Azami 2652

Abu Dawud (772), Tirmidhi (404), and Nasai (931) all narrated it from Qutayba bin Saeed, who said, "Rifa bin Yahya bin Abdullah bin Rifa bin Rafi Zurqi narrated to us, from his father's uncle Muaz bin Rifa bin Rafi, from his father Rifa bin Rafi," and he related it.Its isnad is hasan because of Rifa bin Yahya, the imam of the masjid of Banu Zurayq. Likewise, Muaz bin Rifa bin Rafi is also trustworthy. However, Abu Fath Azdi related from Abbas Duri, from Ibn Main, that he said about him, "daif." Azdi said, "His hadith cannot be relied upon as evidence." Yet Bukhari included him, so at the very least his hadith is hasan. Tirmidhi also graded it hasan. But Hafiz mentioned, in the biography of Rifa bin Yahya, that Tirmidhi graded this hadith sahih. I believe the correct view is that it is hasan, as found in most copies of Tirmidhi's book.The origin of this hadith is in Sahih Bukhari (799), from Abdullah bin Maslama, from Malik, from Naeem bin Abdullah Mujmir, from Ali bin Khallad Zurqi, from his father, from Rifa bin Rafi Zurqi, who said, "One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ," and he mentioned the supplication but did not mention the sneezing in it. This has already been covered in the chapter on what is said after rising from ruku. Perhaps some of the narrators abridged it, for his sneeze occurred at the moment of rising with the ruku, so the Prophet ﷺ affirmed this supplication at this point in the prayer, and he prohibited saying it anywhere else in the prayer on account of sneezing, except for saying "Praise be to Allah."On this subject there is also a report from Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabia, from his father, who said, "A young man from the Ansar sneezed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in prayer, and said, 'Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, and blessed praise, until our Lord is pleased, and after He is pleased, in matters of this world and the next.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said, 'Who said those words?' The young man stayed silent. Then he said, 'Who said those words? For he said nothing wrong.' The man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I said it, and I intended nothing by it but good.' He said, 'They did not stop short of the Throne of the Merciful .'"Abu Dawud (774) narrated it from Abbas bin Abdul-Azim, who said, "Yazid bin Harun narrated to us, Sharik informed us, from Asim bin Ubaydullah, from Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabia, from his father," and he related the hadith. Its isnad is daif, for Sharik bin Abdullah and Asim bin Ubaydullah Adawi Madani are both daif due to the poor quality of their memory.Tirmidhi said, after narrating the hadith of Rifa bin Rafi, "More than one of the Tabiin said, 'If a man sneezes during the obligatory prayer, he should only praise Allah within himself,' and they did not allow any more latitude than that." They interpreted the hadith of Rifa bin Rafi as referring to voluntary prayer.I say, this requires consideration, for it is established in the narration of Bishr bin Umar Zahrani, from Rifa bin Yahya, that this prayer was Maghrib. See Fath al-Bari (2/286). Hafiz said, "One who sneezes during prayer praises Allah without any dislike." It is reported from Ibn Umar that he used to say aloud, "Praise be to Allah" [Fatihah 1:2], and Imam Ahmad held the same view. See Sharh al-Sunnah (240/3).As for blessing the one who sneezes, that is not permitted during prayer, based on the hadith of Muawiya bin Hakam, because it is a form of human speech.