What Has Been Related About How To Reply To the Sneezing Person
Darussalam · Volume 5
41. The Chapters On Manners From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 455
Source no. 2739 · Volume 6 · Page 239
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٤٧٤٠)
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2739. Abū Mūsā narrated: "The Jews used to sneeze in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ hoping that he would say: 'Yarhamukumullāh (May Allāh have mercy upon you).' So he said: 'Yahdikumullāhu Wa Yuṣlihu Bālakum (May Allāh guide you and rectify your affairs).'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, Abū Ayyūb, Sālim bin 'Ubaid, 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far and Abū Hurairah. [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
٢٧٣٩ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ دَيْلَمَ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: «كَانَ الْيَهُودُ يَتَعَاطَسُونَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَرْجُونَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ: يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللهُ، فَيَقُولُ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ». وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ، وَسَالِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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This Hadīth guides that if a non-believer sneezes in the presence of a believer, the believer should not say 'Yarhamukallāh' (may Allāh have mercy on you). Instead, the supplication for his guidance and Faith may be made.