Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2739
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ دَيْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ كَانَ الْيَهُودُ يَتَعَاطَسُونَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَرْجُونَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللَّهُ . فَيَقُولُ " يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَسَالِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Musa reported: The Jews used to make themselves sneeze in the presence of the Prophet, hoping he would say to them, ‘May Allah have mercy on you.’ Instead, he would say, ‘May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.’
There are reports on this topic from ‘Ali, Abu Ayyub, Salim ibn ‘Ubayd, ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja‘far, and Abu Hurayrah. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb yata‘atasun indicates deliberately provoking a sneeze. The source includes several corroborating reports and a grading omitted from the English witness.