What is the ruling on responding to a sneeze during the Friday sermon?
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The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O honorable Shaykh. What is the ruling on responding to a sneeze during the Friday sermon? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : First: one does not respond to a sneezer unless he praises Allah. If he praises Allah, then respond to him.
However, if this occurs during the Friday sermon, it is not permissible to respond to him, because responding to him is speech. You address him by saying, "May Allah have mercy on you." Speech during the sermon is not permissible except out of necessity, and it must be with the preacher.
What indicates what I said is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):Sunan Ibn Majah 1110Sahih (Darussalam) Even though telling him, "Be silent," when he is speaking is part of forbidding evil, and yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) prohibited it and made it clear that a person is deprived of the benefit of the Friday prayer by it, in that one who engages in idle talk has no Friday prayer for him.
The Shaykh : First: one does not respond to a sneezer unless he praises Allah. If he praises Allah, then respond to him.
However, if this occurs during the Friday sermon, it is not permissible to respond to him, because responding to him is speech. You address him by saying, "May Allah have mercy on you." Speech during the sermon is not permissible except out of necessity, and it must be with the preacher.
What indicates what I said is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):