What is the ruling on saying the response to a sneeze if it exceeds three times?
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Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: Some scholars have mentioned that the response to a sneeze is said three times, and that after that, one prays for the sneezer’s recovery. Is that correct?
Answer:
Yes, yes. You say the response to the sneeze the first and second time. As for the third and fourth time, that indicates a cold, which is one of the symptoms; it is the result of an illness, so you pray for his recovery.
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: Some scholars have mentioned that the response to a sneeze is said three times, and that after that, one prays for the sneezer’s recovery. Is that correct?
Answer:
Yes, yes. You say the response to the sneeze the first and second time. As for the third and fourth time, that indicates a cold, which is one of the symptoms; it is the result of an illness, so you pray for his recovery.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تشميت العاطس إذا زاد عن ثلاث؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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