سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب المساجدThe Book of the Masjids
بَابُ : بِأَىِّ الرِّجْلَيْنِ يَدْلُكُ بُصَاقَهُChapter: With Which Foot Should He Rub (His Spittle)?
Hadith 728
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ، قال : أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قال : رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " تَنَخَّعَ فَدَلَكَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى " .
´It was narrated from Abu Al-'Ala' bin Ash-Shikhir that his father said:` "I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spit and then rub it with his left foot."
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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
