وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «كَانَ فِيمَا نَاجَى بِهِ، مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِيَادَةِ اَلْمَرِيضِ مِنَ اَلْأَجْرِ قَالَ أُوَكِّلُ بِهِ مَلَكاً يَعُودُهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِلَى مَحْشَرِهِ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ فَمَا لِمَنْ غَسَلَ اَلْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَغْسِلُهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ.
Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) said: "In what Musa ibn Imran (a.s) privately spoke to his Lord (azj), the Mighty and Glorious, Musa (a.s) said: 'O’ Lord (azj), what is the reward for visiting the sick?' Allah (swt) replied: 'I will appoint an angel to visit them in their grave until the Day of Resurrection.' Musa (a.s) asked: 'O’ Lord (azj), what about the one who washes the deceased?' Allah (swt) replied: 'I will cleanse them of their sins as on the day their mother gave birth to them.'"