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ahmad:13567ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "When one of you spits, he should not spit in front of him or to his right, but instead should spit to his left or under his left foot."  

أحمد:١٣٥٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا بَزَقَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَبْزُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1214Muḥammad > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord and so he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right side but to his left side under his left foot."  

البخاري:١٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَلاَ يَبْزُقَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَكِنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

muslim:551Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

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.  

مسلم:٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَلاَ يَبْزُقَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَكِنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ  

nasai:309Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Qāsim b. Mihrān > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"When any one of you prays, let him not spit in front of him or to his right, rather let him spit to his left or beneath his feet." Then the Prophet ﷺ spat like this on his garment and rubbed it.  

النسائي:٣٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مِهْرَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَبْزُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ وَإِلاَّ فَبَزَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَكَذَا فِي ثَوْبِهِ وَدَلَكَهُ  

ahmad:13846ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you spits, let him not spit in front of him or to his right, but let him spit to his left or beneath his left foot."  

أحمد:١٣٨٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا بَزَقَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَبْزُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:15260Sulaymān b. Dāwud > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Salamī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him or to his right, but he may spit to his left or under his feet."  

أحمد:١٥٢٦٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ السَّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي فَلَا يَبْصُقْ أَمَامَهُ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ  

ahmad:14470Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, he should not spit in front of him or to his right; he should only spit to his left or underneath his left foot."  

أحمد:١٤٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَبْصُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَقَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:14625Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "When one of you spits, he should not spit to his right or in front of him, but should spit to his left or under his foot."  

أحمد:١٤٦٢٥حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا بَصَقَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ  

ahmad:5745Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Layth b. Abū Sulaym > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "When one of you prays, let him not spit towards the qiblah (direction of prayer), for indeed, the qiblah is the direction of mercy, nor to his right, but rather to his left or beneath his left foot."  

أحمد:٥٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِنَّ تُجَاهَهُ الرَّحْمَنُ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَكِنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ بَزْقِ الْمَرْءِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ قُدَّامَهُ أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ

ibnhibban:2266ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Quṭaʿī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When any one of you prays, he should not spit in front of him or to his right, but he should spit to his left or under his left foot."  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ* عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَبْصُقْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى»  

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السيوطي:٢٠٧٤a

"إذَا صلَّى أحدُكُمْ فلا يَبْصُقْ بين يديه ولا عَنْ يمينه، ولْيبصقْ عن يسارهِ أو تحتَ قَدَمِه".  

[حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر، [ط] الطيالسي عن أبي سعيد
suyuti:2087a

"When any one of you prays, let him not spit in front of him or to his right, rather let him spit to his left or beneath his feet." Then the Prophet ﷺ spat like this on his garment and rubbed it. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 309)   

السيوطي:٢٠٨٧a

"إذَا صلَّى إحدُكم فلا يَبزُقْ بين يديه، ولا عَنْ يمينِه، ولكنْ عن يسارهِ أوْ تحتَ قدَمِهِ".  

[ن] النسائي عن أبي هريرة
suyuti:1543a

Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw some expectoration on the wall of the mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted to spit he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but he could spit either on his left or under his left foot." (Using translation from Bukhārī 408)   

السيوطي:١٥٤٣a

"إذَا تنخَّمَ أحدُكمْ فلا يتنخَّمنَّ قِبَل وَجْهِه ولا عنْ يمينه وليبصُقْ عن يساره أو تحت قدمِه اليُسْرى".  

[خ] البخاري [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة وأبي سعيد