Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2741
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَلْيَقُلِ الَّذِي يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Ayyub reported that Allah’s Messenger said: ‘When one of you sneezes, let him say, “Praise be to Allah in every circumstance.” The one replying should say, “May Allah have mercy on you.” Then let him say, “May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives the final response without an explicit speaker; the sequence appears to be the sneezer replying after the invocation of mercy. The supplied English witness interprets the final words as addressed to the sneezer.