الغفار
كلمة (غفّار) في اللغة صيغة مبالغة من الفعل (غَفَرَ يغْفِرُ)،...
Visiting the sick
(عِيادَةٌ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
To visit a sick person and ask after him.
الشرح المختصر
"‘Iyādah" (visiting the sick) is to visit a person afflicted with an illness or weakness, whether his condition prevents him from going out to meet people or not. It is a refined etiquette that Islam has urged Muslims to adhere to and has placed among the foremost rights of a Muslim upon his fellow Muslims.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"‘Iyādah": visiting. Derived from "‘awd", which indicates repeating an action or returning (to doing something).