Ranks and Reward of an Ill Person (Courtesy:Yasen Munni) It has been reported
on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW): An ill person has four
characteristics: 1- Sin is not written for him. 2- God orders the angel to
write for him the best of deeds he would do when he was in good health. ... 3-
Every sin he has committed with body organs will be forgiven. 4- He will be
forgiven whether he dies or survives. When a muslim becomes ill, God will
write for him the best deeds he would do when he was in good health and his
sins would fall off like the leaves of a tree.” Whoever visits an ill person,
should the ill person recite a Du for him, it will be fulfilled.” “Illness
cleanses body from sins in the same way that a black smiths’ bellows removes
dust from iron.” “A child getting sick is atonement for his parents’ sins.”
“God will send the following revelation to the angel on the left side: Do not
write anything for my
servant as long as he is under My shelter. God will say to the angel on the
right side: Write a virtue for the moaning of My servant.” “What a good pain is
fever, for it gives a share of affliction to every body organ and one who is
not afflicted with tribulation has not any share. It is reported on the
authority of Imam Sadeq ( AS): “The Messenger of Allah said: Fever is a sign of
death and God’s prison on the earth. Its warmth is form the Hell and this much
of warmth is a believer’s share of Fire.” “When a believer is suddenly
affected with fever, his sins fall off like the leaves of a tree. If he
laments in his bed, his lamentations are as Sobhanallah (Glory be to Allah)
and his cry is laelahaellallah (There is no God but Allah), his moving in bed
is as if he is fighting for the cause of Allah. If he lives on and serves God,
he will be forgiven. Happy is such a person!” “One-day fever is atonement for
one year of sin and
its agony will body for the same period. This agony is atonement for the past
and future. ” “One who laments for a night but does not complain or rather
thanks God for it, the same will serve as atonement for two years; one year
for accepting the pain and one year for forbearing it.” “Illness for a
believer is as purification and mercy but for the unbeliever it is punishment
and curse.” “Illness persists in believer till his sins cleansed. A headache
of one night will remove all sins except the cardinal ones.” It has been
reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS); “If a believer knows what great
reward afflictions have, he wishes to be cut into pieces with scissors.” It
has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW): “Should a
believer walk in the straight path and become ill, go on a trip or is not able
to perform his duties as he used to, God will write for him the same virtue
for the d...eeds of
normal days.” Then the Holy Prophet (SAW) recited the following verse: “So
they shall have a reward never to be cut off. ” (Verse 6 of the Quranic
Chapter, Teen) It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS): “When
a believer dies, the two guardian angels will ascend to heavens saying: O God!
You took the life of such and such person. God will say: Go down and perform
prayer at his gra...veside and say Laelahaellallah. Then write these deeds
for him.” Jaber reports that a man who was both dumb and deaf came to the Holy
Prophet (SAW) making gesture with his hand. The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: “Give
him a piece of paper to write what he wants.” The man took the paper and wrote
on it: “...I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness
that Mohammad (SAW) is the Messenger of Allah.” At this point, the Holy Prophet
(SAW) said: “Write for him something and give him the good tidings of paradise,
for,
whenever a muslim loses his tongue, his ears, his arms or legs but he is
thankful for that affliction and invokes God to give him reward, God will save
him from Fire and make him enter paradise.” Then the Holy Prophet (SAW) said:
“People of afflictions have ranks in the world and positions in the Hereafter
which no one can attain with righteous deeds so much so that he wishes his
body would be cut into pieces with scissors. This desire arises when these
people watch the reward given to the afflicted believers by God on the Day of
Judgment, for God does not accept any deed without man’s submission to Him.”
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