Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رِبْعِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ عَطَسَ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَشْرَفُ مِنْ الْآخَرِ فَعَطَسَ الشَّرِيفُ فَلَمْ يَحْمَدْ اللَّهَ فَلَمْ يُشَمِّتْهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَطَسَ الْآخَرُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ فَشَمَّتَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَقَالَ الشَّرِيفُ عَطَسْتُ عِنْدَكَ فَلَمْ تُشَمِّتْنِي وَعَطَسَ هَذَا عِنْدَكَ فَشَمَّتَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَذَكَرْتُهُ وَإِنَّكَ نَسِيتَ اللَّهَ فَنَسِيتُكَ.
English Translation
Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet (peace be upon him), one of them more noble than the other. The noble one sneezed but did not praise Allah, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not say 'Yarhamuk Allah' to him. The other sneezed and praised Allah, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said 'Yarhamuk Allah' to him. The noble one said: "I sneezed in your presence and you did not respond to me, but this man sneezed and you responded to him." He said: "This one remembered Allah, so I remembered him; but you forgot Allah, so I forgot you."