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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
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