Abdullah bin Yasar says that once Amr bin Harith came to visit Sayyiduna Imam Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) during his illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You have come to visit Hasan in his illness, but what about that which you are hiding in your heart?" Amr said: "You are not my Lord that you may do as you wish with my heart." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Even so, we will not refrain from advising you. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'When a Muslim visits his sick Muslim brother, Allah appoints seventy thousand angels for him who pray for his forgiveness every moment of the day until evening, and if he goes in the evening, they pray for him every moment of the night until morning.'"

Amr bin Harith asked: "What is your opinion about walking with a funeral? Should one walk in front of the funeral or behind it?" He replied: "Walking behind the funeral is superior to walking in front of it, just as the virtue of offering obligatory prayer in congregation is superior to offering it alone." Amr said: "But I myself have seen Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with them both) walking in front of the funeral." He replied: "Both of them did not want to cause hardship to the people because of themselves."