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bayhaqi:2611 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Baṣrī from Kitābih > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Zuraqī Abū Yazīd Imām al-Masjid > Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Anṣārī > Abīh Rifāʿah

[Machine] He prayed along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the Maghrib prayer, and Rifaa'ah sneezed. He said, "Praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed praise. Blessed is He as our Lord loves and is pleased with." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left, he said, "Where is the one who spoke during the prayer?" Rifaa'ah said, "I wish I had missed out on some of my wealth and not witnessed that prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said, 'Where is the one who spoke during the prayer?' So I said, 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'How did you say it?' I said, 'Praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed praise. Blessed is He as our Lord loves and is pleased with.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in whose hand is my soul, thirty-two angels hastened to it. Which one of them will ascend with it?" It has been narrated from 'Amir ibn Rabee'ah that a young man from the Ansaar sneezed while in prayer and said something similar, and the meaning of it was mentioned."  

البيهقي:٢٦١١ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْبَصْرِيُّ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ أَخْبَرَنِي رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ أَبُو يَزِيدَ إِمَامُ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رِفَاعَةَ

أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ فَعَطَسَ رِفَاعَةُ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ رِفَاعَةُ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي عَدِمْتُ عِدَّةً مِنْ مَالِي وَلَمْ أَشْهَدْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ حِينَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بَضْعَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ عَطَسَ شَابٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ كَذَا فَذَكَرَ بَعْضَ مَعْنَاهُ  

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nasai:931 – Qutaybah > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAm Abīh Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ from his father

His father said: "I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and I sneezed and said: 'Al-hamdu lillahi, hamdan kathiran tayiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan'alaihi, kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda (Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.)' When he finished praying, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' But no one said anything. Then he said it a second time: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afrah said: 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I said: "Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.'" The Prophet ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, thirty-odd angels hastened to see which of them would take it up.'"  

النسائي:٩٣١ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَطَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بِضْعَةٌ وَثَلاَثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا  

tirmidhi:404 – Qutaybah > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ al-Zuraqī > ʿAm Abīh Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah from his father

"I prayed behind Messenger of Allah (S). I sneezed and said: Al-Hamdulillah, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan alaihi kama yuhibbu Rabbana Wa Yarda (All praise is due to Alah, many good blessed praises, blessings for Him as our Lord loves and is pleased with.) When Messenger of Allah (S) prayed and turned (after finishing) he said: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?' No one spoke. Then he said it a second time: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?' But no one spoke. Then he said it a third time: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?'" So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afra said: "It was I, O Messenger of Allah (S)." He said: "What did you say?" He said: "I said: 'Al-Hamdulillah, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan alaihi kama yuhibbu Rabbana Wa Yarda. The Prophet (S) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! I saw thirty-some angels competing over which of then would ascend with it."  

الترمذي:٤٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَطَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعِ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بِضْعَةٌ وَثَلاَثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَوَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ وَعَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ رِفَاعَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَكَأَنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ فِي التَّطَوُّعِ لأَنَّ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ قَالُوا إِذَا عَطَسَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ إِنَّمَا يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ يُوَسِّعُوا فِي أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
hakim:5023 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Muḥammad b. Shādhān And Muḥammad b. Nuʿaym And Aḥmad b. Salamah > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAm Abīh Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Mālik

His father said: "I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and I sneezed and said: 'Al-hamdu lillahi, hamdan kathiran tayiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan'alaihi, kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda (Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.)' When he finished praying, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' But no one said anything. Then he said it a second time: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afrah said: 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I said: "Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.'" The Prophet ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, thirty-odd angels hastened to see which of them would take it up.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 931)   

الحاكم:٥٠٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالُوا ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَطَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بَضْعَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا» حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمَا كَتَبْنَاهُ إِلَّا عَنْهُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمِثْلِهِسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

tabarani:4532 – [Chain 1] Mūsá b. Hārūn > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Karābīsī > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá Imām Masjid Banī Zurayq Bi-al-Madīnah > Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ > Abīh Rifāʿah

His father said: "I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and I sneezed and said: 'Al-hamdu lillahi, hamdan kathiran tayiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan'alaihi, kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda (Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.)' When he finished praying, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' But no one said anything. Then he said it a second time: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afrah said: 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I said: "Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.'" The Prophet ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, thirty-odd angels hastened to see which of them would take it up.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 931)   

الطبراني:٤٥٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى إِمَامُ مَسْجِدِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رِفَاعَةَ

أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ فَعَطَسَ رِفَاعَةُ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟» قَالَ رِفَاعَةُ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي غَرِمْتُ غُرَّةً مِنْ مَالِ وَإِنِّي لَمْ أشْهَدْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ حِينَ قَالَ «أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ؟» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «كَيْفَ قُلْتُ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بِضْعًا وَثَلَاثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا»  

nasai-kubra:1005 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Rifāʿah b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAm Abīh Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ from his father

His father said: "I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and I sneezed and said: 'Al-hamdu lillahi, hamdan kathiran tayiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan'alaihi, kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda (Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.)' When he finished praying, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' But no one said anything. Then he said it a second time: 'Who is the one who spoke during the prayer?' So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afrah said: 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I said: "Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.'" The Prophet ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, thirty-odd angels hastened to see which of them would take it up.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 931)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَطَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟» فَلَمْ يُكْلَمْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟» فَقَالَ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا بِضْعَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ مَلَكًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا»