118. ✧ Salim b. 'Ubayd

1. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1301No grade recorded

   كَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ مَعَ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ فَعَطَسَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ! فَقَالَ سَالِمٌ: وَعَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمِّكَ ! ثُمَّ سَارَ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ: لَعَلَّكَ كَرِهْتَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ ذَكَرْتَ أُمِّي بِخَيْرٍ وَلَا شَرٍّ ! فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُكَ مَا شَهِدْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؛ عَطَسَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ! فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَعَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمِّكَ، إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، أَوِ الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ: يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لِي وَلَكُمْ

   ✧ They were traveling with Salim b. 'Ubayd al-Ashja'i when a man sneezed and said, "Peace be upon you!" Salim said, "And upon you and upon your mother!" Then he traveled for a while, and said to the man, "Perhaps you disliked what I said to you?" He said, "I wish you had not mentioned my mother either with good or with evil!" He said, "I only tell you what I witnessed from the Messenger of God ﷺ: A man sneezed in his presence and said, 'Peace be upon you!' The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'And upon you and upon your mother. When one of you sneezes, let him say: Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, or Praise be to God in every situation, and let his brother say to him: May God have mercy on you, and let him say: May God forgive me and you.'"