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abudawud:474 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām And Shuʿbah Waʾabān > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.

أبو داود:٤٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ وَشُعْبَةُ وَأَبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ التَّفْلُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهُ أَنْ تُوَارِيَهُ

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muslim:552b – Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥārithī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Saʾalt Qatādah

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.

مسلم:٥٥٢b – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ التَّفْلِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ التَّفْلُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ahmad:12062 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd And Ibn Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: Sleeping in the mosque is a sin and its expiation is to bury it.

أحمد:١٢٠٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ النُّخَاعَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ahmad:13433 – Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī And Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Spitting in the mosque is a sin and its expiation is to bury it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 415)

أحمد:١٣٤٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ وَشُعْبَةَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْبُزَاقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِخَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ahmad:13450 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Urinating in the mosque is a sin and its expiation is burying it."

أحمد:١٣٤٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ النُّخَاعَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌوَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ahmad:13182 – al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Spitting in the mosque is a sin and its expiation is to bury it."

أحمد:١٣١٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ النُّخَاعَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ahmad:12890 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Qatādah And Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 474)

أحمد:١٢٨٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ وَوَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ التَّفْلُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا أَنْ يُوَارِيَهُ

ahmad:14075 – Bahz > Abān b. Yazīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] That the Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , used to say that spitting in the mosque is a sin and its atonement is burying it.

أحمد:١٤٠٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ التُّفَالُ فِيالْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهُ دَفْنُهُ

ahmad:13906 – Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Wāsiṭī > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is its burial."

أحمد:١٣٩٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْبُزَاقَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَتَنَخَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَدْفِنَ نُخَامَتَهُ

ibnhibban:1635 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 475)

ابن حبّان:١٦٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «النُّخَامَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا»

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ كَفَّارَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ الَّتِي تُكْتَبُ لِمَنْ بَصَقَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ

ibnhibban:1637 – Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 475)

ابن حبّان:١٦٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْبُصَاقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا»