If a discerning child sneezes, is he congratulated or is it said to him: May Allah bless you?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In this poem, it is mentioned regarding a child’s sneeze that one should say to him, “May Allah bless you.” If the child is discerning and says “Alhamdulillah,” should he be congratulated or should one say to him, “May Allah bless you”?
Answer:
It is permissible to say “May Allah bless you” and to congratulate him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In this poem, it is mentioned regarding a child’s sneeze that one should say to him, “May Allah bless you.” If the child is discerning and says “Alhamdulillah,” should he be congratulated or should one say to him, “May Allah bless you”?
Answer:
It is permissible to say “May Allah bless you” and to congratulate him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [327 -954] إذا عطس الطفل المميز هل يُشمَّت أم يُقال له: بارك الله فيك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.