Invocation for sneezing
OD-188
Hisn al-Muslim 188
3 parts
Instruction
إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُم فَلْيَقُلِ
When one of you sneezes he should say:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Instruction
وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ:
and his brother or companion should say to him:
يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ
Instruction
فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: يَرحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ:
and he i.e. the one who sneezed replies back to him:
يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ
Transliteration
Al-ḥamdu li-llāh
and his brother or companion should say to him:
Yarḥamuka llāh
and he i.e. the one who sneezed replies back to him:
Yahdīkumu llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum
Translation
All praise is for Allah.
and his brother or companion should say to him:
May Allah have mercy upon you.
and he i.e. the one who sneezed replies back to him:
May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.
Source and grading
Hisn al-Muslim 188
Reference as printed in Hisn al-Muslim; grading pending review
البخاري، 7/ 125، برقم 5870.
Virtues
No narrated virtues are recorded for this entry.
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Invocation for sneezing