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Sneezing and thanking someone who does good to you.

Invocation for sneezing

إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُم فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: يَرحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

When one of you sneezes he should say:(Alhamdu lillah.) and his brother or companion should say to him: (Yarhamukal-lah.) and he (i.e. the one who sneezed) replies back to him:(Yahdeekumul-lahu wayuslihu balakum.)

When one of you sneezes he should say:(All praise if for Allah.) and his brother or companion should say to him: (May Allah have mercy upon you.) and he (i.e. the one who sneezed) replies back to him:(May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.)

Invocation for someone who does good to you

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً

If someone does you a favour and you say: (Jazakal-lahu khayran.) then you have indeed excelled in praising him.

If someone does you a favour and you say: (May Allah reward you with goodness.) then you have indeed excelled in praising him.

Supplications, transliteration, English meaning and audio: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) by Sa‘id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. We copy them exactly and never write our own.

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