Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي الْحَبَطِيُّ أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخِي هَارُونُ بْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ أَتَيْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ إِنَّ الْمَكَانَ بَعِيدٌ وَنَحْنُ يُعْجِبُنَا أَنْ نَعُودَكَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ عَادَ مَرِيضًا فَإِنَّمَا يَخُوضُ فِي الرَّحْمَةِ فَإِذَا قَعَدَ عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الصَّحِيحُ الَّذِي يَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ فَالْمَرِيضُ مَا لَهُ قَالَ تُحَطُّ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ.
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa told us: Hilal ibn Abi Dawud, that is al-Habati Abu Hisham, told us - he said: my brother Harun ibn Abi Dawud - I came to Anas ibn Malik and said: "O Abu Hamza, the place is far, and we would love to visit you." He raised his head and said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Whatever man visits a sick person is wading in mercy, and when he sits with the sick person, mercy engulfs him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is the healthy person who visits the sick - what about the sick person, what does he get?" He said: "His sins are removed from him."