Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب كَمْ مَرَّةٍ يُشَمَّتُ الْعَاطِسُ
Chapter: How many times should one say "May Allah have mercy on you" to one who sneezes?
4 hadith · references 5034–5037
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Abu Dawud · 5034شَمِّتْ أَخَاكَ ثَلَاثًا ، فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ زُكَامٌNarrated Abu Hurairah: Respond three times to your brother when he sneezes, and if he sneezes more often, he has a cold in his head.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5035حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ إِThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain from the prophet ﷺ. A transmitter Saeed bin Saeed said: I know him that he traced this tradition back to the prophet ﷺ. Ab10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5036تُشَمِّتُ الْعَاطِسَ ثَلَاثًا ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُشَمِّتَهُ فَشَمِّتْهُ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَكُفَّNarrated Ubayd ibn Rifaah az-Zuraqi: The Prophet ﷺ said: Invoke a blessing on one who sneezes three times; (and if he sneezes more often), then if you wish to invoke a blessing on him, you may invoke, and if you wish (to7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5037أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَطَسَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ ، ثُمَّ عَطَسَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : الرَّجُلُ مَزْكُومٌSalamah bin al-Akwa said: when a man sneezed beside the prophet ﷺ, he said to him: Allah have mercy on you, but when he sneezed again, he said: The man has a cold in the head.5 narrators