Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 61-73

Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 61-73

Chapter 13: 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.

Abdullah b. Umar reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw spittle on the wall towards Qibla, and scratched it away and then turning to the people said: When any one of you prays, he must not spit in front of him, for Allah is in front of him when he is engaged in prayer. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 61)

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw sputum sticking to the Qibla wall of the mosque, the rest of the hadith is the same. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 62)

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported:

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) saw sputum sticking to the Qibla of the mosque. He scratched it off with a pebble and then forbade spitting on the right side or in front, but (it is permissible) to spit on the left side or under the left foot. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 63)

Abu Huraira and Abu Sa'id narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw sputum, and the rest of the hadith is the same. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 64)

'A'isha reported:

The Apostle of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) saw spittle or snot or sputum, sticking to the wall towards Qibla and scratched it off. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 65)

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw some sputum in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque. He turned towards people and said:

How Is it that someone amongst you stands before his Lord and then spits out in front of Him? Does any one of you like that he should be made to stand in front of someone and then spit at his face? So when any one of you spits, he must spit on his left side under his foot. But if he does not find (space to spit) he should do like this. Qasim (one of the narrators) spat in his cloth and then folded it and rubbed it. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 66)

Abu Huraira reported:

I perceive as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) folding up a part of his cloth with another one. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 67)

Anas b. Malik reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you is engaged in prayer, he is holding intimate conversation with his Lord, so none of you must spit in front of him, or towards his right side, but towards his left side under his foot. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 68)

Anas b. Malik reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Spitting in a mosque is a sin, and its expiation is that it should be buried. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 69)

Shu'ba reported:

I asked Qatada about spitting, in the mosque. He said: I heard Anas b. Malik say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is that it should be buried. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 70)

Abu Dharr reported:

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: The deeds of my people, good and bad, were presented before me, and I found the removal of something objectionable from the road among their good deeds, and the sputum mucus left unburied in the mosque among their evil deeds. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 71)

Abdullah b. 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. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 72)

'Abdullah b. 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. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 73)

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