Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2747
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْعُطَاسَ وَيَكْرَهُ التَّثَاؤُبَ فَإِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ سَمِعَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا التَّثَاؤُبُ فَإِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَرُدَّهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ هَاهْ هَاهْ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَضْحَكُ مِنْهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ . وَابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ أَحْفَظُ لِحَدِيثِ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَأَثْبَتُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الْعَطَّارَ الْبَصْرِيَّ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ أَحَادِيثُ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ رَوَى بَعْضَهَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَرَوَى بَعْضَهَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَاخْتَلَطَتْ عَلَىَّ فَجَعَلْتُهَا عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah reported that Allah’s Messenger said: ‘Allah loves sneezing and dislikes yawning. When one of you sneezes and says, “Praise be to Allah,” everyone who hears him is duty-bound to say, “May Allah have mercy on you.” As for yawning, when one of you yawns, let him suppress it as much as he can, and let him not say, “Ah, ah,” for that is from Satan, who laughs at him.’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a sahih hadith, and it is more authentic than the report of Ibn ‘Ajlan. Ibn Abi Dhi’b has a better memory and is more reliable in transmitting Sa‘id al-Maqburi’s hadith than Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan. Abu Bakr al-‘Attar al-Basri reported from ‘Ali ibn al-Madini, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, that Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan said: ‘Some reports of Sa‘id al-Maqburi were narrated by Sa‘id from Abu Hurayrah directly, and some by Sa‘id from a man, from Abu Hurayrah. They became confused for me, so I made them all from Sa‘id, from Abu Hurayrah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic explicitly says listeners are duty-bound to respond to the sneezer who praises Allah. It also explains why Ibn ‘Ajlan’s version may have collapsed chains with and without an intermediary; the compiler prefers Ibn Abi Dhi’b’s version.