الغفور
كلمة (غفور) في اللغة صيغة مبالغة على وزن (فَعول) نحو: شَكور، رؤوف،...
Visiting a sick person
(عِيَادَةُ الْمَرِيضِ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
To visit a person suffering from sickness or weakness that left him unhealthy.
الشرح المختصر
"`Iyaadat-ul-mareed", or visiting the sick, is a refined etiquette that Islam encouraged Muslims to observe and made it one of the foremost rights of Muslims upon each other. It is to visit a fellow Muslim if he becomes ill or suffers any weakness that affects his health, whether it prevents him from going out and mixing with people or not.
التعريف
That one goes to visit a sick person and comfort him or her.