{"id":35973,"date":"2025-05-03T11:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T11:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35973"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:36:20","slug":"the-ruling-on-saying-yarhamukallah-when-someone-sneezes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/the-ruling-on-saying-yarhamukallah-when-someone-sneezes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ruling on Saying “YarhamukAllah” When Someone Sneezes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 08102<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the ruling on saying yarhamukAllah when someone sneezes? Is it fardhu ayn or kifaya?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is obligatory to respond to the one who sneezes and says Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah). If one person of the group responds to it by saying Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you), then the obligation is lifted, but if everyone ignores it, then they will be sinful[i].<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reference:<\/span><\/p>\n

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[i] Al-Durrul Mukhtar, Book of Manners, Volume 5, Page 263, Darul Kutub Al-Ilmiyah<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is obligatory to respond to the sneezer if he praises Allah, and this is a communal obligation (far\u1e0d al-kif\u0101yah), due to the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him): \u2018The rights of a Muslim over another Muslim are six,\u2019 among them, \u2018If he sneezes and praises Allah, then respond to him (with Yarhamuk Allah).\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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