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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

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:408Mūsá 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:٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا 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:410Yaḥyá 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:٤١٠حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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  

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  

ahmad:11837Bishr 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:١١٨٣٧حَدَّثَنَا 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:11550Ḥajjāj > 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:١١٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا 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:11879Abū 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:١١٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا 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  

darimi:1438Sulaymān 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:١٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

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»  

tabarani:8168al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ And ʾAbū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ṭāriq b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When a man stands with the intention of saying prayer, or if any of you says prayer, he should not spit before him, nor at his right side; but he should do so at his left side, if there is a place for it; or he should spit under his left foot and then rub it off. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 478)   

الطبراني:٨١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ وَأَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ أَمَامَهُ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ إِنْ كَانَ فَارِغًا 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
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"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