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Fortress of the Muslim · Chapter 78 of 132

When a non-Muslim sneezes and praises Allah

One reading · numbers 189

Readings

189

يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

Yahdikumullahu wayuslihu balakum

May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

The Jews used to sneeze in the Prophet's ﷺ presence hoping he would say "May Allah have mercy on you"; he would say this instead.

Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2739 Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5038 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites at-Tirmidhī 5/82; Aḥmad 4/400; Abū Dāwūd 4/308; see al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 2/354

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