Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 79:3

רבא יומא קדמאה דחליש אמר להון לא תיגלו לאיניש דלא לתרע מזליה מכאן ואילך אמר להון פוקו ואכריזו בשוקא דכל דסני לי ליחדי לי וכתיב (משלי כד, יז) בנפול אויבך אל תשמח וגו' ודרחים לי ליבעי עלי רחמי

that he may live, whilst he who does not prays that he should die, — 'that he should die!' can you really think so? But [say thus:] He who does not visit the sick prays neither that he may live nor die.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through the lack of his prayers, which might have been accepted, he is said to cause his death. ');">⁴</span> Whenever Raba fell sick, on the first day he would ask that his sickness should not be made known to any one lest his fortune be impaired.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If his illness became known, people might talk about it and thus affect his fate (Rashi). ');">⁵</span>

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