The Ruling on Adding to the Prescribed Dhikr in the Shari'ah
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Regarding the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhi and al-Hakim that a man sneezed and then said: Praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah,So Ibn 'Umar said to him: and I am with you.
Praise be to Allah and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not teach us this way. Is this statement a religious innovation?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The dhikr reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is complete in every respect.If what is prescribed for the one who sneezes is to say: It is simply "Praise be to Allah," so a person should restrict himself to that. If he adds to it, we look at his intention: if he believes that adding to it is better, then he is an innovator. But if he believes that this addition is permissible and does it occasionally, then it is not a religious innovation. However, it is better to adhere to the dhikr that the Shari'ah has brought, whether in the dhikr of the salam, the sneeze, or otherwise, for that is better, more preferable, and more complete.
Praise be to Allah and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not teach us this way. Is this statement a religious innovation?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The dhikr reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is complete in every respect.If what is prescribed for the one who sneezes is to say: It is simply "Praise be to Allah," so a person should restrict himself to that. If he adds to it, we look at his intention: if he believes that adding to it is better, then he is an innovator. But if he believes that this addition is permissible and does it occasionally, then it is not a religious innovation. However, it is better to adhere to the dhikr that the Shari'ah has brought, whether in the dhikr of the salam, the sneeze, or otherwise, for that is better, more preferable, and more complete.