al-Ustādh Abū al-Walīd > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Nuʿaym > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yasāf

Salim, peace be upon you and your mother. Then he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: When one of you sneezes, let them praise Allah and say: 'May Allah have mercy on you.' And let them respond to them: 'May Allah forgive us and you.' This narration from Jarir is apparent, for Hilal ibn Yasaf did not meet Salim ibn Ubayd, nor did he see him. And between them was an unidentified man. As for the wording that some scholars have stated, who do not distinguish between authentic and weak narrations in the matter of the Prophet's ﷺ saying, the sneezer should say to the one who says 'Yahdikumullah' (May Allah guide you) and 'Yuslih balakum' (May He rectify your affairs), it is understood that this addressing is for the People of the Book, not the Muslims.

حَدَّثَنَا الْأُسْتَاذُ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا أَنْبَأَ جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ فِي سَفَرٍ فَعَطَسَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ

سَالِمٌ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمِّكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَلْيَقُلْ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ وَلْيَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْوَهْمُ فِي رِوَايَةِ جَرِيرٍ هَذِهِ ظَاهِرٌ فَإِنَّ هِلَالَ بْنَ يَسَافٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ سَالِمَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ وَلَمْ يَرَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمَا رَجُلٌ مَجْهُولٌ فَأَمَّا اللَّفْظُ الَّذِي وَقَعَ لِبَعْضِ الْفُقَهَاءِ الَّذِي لَا يُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ صَحِيحِ الْأَخْبَارِ وَسَقِيمِهَا فِي أَمْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَاطِسُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لِلْمُشَمِّتِ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ فَيُوهَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا التَّشْمِيتَ لِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ دُونَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ