أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَطَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا کَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَکًا فِيهِ مُبَارَکًا عَلَيْهِ کَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَی فَلَمَّا صَلَّی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ مَنْ الْمُتَکَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمْ يُکَلِّمْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ مَنْ الْمُتَکَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعِ ابْنِ عَفْرَائَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ کَيْفَ قُلْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا کَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَکًا فِيهِ مُبَارَکًا عَلَيْهِ کَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَی فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ ابْتَدَرَهَا بِضْعَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ مَلَکًا أَيُّهُمْ يَصْعَدُ بِهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 936
It was narrated from Muadh bin Rifa’ah bin Rafi’ that his father said: “I prayed behind the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and I sneezed and said: (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 صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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 ‘Afra’ said: ‘It was me, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.’ He said: ‘What did you say?’ He said: ‘I said: “Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with.” The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘By the One in Whose hand is my soul, thirty- odd angels hastened to see which of them would take it up.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020