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Bayhaqi 3609 — One who found a louse in his prayer, wrapped it up

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أنبأ مُسْلِمٌ الْمُلَائِيُّ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ: رَأَى عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَمْلَةً عَلَى ثَوْبِ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَخَذَهَا فَدَفَنَهَا فِي الْحَصْبَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: {أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا} [المرسلات: ٢٦]⦗٤١٩⦘ وَيُذْكَرُ نَحْوُ هَذَا عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَعَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَدْفِنُهَا كَالنُّخَامَةِ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يَخَامِرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ يَقْتُلُ الْقَمْلَةَ وَالْبَرَاغِيثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَعَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْقَمْلِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَعْبَثُ.
(a) Rabi' bin Khuthaym (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a louse on a man's garment in the mosque, so he took it and buried it in the pebbles, then recited: "Have We not made the earth a receptacle, for the living and the dead?" [Surah al-Mursalat: 25-26]
(b) Something similar is reported from Mujahid and Ibn al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on them both): that one should bury it, just like phlegm.
(c) It has been narrated to us on the authority of Malik bin Yakhamir (may Allah have mercy on him): I saw Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him); he would kill lice and fleas while in prayer.
(d) Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in killing lice during prayer, but one should not start fidgeting idly.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3609