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Unreliable virtue of visiting the sick

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Is the following authentic?

To visit the sick is more beloved in the sight of Allah than ‘ibadah for 40 or 50 years

Praising Allah Ta’ala when one becomes ill and not complaining

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Could you confirm the source of this Hadith?

إذا مرض العبد بعث الله إليه ملكين، فيقول انظرا ماذا يقول لعواده؟ فإن هو إذا جاؤه حمد الله واثنى عليه رفعا ذلك إلى الله عز وجل وهو أعلم، فيقول لعبدي علي إن توفيته أن أدخله الجنة، وإن أنا شفيته أن أبدل له لحما خيرا من لحمه، ودما خيرا من دمه، وأن أكفر عنه سيئاته

Cupping on an empty stomach is best

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Is there a narration which says cupping on an empty stomach is best?

Treat the sick with the Quran

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What is status of following Hadith?

عن عائشة أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم دخل عليها وامرأة تعالجها أو ترقيها فقال عالجيها بكتاب الله

Another version of the Hadith on ‘Allah Ta’ala testing his servant to raise his rank’

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Please authenticate this Hadith.

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has said:

“Sometimes a high rank is decreed for a Mu’min which he could never have attained by virtue of his deeds, so Allah Ta’ala makes him experience some hardship, whether it be physical, material or concerning his children. Then, He makes him patient and lets him attain the position decreed for him by Allah ‘Azza Wa Jalla.’

Sickness wipes out all sins

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Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Indeed Allah Ta’ala tests his servant through sickness until that sickness wipes out all his sins”

Cupping is among the most beneficial of treatments

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Could you verify this narration?

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Cupping is [among] the most helpful procedure to treat yourself”

Allah has not sent down any sickness but has also sent a cure for it

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Kindly verify this hadith:

On the authority Ibn Mas`ud (radiyallahu anhu) Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is reported to have said, “Allah has not sent down any disease or sickness upon a people but that Allah has sent down a cure for it”