Peace.Now

For the moment, I wish share a discourse of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (May Allah lenghten his shadow over us). It affected me greatly, and I feel that it would affect you too.  Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani needs no introduction.  From the contemporary Ulamaa, he is considered one of the leading Ulamaa, and accepted as a brilliant scholar.  That said, Mufti Muhammad Sahib is well known for his humbleness, and his simple attire and character.  May Allah give us the Tawfique to benefit from his writings.
This discourse is from his book Islaahi Khutbaat (VoI:VI). 

in Him, and rely on Him. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils of our selves and the vices of our deeds. There is none to misguide him whom Allah guides and there is none to guide him whom He let go astray. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the only One Who has no partner. I also bear witness that our Sire, our authority, our Prophet, and our Master, Muhammad , is His servant and His Messenger. May Almighty Allah send His mercy on him, his household and his Companions Radhi-Allahu-Anhum, and may He bless and salute them all in great abundance.

Seven acts
Hazrat Barra a bin `Azib, has narrated that the Holy Prophet has commanded us to do seven acts:
1. To visit a sick person;
2. To follow funeral processions;
3. To utter (may Allah have mercy on you) in reply to b.L.i (All praise to Allah), by the person who sneezes;
4. To, assist a weak person;
5. To assist a person who has been wronged;
6. To spread the salutation (Salam) and
7. To cooperate with a person in the fulfilment of his oath, if he takes an
oath for doing something.

All these seven acts which the Holy Prophet has included in this Hadith carry great importance. It is therefore, among the etiquettes of a Muslim’s life that he should observe carefully these rules of etiquettes. Therefore I am going todiscuss these seven acts in some detail. May Almighty Allah he I I) us all in acting upon them. Aameen! 

II is a form of worship to visit a sick person
The first act which the Holy Prophet has prescribed is to visit a sick person. This is also one of the rights due to a Muslim. This is an act which we are all doing. There may hardly be a person in the world who has riot visited a sick person to inquire after his health. This is, however, generally done as a mere formality and as a custom. The people fear that if this formality is not observed, there will be complaints. In such a state, if a man visit a sick person, he does so only to observe a formality and his action has no sincerity in it. The act of visiting a sick person, to which the Holy Prophet has referred in the Hadith means that the visit which is paid should be for pleasing Almighty Allah. It should be in all sincerity and with the intention of reaping the reward from Allah. The virtues and excellence promised in the Hadith relate to this way of visiting a sick person. This alone carries reward and goodly return from Almighty Allah. 

To visit a sick person in compliance with the Sunnah You are going to visit a sick person with the expectation that the person will pay you a return visit when you fall sick some day. In case he fails to return your visit, you too will not visit him, if he falls sick in future. Such a visit, being a reciprocal visit carries no credits, rewards or recompense. A man who pays this visit only for the pleasure of Allah, does not think of any return. He pays this visit only to please Almighty Allah and to obey the injunctions contained in the Ahadith of the Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihe Wasallam.