Al-hamdu lillah.
All praise belongs to Allah.
Yarhamukallah.
May Allah have mercy on you.
Yahdikumullahu wa yuslihu balakum.
May Allah guide you and put your affairs right.
The sequence in the narration
Sahih al-Bukhari 6224 supplies the reference. Read the card labels before memorising: the first belongs to the sneezer, the second to the responding companion and the third to the sneezer again.
The words are not one long statement that everyone says together. Their meaning combines praise with requests for mercy, guidance and a better condition.
Grammar and speaker matter
The selected listener response addresses a person, while the sneezer’s reply preserves the Arabic form in the report. Do not rewrite endings automatically to make all three cards look grammatically identical.
An accurate lesson should associate the Arabic with who is speaking. This is particularly helpful for children or beginners who may otherwise memorise the sound without understanding the exchange.
Teaching the exchange
Practise the roles in a simple example, then explain that the response in this report follows the sneezer praising Allah. Keep the lesson kind and avoid embarrassing someone who is learning.
Questions about repeated sneezes, an absent listener or other circumstances need their own supporting reports. They should not be added as invented rules under Bukhari 6224.
Common questions
Should the listener say every phrase? No; each card has a different role. Is the third card a reply by the sneezer? Yes, in the selected report. Can the same citation settle every number-of-sneezes question? It cannot establish details it does not give. Where can I continue? The beginner page offers a general learning method for short source texts.