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If a person sneezes and does not praise Allah, do we remind him? [to praise Allah]

Posted Sep 21, 2009 by Aboo Thaabit with 2 Comments

Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen – may Allah have mercy upon him – said:

If a person sneezes and does not praise Allah, do not say to him ‘yarhamakAllah’ [may Allah have mercy upon you] as a punishment for him because he didnt say alhamdulilah, meaning the fact that he left off praising Allah it caused him to be denied this du’aa of mercy. But then [the question might arise] do we remind such a person [to praise Allah]?

The answer: It is possible that the person did not say alhamdulilah out of disrespect [towards Allah] or it is also possible that the person left it due to forgetfullness. So if it is due to the latter [i.e out of forgetfullness] then such a person is to be reminded but if it is due to the fact that this person is being disrespectful then he is not to be reminded. However, how does one know wether the person in question left it [praising Allah] due to forgetfullness or out of disrespect? Understanding the hadith on its apparent meaning [the hadith wherein which the Prophet mentions]

…and [he] praises Allah…

[So what can be understood from this is] If the person does not praise Allah do not say may Allah have mercy upon you similarly do not remind him [of that].

2 Comments

  1. Salafonline says:
    April 10, 2011 at 12:11 am

    assalamu aleykum,
    I have read an article for Sheikh Maher Qahtani about this issue (Sh. Maher is a taleb ‘ilm in Jeddah) and he said that it hasn’t been proved in any hadeeth that Prophet Muhammad salla Allah ‘aleyhi wa sallam has reminded any to say ALhumdulillah so he can reply back by saying yarhamukumu Allah.. so the issue you’ve stated must be revised wallahu a’lam

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    • khalduu1 says:
      April 14, 2011 at 4:04 pm

      wa alaikum assalam

      This article and the article you read talks about the same thing, there is no difference.

      Reply

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