُبُورَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ فَنَعَمْ إِذًا‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 29, Hadith 36
English Reference
Book 29, Hadith 526
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