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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ» أَرَادَ بِهِ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى

ibnhibban:2268 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah al-Lakhmī > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] He heard Abu Huraira and Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri saying: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw nasal discharge in the direction of the qibla (the direction of prayer), so he took a pebble, rubbed it and then said, 'None of you should blow his nose in the direction of the qibla, nor should he blow it with his right hand. He should blow his nose with his left hand or below his left foot.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ اللَّخْمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولَانِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى فِي الْقِبْلَةِ نُخَامَةً فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى»  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Bayhaqī
bukhari:408 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah And ʾAbā Saʿīd Ḥaddathāh

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."  

البخاري:٤٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَاهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي جِدَارِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

bukhari:410 – Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah And ʾAbā Saʿīd Akhbarāh

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 could spit either on his left or under his left foot."  

البخاري:٤١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي حَائِطِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَصَاةً فَحَتَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَتَنَخَّمْ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ibnmajah:761 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-ʿUthmānī Abū Marwān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah And ʾAbī Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Umā Akhbarāh

The Messenger of Allah saw some sputum on the wall of the mosque. He picked up a stone and scraped it off, then he said, "If anyone of you needs to spit, he should not spit in fro not of him or to his right; let him spit to his right; let him spit to his left or under his left foot."  

ابن ماجة:٧٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ أَبُو مَرْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي جِدَارِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:11837 – Bishr b. Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah from my father > Muḥammad / al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah And ʾAbā Saʿīd al-Khudrī Akhbarāh

The Messenger of Allah saw some sputum on the wall of the mosque. He picked up a stone and scraped it off, then he said, "If anyone of you needs to spit, he should not spit in fro not of him or to his right; let him spit to his right; let him spit to his left or under his left foot." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 761)   

أحمد:١١٨٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي الزُّهْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي حَائِطِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَصَاةً فَحَتَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمْ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:11550 – Ḥajjāj > Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah And ʾAbā Saʿīd al-Khudrī Akhbarāh

The Messenger of Allah saw some sputum on the wall of the mosque. He picked up a stone and scraped it off, then he said, "If anyone of you needs to spit, he should not spit in fro not of him or to his right; let him spit to his right; let him spit to his left or under his left foot." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 761)   

أحمد:١١٥٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي حَائِطِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَصَاةًفَحَتَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا تَنَخَّعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمْ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لِيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:11879 – Abū Kāmil > Ibrāhīm > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Saʿīd > And ʾAbū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ saw some phlegm on the wall of the mosque, so he picked up a stone and spat on it. Then he said, 'If any one of you feels the need to blow their nose, they should not blow it in front of their face or to the right, but should spit it to the left or under their left foot.'"  

أحمد:١١٨٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى فِي جِدَارِالْمَسْجِدِ نُخَامَةً فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَتَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا انَتَخَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:11880 – Sakan b. Nāfiʿ > Ṣāliḥ > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] He heard Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a phlegm in the direction of the Qibla, so he took a stone and spat on it, then he said: "No one should clear his throat towards the Qibla, nor to his right, and let him spit to his left or under his left foot."  

أحمد:١١٨٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سَكَنُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولَانِ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نُخَامَةً فِي الْقِبْلَةِ فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا بِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَتَنَخَّمْ أَحَدٌ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

darimi:1438 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Saʿīd And ʾAbā Hurayrah Akhbarāh

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)  

الدارمي:١٤٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَاهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي جِدَارِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَصَاةً وَحَتَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ»  

bayhaqi:3601 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Quriʾ > Ibn Wahb Akhbarak Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from my father

[Machine] Hurayrah and Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri reported that they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spit on a flaw in the direction of the qibla (the direction of prayer). Then he said, "One of you should not spit in the direction of the qibla or to his right, but should spit to his left or under his left foot."  

البيهقي:٣٦٠١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى ابْنِ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَكَ يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا

هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ يَقُولَانِ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نُخَامَةً فِي الْقِبْلَةِ فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَتَنَخَّمُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ حَرْمَلَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ أُخَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ