A man finding a louse in the mosque

It is narrated from a man of the Ansar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If one of you finds a louse in the mosque, let him wrap it in his garment and take it out."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: If a man finds a louse while in the mosque, what should he do? He said: Let him bury it in the pebbles.

He said: And I saw Abu Zabyan do that.

Al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) buried a louse in the mosque and then recited this verse: "Have We not made the earth a container for the living and the dead?" [Al-Mursalat: 25-26]

Al-Musayyab bin Rafi' narrates from a man who said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) picking lice off himself in the mosque and burying them there.

Abu Muslim al-Tha'labi said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) picking lice in the mosque and burying them in the ground.

Abu Khaldah said: I saw Abu al-Aliyah bury a louse in the mosque, and then he recited this verse: "Have We not made the earth a container for the living and the dead?"

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Bury it (the louse) in the mosque, for something worse than it, phlegm, is also buried in the mosque.

Al-Hasan bin Ali said: I saw Ibn Ma'qil picking lice off himself in the mosque.

He said: My grandmother was an umm walad (slave mother of a child) of al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he used to practise 'azl (withdrawal) with her.

Ubayd bin Umayr said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was praying, and there was some insect on him. I took it and threw it into a corner of the mosque, and he did not find fault with me for doing so.

Ibrahim said: When you catch a louse while you are in the mosque, bury it in the pebbles.

Yusuf bin Mahak said: I saw Ibn Umayr take a louse from the clothes of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and bury it in the mosque.

Abu Ghalib said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) picking up lice and dropping them in the mosque. I said to him: O Abu Umamah! Why are you dropping lice in the mosque? He said: Allah Almighty says: "Have We not made the earth a receptacle for the living and the dead?" [Al-Mursalat: 25-26]