Responding to the sneezer if some of those present have not done so
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, there is a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6226. If some of us respond to the sneezer and others do not, is it a sin for the one who did not respond?
Answer:
This is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If one person fulfills it, the obligation falls off the rest. If one person in the gathering responds to the sneezer, the obligation is lifted from the rest, because this is a collective obligation, or a fard kifayah.
Honorable Shaykh, there is a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah loves sneezing but dislikes yawning; so if anyone of you sneezes and then praises Allah, every Muslim who hears him (praising Allah) has to say Tashmit to him.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْعُطَاسَ وَيَكْرَهُ التَّثَاؤُبَ فَإِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ سَمِعَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُAnswer:
This is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If one person fulfills it, the obligation falls off the rest. If one person in the gathering responds to the sneezer, the obligation is lifted from the rest, because this is a collective obligation, or a fard kifayah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 120 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/النكاح/أحاديث في النكاح/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:58)
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