When You See a Friend Suffering from Anxiety
The shaikh, Dr. ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī, may Allāh protect him, said:
Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajr, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
When a person sees his friend is anxious [about something], it’s commendable [in Islām] that he say things to him that will remove his anxiety and cheer him up, ʿUmar ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb having said, “I am most definitely going to say something that will make the Prophet ﷺ laugh.”
Fatḥ Al-Bārī, vol. 9, p. 292. And the like of it is in Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 10, p. 81 by Al-Nawawī, may Allāh have mercy on him.
قال الحافظ ابن حجر رحمه الله:
"المرءُ إذا رأى صاحبَه مهموماً، استُحبّ له أن يُحدّثه بما يزيل همّه ويطيّب نفسه؛ لقول عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه: لأقولنّ شيئاً يُضحِك النّبيّ صلّى الله عليه وسلّم" (فتح الباري)(٩/ ٢٩٢)٠
ونحوه في (شرح صحيح مسلم)(١٠/ ٨١) للحافظ النّووي رحمه الله٠— أ.د. عبدالله البخاري (@dr_albukhary) October 19, 2020
Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff