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ahmad:22445 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah ʿAmman > Thawbān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The reward of a person visiting a sick person will continue to be in Paradise until he returns."  

أحمد:٢٢٤٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَائِدُ الْمَرِيضِ فِي مَخْرَفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ  

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muslim:2568a – Saʿīd b. Manṣūr And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād / ān Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Thawbān

The one who visits the sick is in fact like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he does not return.  

مسلم:٢٥٦٨a – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِيَانِ ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي حَدِيثِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَائِدُ الْمَرِيضِ فِي مَخْرَفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ  

ahmad:22407 – ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Thawbān

Verily, when a Muslim visits his brother in Islam he is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns. (Using translation from Muslim 2568c)   

أحمد:٢٢٤٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي مَخْرَفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ  

ahmad:22439 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Thawbān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The return of a sick person is in the chambers of Paradise."  

أحمد:٢٢٤٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَائِدُ الْمَرِيضِ فِي مَخْرَفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ  

ahmad:22451 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Abū Asmāʾ al-Raḥabī > Thawbān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a Muslim visits his brother, he continues to walk in the gardens of Paradise until he returns."  

أحمد:٢٢٤٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيِّ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمْشِي فِي خَرْفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ