Question:
Is there any basis for saying Alhamdulillaah after one burps?
Answer:
There is no basis. There is a hadith narrated on the subject. It is fabricated according to Shaikh al-Albani in Ad-Da’ifah.
من عطس أو تجشَّأَ ، أو سمع عطسةً أو جشاءً فقال : الحمدُ للهِ على كلِّ حالٍ من الأحوالِ ؛ صرف اللهُ عنه سبعين داءً أهونُها الجُذامُ
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ﻟﻠﻌﻼﻣﺔ ﺍﺑﻦ ﻋﺜﻴﻤﻴﻦ , ﺭﺣِﻤﻪُ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
ﺍﻟﺴﺆﺍﻝ : ﻓﻀﻴﻠﺔ ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ .. ﺇﺫﺍ ﺗﺠﺸﺄ ﺍﻹﻧﺴﺎﻥ ﺃﻭ ﺗﺜﺎﺀﺏ ، ﻓﻬﻞ ﻫﻨﺎﻙ ﺫﻛﺮ ﻣﻌﻴﻦ ﻳﻘﻮﻟﻪ ؟
ﺍﻟﺠﻮﺍﺏ : ﻻ , ﺇﺫﺍ ﺗﺠﺸﺄ ﺍﻹﻧﺴﺎﻥ ﺃﻭ ﺗﺜﺎﺀﺏ ﻓﻠﻴﺲ ﻟﻪ ﺫﻛﺮ ، ﺧﻼﻓًﺎ ﻟﻠﻌﺎﻣﺔ ، ﻓﺎﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﺇﺫﺍ ﺗﺠﺸﺌﻮﺍ ﻳﻘﻮﻟﻮﻥ : ﺍﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﻟﻠﻪ ! ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻛﻞ ﺣﺎﻝ ؛ ﻟﻜﻦ ﻟﻢ ﻳﺮﺩ ﺃﻥ ﺍﻟﺘﺠﺸﺆ ﺳﺒﺐ ﻟﻠﺤﻤﺪ
Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen was asked the following question
Question:
Oh virtuous Shaikh, if a person burps or yawns, is there a specific statement to be made?
Answer: “No, if a person burps or yawns there is no specific remembrance. Unlike what the lay folk do. The lay folk if they burp say: Alhamdulliah. Alhamdulliah ‘ala kulli Haal. However, it was not reported that burping is a cause to say Alhamdulliah…”
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
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Shaykh Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbaad was asked:
Question:
Oh Virtuous Shaikh, what is the ruling on the one who burps and praises Allah because most people praise Allah when they burp? Has there come a proof for that? Another questioner says: we hear people who burp and say: May Allah forgive me. Which of these two is correct?
Answer:
I do not know anything that proves this one or that one/
[Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no. 269]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
