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Saying “Alhamdu lillah” if they sneeze during Salah?

September 21, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Fatwa no. 16903 Q: If a person sneezes while offering salah (Prayer), should they say “Alhamdu lillah [All praise is due to Allah]“? Also, if a person yawns while offering Salah, do they have to say Isti`adhah (saying: “A`udhu-Billahi mina Al-Shaytan -ir-Rajim [I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan]“)?

A: If a person offering Salah sneezes, they should say, “Alhamdu lillah” in a low voice; because there are authentically reported Hadith from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that indicate the permissibility of saying so. As for Isti`adhah after yawning, there is no origin for it in the Shari`ah (Islamic law). However, the person who yawns should hold themselves from yawning as much as they can, but there is no problem if they say Isti`adhah while yawning in or outside Salah.

Source: alifta.com

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  1. Belal
    October 30, 2010 at 6:33 PM | #1
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    i read in a book once that when a person does say the Isti`adhah after yawning that this is a bidah because as the scholors say there is no origin for this saying…also so by saying this after yawning which is not reported, then the person invents a saying which is not from the shariah.. so can sumone clarify this?

    is it considered bidah or no? im in sum confusion , asalamowalikum and jazakAllahokhair

  1. August 19, 2012 at 3:11 PM | #1
    Sneezing then Praising Allah while being led in Prayer – Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Aali ash-Shaykh « As Salah – The Prayer in Islam
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