Abu Abd Allah -asws sneezed and no one from the people said anything.

It is of the rights of a believing person on the other believing person to visit him in his illness, attend his funeral, and respond to his sneezing or he -asws said, يُشَمِّتَهُ (response to his sneezing) and when he invites accept his invitation.’ [14] أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع نِعْمَ الشَّيْ‏ءُ الْعَطْسَةُ تَنْفَعُ فِي الْجَسَدِ وَ تُذَكِّرُ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْتُ إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا قَوْماً يَقُولُونَ لَيْسَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي الْعَطْسَةِ نَصِيبٌ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانُوا كَاذِبِينَ فَلَا نَالَهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص Abu Ali al-Ashari has narrated from Mohammed ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- ‘adr from’ Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir who has said the following: ‘Abu Jafar -asws has said, ‘Sneezing is a good thing.

It benefits the body and reminds one of Allah -azwj . I then said: ‘Some people around us say: ‘There is nothing in sneezing for the Messenger of Allah -saww .” The Imam -asws said: ‘They are lying, the intercession of Muhammad -saww will not reach them.’ [15] The Best Recitation in Response to Sneeze: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ عَطَسَ رَجُلٌ‏ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّتْهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ قَالَ نَقَصَنَا حَقَّنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَسَمَّتَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from certain individuals of his people from who has said the following: ‘Once a man sneezed in the presence of abu Jafar -asws and he said: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (All praise belong to Allah.