[11] Appendix I...
[11] Appendix I: Yawning and Sneezing: Yawning is from Iblis -la and Sneezing is from Allah -azwj : عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ التَّثَاؤُبُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ الْعَطْسَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn ‘Isa from Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn abu Nasr who has said: ‘Once I heard Al-Reza -asws saying, ‘Yawning is from Satan and sneezing is from Allah.’ [12] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمَّادٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الْعَالِمَ ع عَنِ الْعَطْسَةِ وَ مَا الْعِلَّةُ فِي الْحَمْدِ لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ نِعَماً عَلَى عَبْدِهِ فِي صِحَّةِ بَدَنِهِ وَ سَلَامَةِ جَوَارِحِهِ وَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَنْسَى ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ إِذَا نَسِيَ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ الرِّيحَ فَتَجَاوَزَ فِي بَدَنِهِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُهَا مِنْ أَنْفِهِ فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَيَكُونُ حَمْدُهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ شُكْراً لِمَا نَسِيَ Ali ibn Mohammed has narrated from Salih ibn abu Hammad who has said: ‘Once I asked the al-Aalim -asws (the scholar) about sneezing and the reason for praising Allah -azwj thereafter.
The Imam -asws answered: ‘From Allah -azwj there are bounties for His servant, in his good health for his body and soundness of his limbs. The servant forgets remembering Allah -azwj for such bounties. When he forgets Allah -azwj Commands the air to pass through his body and come out of his nose.
He then praises Allah -azwj for it and his praising at such time is thanking that he had forgotten.’ [13] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَأَحْصَيْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فَعَطَسَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَمَا تَكَلَّمَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ لَا تُسَمِّتُونَ أَ لَا تُسَمِّتُونَ مِنْ حَقِّ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَنْ يَعُودَهُ وَ إِذَا مَاتَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ جَنَازَتَهُ وَ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَنْ يُسَمِّتَهُ أَوْ قَالَ يُشَمِّتَهُ وَ إِذَا دَعَاهُ أَنْ يُجِيبَهُ A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn Khalid from Faddal from Jafar ibn Yunus from Dawud ibn al-Hussain who has said the following: ‘Once we were in the presence of abu Abd Allah -asws , I counted that the people present were fourteen.
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