Hadith 11185

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عِيَاضُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْعَرَاجِينُ أَنْ يُمْسِكَهَا بِيَدِهِ ، فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَفِي يَدِهِ واحِدٌ مِنْهَا ، فَرَأَى نُخَامَاتٍ فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَحَتَّهُنَّ بِهِ حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُنَّ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مُغْضَبًا ، فَقَالَ : " أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَيَبْصُقَ فِي وَجْهِهِ ، إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَالْمَلَكُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، فَلَا يَبْصُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَبْصُقْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى أَوْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ، فَإِنْ عَجِلَتْ بِهِ بَادِرَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ هَكَذَا " وَرَدَّ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ، وَتَفَلَ يَحْيَى فِي ثَوْبِهِ ، وَدَلَكَهُ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was very fond of a date palm twig and used to hold it in his hand. Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the mosque and saw spit or nasal discharge on the qiblah side of the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cleaned it with that stick. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in a state of anger, turned towards the people and said: "Would any one of you like that a man should come and spit on his face from the front? When any one of you stands in prayer, he is before his Lord, and an angel is on his right side. Therefore, he should not spit in front of him or to his right, but should spit under his left foot or to his left side. And if it is very urgent, then he should do like this and rub it." The narrator demonstrated by spitting on his garment and rubbing it.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 11185
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده قوي، خ:414، م:548