Sneezing During Friday Sermon
Question: 176607
What should a person do if he sneezes during the Jumu‘ah khutbah (sermon)? Should he say “al-hamdu Lillah”?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
If a person who is
listening to the khutbah (sermon) on Friday sneezes, he should say “al-hamdu
Lillah (praise be to Allah)” quietly to himself. If anyone hears him, it is
not permissible for him to say to him “Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy
on you)”.
It says in
al-Mudawwanah (1/230): Maalik said concerning someone who sneezes when
the imam is delivering the khutbah that he should say “al-hamdu Lillah”
quietly to himself. No one should say “Yarhamuk Allah” to the one who
sneezed when the imam is delivering the khutbah.
End quote.
Al-Mirdaawi (may
Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible for him to say Ameen to the
du‘aa’ and to say “al-hamdulillah” silently if he sneezes. End quote from
al-Insaaf, 2/418
Shaykh Ibn Baaz
(may Allah have mercy on him) said: If he sneezes, he has to praise Allah
(say “al-hamdu Lillah”) to himself and not raise his voice.
End quote from
Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 12/411
Shaykh Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a member of the
congregation sneezes on Friday, he should say “al-hamdulillah” silently. If
he says it out loud and the people around him hear him, it is not
permissible for them to say “Yarhamuk Allah” to him.
End quote from
ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘, 5/109
And Allah knows best.
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