If you visit someone who is not well, you make them feel happy.

Why do they feel happy?

The reason they feel happy is that they know you care. This means that the sick person knows that he/she has not been forgotten, and that there is somebody who worries about how they are feeling.

There was once an old woman who used to throw rubbish on Prophet Muhammad (S) everyday when he passed her house on his way to the mosque, but he never ever got angry with her. One day when the

Prophet (S) passed the old woman's house, any rubbish did not hit him. He stopped and asked the old woman's neighbour if she was all right because she was not there to throw rubbish on him.

The neighbour told him that the old woman was not well and she was in bed.

So the Prophet (S) went to visit the old woman because it is good to go and see people who are not well.

The old woman thought the Prophet (S) had come to tell her off, and she said:

"Why did you wait until I was ill to tell me off. Why didn't you come when I was well and strong?"

Prophet Muhammad (S) replied to the old woman:

"I have not come to tell you off, but to visit you because Allah tells us to look after people who are not well."

The old woman was so surprised that the Holy Prophet (S) was being so kind to her, after she had been so mean to him, that she decided to listen to him and she became a Muslim.

This shows how important it is to visit sick people, you can make them feel very happy and when they get better, they will remember you and like you even more.

If so, how did you feel when people came to visit you. What did you feel when they brought you presents and gifts?

Why did you feel like that?