The ruling on responding to a sneezer when some of those present have already responded
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Question:
A hadith was reported in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6226 the hadith. If some of us respond to the sneeze and others do not, does the one who did not respond commit a sin? And…
Answer:
This is a collective obligation. If one person fulfills it, the obligation falls off the rest. If one person in the gathering responds to the sneeze, the duty remains for the rest, because this is a fard kifayah, or a collective obligation.
A hadith was reported in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, Allah loves sneezing and dislikes yawning. So if one of you sneezs
إن الله يحب العطاس، ويكره التثاءب، فإذا عطس أحدكمand then praises Allah, every Muslim who hears him (praising Allah) has to say Tashmit to him
فحمد الله كان حقا على كل مسلم سمعه أن يقول له يرحمك اللهAnswer:
This is a collective obligation. If one person fulfills it, the obligation falls off the rest. If one person in the gathering responds to the sneeze, the duty remains for the rest, because this is a fard kifayah, or a collective obligation.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:07:41)
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