Saying “Yarhamuk Allaah (May Allaah have mercy on you)” to one who sneezes
Question If a Muslim sneezes and does not say “Al-hamdu Lillaah (praise be to Allaah), does he deserve to have others say “ Yarhamuk Allaah ” to him? Is it better to say “ Yarhamuk Allaah ” to him or not to say it? Has anything concerning this been narrated from the Prophet (peace and…
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others say “ Yarhamuk Allaah ” to him? Is it better to say “ Yarhamuk
Allaah ” to him or not to say it? Has anything concerning this been narrated from
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or not?
Praise be to Allah.
He does not deserve that, and it is makrooh to
say “Yarhamuk Allaah” to him. It was reported in the two Saheehs
of al-Bukhaari and Muslim that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:
‘Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet
(peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He said “Yarhamuk Allaah” to one of
them and not to the other. The one to whom he did not say it said, “So and so sneezed
and you said, ‘Yarhamuk Allaah’ to him, and I sneezed but you did not say
it to me.” The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “He
said ‘Al-hamdu Lillaah’, and you did not.”
According to Saheeh Muslim, Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari
(may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “I heard the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘When one of you sneezes and says “al-hamdu
Lillaah”, then say “Yarhamuk Allaah” to him, but if he does not
say “al-hamdu Lillaah”, then do not say “Yarhamuk Allaah”
to him.’”
In Saheeh al-Bukhaari it is reported from Abu Hurayrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “When any one of you sneezes, let him say ‘Al-hamdu
Lillaah’ and let his brother or companion say to him, ‘Yarhamuk Allaah.’
If he says ‘Yarhamuk Allaah’ to him, let him say, ‘Yahdikum
Allaahu wa yusliha baalakum (May Allaah guide you and reform your
thinking).’”
