Have you come to visit him (because he is sick), O Abu Moosa, or is it just a (social) visit? He said: No. O Ameer al-Muʿmineen; rather I have come to visit him (because he is sick), ‘Ali ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿNo Muslim visits his fellow Muslim when he is sick but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him from morning until evening, and Allah grants him a stream in Paradise.ʿ [The narrator] said: O Ameer al-Muʿmineen, what is a stream? He said: The channel that waters palm trees.
أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَمْ زَائِرًا؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا بَلْ عَائِدًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا عَادَ مُسْلِمٌ مُسْلِمًا إِلا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ مِنْ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ إِلَى أَنْ يُمْسِيَ وَجَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ خَرِيفًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَا الْخَرِيفُ؟ قَالَ السَّاقِيَةُ الَّتِي تَسْقِي النَّخْلَ