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abudawud:5034 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

Respond three times to your brother when he sneezes, and if he sneezes more often, he has a cold in his head.

أبو داود:٥٠٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

شَمِّتْ أَخَاكَ ثَلاَثًا فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ زُكَامٌ

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ibnmajah:3714 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The one who sneezes may be responded to three times; if he sneezes more than that, he has a cold.'"

ابن ماجة:٣٧١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُشَمَّتُ الْعَاطِسُ ثَلاَثًا فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ مَزْكُومٌ

suyuti:651-282b – Abiá Hurayrah
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٦٥١-٢٨٢b –

"عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: شَمِّتْ أَخَاكَ ثَلَاثًا، فَمَا زَادَ فَهوُ زُكَامٌ".

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