Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Prayer · Offering greeting of peace to a Person Performing Salah (Prayer) and Sneezing in Salah (prayer) · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 46, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُعَلًّى أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَسْمَعُ الْعَطْسَةَ وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَأَحْمَدُ الله وَ أُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِذَا عَطَسَ أَخُوكَ وَأَنْتَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لله وَصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ صَاحِبِكَ الْيَمُّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ.

Published English translation

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from Mu‘alla’ abu ‘Uthman from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘In Salah (prayer) I hear sneezing, can I then praise Allah and say, “O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause?” 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, when your brother (in belief) sneezes while you are in Salah (prayer) say, “All praise belongs to Allah. O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause; even if there is an ocean between you and your friend, say, ‘O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.” 5 ”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/241)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 298

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