صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاةThe Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْبُصَاقِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا:Chapter: The prohibition of spitting in the masjid, during prayer and at other times. The prohibition of a praying person spitting in front of him or to his right
Hadith 554
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسٌ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، " فَرَأَيْتُهُ تَنَخَّعَ ، فَدَلَكَهَا بِنَعْلِهِ " .
'Abdullah bin Shakhkhir reported on the authority of his father that he said: I said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and saw him spitting and rubbing it off with his shoe.
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وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " فَتَنَخَّعَ ، فَدَلَكَهَا بِنَعْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى " .
'Abdullah bin Shakhkhir narrated it on the authority of his father that he said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and he spat and then rubbed it off with his left shoe.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that the meaning of burying spittle, etc., in the mosque is to rub it away with one's left shoe, so that it is removed in this manner. It does not mean that the ground should be dug up and the spittle buried in it.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1235
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
482. Commentary:
Spitting, phlegm, and nasal discharge do not invalidate the prayer, and on soft ground, a person should rub it away with his left foot.
Spitting, phlegm, and nasal discharge do not invalidate the prayer, and on soft ground, a person should rub it away with his left foot.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 482
