If a person sneezes during prayer, should he praise Allah or not?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : If someone sneezes inside the prayer, should he praise Allah?
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person sneezes during the prayer, let him praise Allah, because it is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam: meaning: they looked at him with a look of disapproval or as he said.
This indicates that if a person sneezes during the prayer, he praises Allah. Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a person, if Satan opened the door of whispers and distractions for him during the prayer, to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, spit to his left three times, and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. Accordingly, if he finds a cause for dhikr (remembrance) while a person is praying, he remembers Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and there is no blame on him.
But regarding responding to the mu'adhdhin (the one who calls to prayer), if you hear the adhan (the call to prayer) while you are praying, do you respond to the mu'adhdhin? The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that he responds to the mu'adhdhin, just as he praises Allah when he sneezes and seeks refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan when Satan takes hold of him with distractions. So he responds to the mu'adhdhin, but there is something in one's mind about this, meaning: responding to the mu'adhdhin, because responding to the mu'adhdhin is long and occupies the one praying. As for what requires only one word or similar, there is nothing wrong with doing it.
But if a person sees someone doing something wrong, should he say: "O so-and-so, do not do it?" Is the question for you?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Because this is the speech of people.
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person sneezes during the prayer, let him praise Allah, because it is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam:
That he entered to pray, so a man from the people sneezed and said: "Praise be to Allah," so Mu'awiyah said to him: "May Allah have mercy on you," so the people threw their gazes at him
أنه دخل يصلي فعطس رجل من القوم فقال: الحمد لله، فقال له معاوية: يرحمك الله، فرماه الناس بأبصارهمSo he said: "Woe to my mother!" So they began hitting their thighs to silence him, and he was silent. When he finished the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) called him and said: "Indeed, in this prayer, nothing of the speech of people is appropriate; it is only glorification, saying Allahu Akbar, and reciting the Qur'an"
فقال: واثكل أمياه! فجعلوا يضربون على أفخاذهم يسكتونه فسكت، فلما انتهى من الصلاة دعاه النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم وقال: إن هذه الصلاة لا يصلح فيها شيء من كلام الناس، إنما هي التسبيح والتكبير وقراءة القرآنThis indicates that if a person sneezes during the prayer, he praises Allah. Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a person, if Satan opened the door of whispers and distractions for him during the prayer, to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, spit to his left three times, and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. Accordingly, if he finds a cause for dhikr (remembrance) while a person is praying, he remembers Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and there is no blame on him.
But regarding responding to the mu'adhdhin (the one who calls to prayer), if you hear the adhan (the call to prayer) while you are praying, do you respond to the mu'adhdhin? The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that he responds to the mu'adhdhin, just as he praises Allah when he sneezes and seeks refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan when Satan takes hold of him with distractions. So he responds to the mu'adhdhin, but there is something in one's mind about this, meaning: responding to the mu'adhdhin, because responding to the mu'adhdhin is long and occupies the one praying. As for what requires only one word or similar, there is nothing wrong with doing it.
But if a person sees someone doing something wrong, should he say: "O so-and-so, do not do it?" Is the question for you?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Because this is the speech of people.