Musnad Ahmad 24496

Translation

✧ A man sneezed in the presence of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of God?' He said: 'Say: Praise be to God.' [So he said: Praise be to God.] The people said: 'What should we say to him, O Messenger of God?' He said: 'Say to him: May God have mercy on you.' He said: 'What should I say to them, O Messenger of God?' He said: 'Say to them: May God guide you and set your affairs aright.'

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• Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī

  وفيه أبو معشر نجيح وهو لين الحديث وبقية رجاله ثقات

  in مسند أحمد, p. 25078

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAmrah bt. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārīyah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. Abū Ḥassān al-Ziyādī said: it is said she died in the year ninety-eight. Abū ʿUbayd Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá Ibn al-Ḥadhdhāʾ said: she died in 106 AH; Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim said: she died in 103 AH.
   عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá
   عبد الله بن يحيى
   عن
4. 4
   Abū Maʿshar

   weak (ḍaʿīf), he grew old and his memory became confused (ikhtilāṭ)d. 170 AH
   أَبُو مَعْشَرٍضعيف ، أسن واختلط
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Khalaf b. al-Walīd

   d. 212 AH
   خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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