Is it permissible to praise Allah the Exalted after sneezing during the prayer?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to praise Allah after sneezing in the prayer, secretly?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible for me to praise Allah after I sneeze in the prayer, secretly?
The Shaykh : That is, he asks and says: If a person sneezes in his prayer, does he praise Allah or not? The answer is: He praises Allah. This is established by the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Indeed, Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and a man sneezed and said: Meaning, they looked at him with a look of disapproval, so he said: which is a word said when in pain or as he said. Did you understand? If the one praying sneezes, then it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for him to praise Allah.
But if another cause for dhikr (remembrance) arises and a person is praying, does he say it or not? We say: He says it in what the Sunnah has brought, such as if he starts to feel restless in the prayer, let him say: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Let him say: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Okay, did he hear a dog barking? He says: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Did he hear a rooster crowing? He says: I ask Allah for His bounty. Did he hear the mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) calling the adhan? Does he respond or not? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: He responds, because this is dhikr and its cause was found in the prayer. However, there is some hesitation in one's soul regarding this with respect to the adhan, because the adhan will occupy a large part of the prayer and distract you from it. So it is better not to respond to the mu'adhdhins. But it is possible that if he finishes the prayer (taslim), he responds to the mu'adhdhin as a make-up. Yes, after that.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible for me to praise Allah after I sneeze in the prayer, secretly?
The Shaykh : That is, he asks and says: If a person sneezes in his prayer, does he praise Allah or not? The answer is: He praises Allah. This is established by the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Indeed, Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and a man sneezed and said:
Praise be to Allah. So Mu'awiyah said to him: May Allah have mercy on you. And the people cast their gazes at him.
الحمد لله فقال له معاوية : يرحمك الله فرماه الناس بأبصارهمMay my mother be bereaved of me
واثكل أمياهSo they began to strike their thighs to silence him, and he was silent. When he finished his prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) called him and said to him: Indeed, in this prayer, nothing of the speech of people or the speech of humans is valid. It is only for glorification, saying Allahu Akbar, and reciting the Qur'an.
فجعلوا يضربون أفخاذهم يسكتونه فسكت . فلما انصرف من صلاته دعاه النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم وقال له : إن هذه الصلاة لا يصح فيها شيء من كلام الناس أو من كلام الآدميين إنما هي للتسبيح والتكبير وقراءة القرآنBut if another cause for dhikr (remembrance) arises and a person is praying, does he say it or not? We say: He says it in what the Sunnah has brought, such as if he starts to feel restless in the prayer, let him say: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Let him say: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Okay, did he hear a dog barking? He says: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Did he hear a rooster crowing? He says: I ask Allah for His bounty. Did he hear the mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) calling the adhan? Does he respond or not? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: He responds, because this is dhikr and its cause was found in the prayer. However, there is some hesitation in one's soul regarding this with respect to the adhan, because the adhan will occupy a large part of the prayer and distract you from it. So it is better not to respond to the mu'adhdhins. But it is possible that if he finishes the prayer (taslim), he responds to the mu'adhdhin as a make-up. Yes, after that.