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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is said when one sneezes in a gathering of knowledge

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Question:
This is a question that came up spontaneously without being written down. If a person sneezes in a gathering of knowledge, what is preferable for him to do? He should praise Allah, Glorified and Exalted. And for the one who hears it, what is preferable for him to do?

Answer:
He should praise Allah and say "may Allah have mercy on you" in a gathering of knowledge. This is part of knowledge, and it is among what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded. It is one of the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim. He said:
when he sneezes and praises God say, ‘God have mercy on you’إِذَا عَطَسَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ فَشَمِّتْهُ
Mishkat al-Masabih 1525
. He did not say this for other than gatherings of knowledge. Even in prayer, even in prayer, the scholars mentioned that if one sneezes, he praises Allah while he is in prayer. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source لقاء مفتوح [الرس] — alfawzan.live (31:09)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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