Iyas bin Salama bin al-Akwa reported that his father reported to him that he heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: A person sneezed in his presence and he said to him: May Allah have mercy upon you. And he then sneezed for the second time and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: He is suffering from cold (and no response is necessary).
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: If sneezing occurs due to a cold, then one supplication is sufficient; in normal circumstances, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has supplicated three times.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7489
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From this it is understood that there is no need to respond after someone sneezes once or twice or more times.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2743
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ It is obligatory to respond to the first sneeze.
➋ After that, it is not obligatory, as is also indicated by Sahih Muslim.
See: (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Zuhd, Hadith: 2993)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5037