The ruling on responding to a sneeze and returning the salam during the Friday sermon
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on responding to a sneeze and returning the salam, whether by words or by shaking hands, on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon?
Answer:
That is, on Friday, or when the imam is delivering the sermon, one must listen attentively and not return the salam to the one who greeted him. Nor should he respond to the sneezer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded listening and not speaking. Responding to a sneeze is speech; responding to a sneeze is speech; returning a greeting is speech. The one who enters does not greet, or this is returning the salam.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on responding to a sneeze and returning the salam, whether by words or by shaking hands, on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon?
Answer:
That is, on Friday, or when the imam is delivering the sermon, one must listen attentively and not return the salam to the one who greeted him. Nor should he respond to the sneezer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded listening and not speaking. Responding to a sneeze is speech; responding to a sneeze is speech; returning a greeting is speech. The one who enters does not greet, or this is returning the salam.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 03 — archive.org (58:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
