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Invocation for sneezing

#188When one of you sneezes he should say:(All praise if for Allah.) and his brother or companion should say to him: (May Allah have mercy upon you.) and he (i.e. the one who sneezed) replies back to him:(May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.)

What to say to the disbeliever if he sneezes and praises Allah

#189May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.

What to say while sitting in an assembly

#195Ibn AAumar said: It would be counted that the Messenger of Allah would say one hundred times at any one sitting before getting up: (O my Lord, forgive me and turn towards me (to accept my repentance). Verily You are The Oft-Returning. The Oft-Forgiving.)

The Expiation of Assembly - Kaffaratul-Majlis

#196How perfect You are O Allah, and I praise You. I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

vocation for someone who says: May Allah forgive you

#197AAabdullah Ibn Sarjis said: ‘I went to see the Prophet and ate from his food and then said to him: (May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of Allah.) he replied: (and you.)

Invocation for someone who does good to you

#198If someone does you a favour and you say: (May Allah reward you with goodness.) then you have indeed excelled in praising him.

Invocation for someone who tells you I love you for the sake of Allah

#200May He, for whom you have loved me, love you.

Invocation for someone who offers you a share of his wealth

#201May Allah bless for you, your family and wealth.

Invocation (upon receipt of the loan) for someone who lends you money

#202May Allah bless for you, your family and wealth. Surely commendation and payment are the reward for a loan.

Invocation for someone who tells you: May Allah bless you

#204(Aaishah reported that the Messenger of Allah was given a sheep and he ordered for it’s distribution. When the servant would come back (from distributing it), AAaishah would ask: ‘What did they say?’, he replied: They would supplicate: (May Allah bless you all.) AAaishah would then say: (and may Allah bless them.))(we return their supplication in a similar way and our reward remains with us.)

spreading the greetings of Salam (Peace)

How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you

#227When the people of the Book greet you, reply by saying: (And upon you.)

Invocation for someone you have spoken ill to

#230O Allah, to any believer whom I have insulted, let that be cause to draw him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.

How a Muslim should praise another Muslim

#231He said: ‘If anyone of you is impelled to praise his brother, then he should say: ‘I deem so-and-so to be…and Allah is his reckoner…and I don’t praise anyone, putting it (i.e. my praising) forward, in front of Allah’s commendation, however I assume him so and so’…if he knows that of him.

What a Muslim should say when he is praised

#232O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].

Types of goodness and good etiquette for community life

#267When evening descends, bring your children indoors for the devils scatter out at this hour. Then after the passing of an hour (i.e. the first hour) of the night, (you may) let them (the children) go. Close your doors while mentioning the Name of Allah, for the devil may not open a closed door. Fasten your waterskins mentioning the Name of Allah. Cover your eating vessels mentioning the Name of Allah even if you just put something over it, and extinguish your lamps. Peace and blessing be upon our Prophet, Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, all of them.