Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 4517 — I heard Mu'adh bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi'

Rifa'ah bin Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Mu'adh bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrating from his father Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) sneezed and said: "Alhamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi mubarakan 'alayhi kama yuhibbu Rabbuna wa yarda" (All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise, as our Lord loves and is pleased with). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said: "Who was the one who spoke during the prayer?" Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I wished that I had paid some penalty from my wealth and had not been present at that prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who was the one who spoke?" I said: It was I, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did you say?" I said: I said: "Alhamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi mubarakan 'alayhi kama yuhibbu Rabbuna wa yarda." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, more than thirty angels were hastening towards it to see which of them would ascend with it to the heaven."