What is the ruling on saying praise to Allah after sneezing in prayer, and the ruling on responding to the sneeze in prayer?
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The questioner : Regarding saying praise to Allah for the one who sneezes in prayer, some of our brothers among the students of knowledge say that this praise mentioned in the hadith occurred after the prohibition of speech. The evidence is that the man did not respond to the one praying; he said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you," but he did not respond to him, from which it is known that this occurred after speech. The incident indicates...
The Shaykh : Excuse me, where did the one who responded to the sneeze not respond? I did not understand.
The questioner : When he praised Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), the Companion who did not know the prohibition of speech in prayer responded to him by saying, "May Allah have mercy on you."
The Shaykh : Where is this? This is what confused me. Where is the response to the sneeze, meaning in which hadith was it reported? We only know that he said, "Our Lord, to You be praise, abundant, good, and blessed praise." As for a man saying to him, "May Allah have mercy on you," perhaps...
The questioner: The hadith...
The Shaykh : I am telling you, you have mixed up Sha'ban with Ramadan. That is in the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami. So what is the connection between this and that?
The questioner : In the hadith of Mu'awiyah, did he not respond to the sneeze?
The Shaykh : Yes, well, the issue here is the response to the sneeze, not the praise.
The questioner : Good, it is praise after speech was prohibited.
The Shaykh : Yes, and he spoke after speech was prohibited.
The questioner : Mu'awiyah spoke after...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it was not Mu'awiyah.
The questioner : The one who sneezed was not Mu'awiyah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And he praised?
The Shaykh : No, there was no praise; rather, he responded to the sneeze by saying to him, "May Allah have mercy on you." Then they struck their thighs to silence him. We need to understand what the original issue and subject were.
The questioner : The original issue is that a student of knowledge said that he praised Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If this is established in some narrations, the issue is examined: that he praised Allah, and Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami heard it and responded to the sneeze.
The Shaykh : It is not in the hadith of Mu'awiyah that he praised, but it is in it that Mu'awiyah responded to the sneeze.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, where did the one who responded to the sneeze not respond? I did not understand.
The questioner : When he praised Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), the Companion who did not know the prohibition of speech in prayer responded to him by saying, "May Allah have mercy on you."
The Shaykh : Where is this? This is what confused me. Where is the response to the sneeze, meaning in which hadith was it reported? We only know that he said, "Our Lord, to You be praise, abundant, good, and blessed praise." As for a man saying to him, "May Allah have mercy on you," perhaps...
The questioner: The hadith...
The Shaykh : I am telling you, you have mixed up Sha'ban with Ramadan. That is in the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami. So what is the connection between this and that?
The questioner : In the hadith of Mu'awiyah, did he not respond to the sneeze?
The Shaykh : Yes, well, the issue here is the response to the sneeze, not the praise.
The questioner : Good, it is praise after speech was prohibited.
The Shaykh : Yes, and he spoke after speech was prohibited.
The questioner : Mu'awiyah spoke after...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it was not Mu'awiyah.
The questioner : The one who sneezed was not Mu'awiyah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And he praised?
The Shaykh : No, there was no praise; rather, he responded to the sneeze by saying to him, "May Allah have mercy on you." Then they struck their thighs to silence him. We need to understand what the original issue and subject were.
The questioner : The original issue is that a student of knowledge said that he praised Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If this is established in some narrations, the issue is examined: that he praised Allah, and Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami heard it and responded to the sneeze.
The Shaykh : It is not in the hadith of Mu'awiyah that he praised, but it is in it that Mu'awiyah responded to the sneeze.
The questioner: Yes.
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