WE RELATE FROM the books of Ibn Mājah and Ibn as-Sunnī with a weak isnād from Anas
, who related that the Messenger of Allah
went to visit a sick man and asked: “Do you have an appetite for anything? Do you have an appetite for cake?” The man said: “Yes.” So he requested it for him. [1].
We relate in the books of at-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir
, who reported that the Messenger of Allah
said: “Do not force your sick to eat and drink, for Allah feeds them and gives them to drink.” [2].According to at-Tirmidhī this is a ḥasan hadith.
References
[1] Ibn Mājah (3441) and Ibn as-Sunnī (545).
[2] At-Tirmidhī (2041), Ibn Mājah (3444); its chain is ḥasan thanks to its supporting narrations; al-Futūḥāt (4/90).