Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الْبُزَاقِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
Chapter: Spitting In A Masjid Is Disliked.
12 hadith · references 474–485
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Abu Dawud · 474التَّفْلُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ ، وَكَفَّارَتُهُ أَنْ تُوَارِيَهُAnas bin Malik reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 475الْبُزَاقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ ، وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَاAnas reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 476حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : النُّخَاعَةُ فAnas bin Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting phlegm in the mosque. . . The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 477مَنْ دَخَلَ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَبَزَقَ فِيهِ أَوْ تَنَخَّمَ ، فَلْيَحْفِرْ فَلْيَدْفِنْهُ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ، فَلْيَبْزُقْ فِي ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ لِيَخْرُجْ بِهِAbu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: if anyone enters the mosque, and spits in it, or ejects phlegm, he should remove some earth and bury it there. If he does not do so, then he should spit in his clothe4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 478إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، أَوْ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ ، فَلَا يَبْزُقْ أَمَامَهُ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ تِلْقَاءِ يَسَارِهِ إِنْ كَانَ فَارِغًا أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ لِيَقُلْNarrated Abdullah al-Muharibi: 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 so5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 479بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمًا إِذْ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ حَكَّهَا ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ : فَدَعَا بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَIbn Umar reported: One day while the Messenger of Allah ﷺwas giving sermon he suddenly saw phlegm on the wall towards the qiblah (the direction to which Muslims turn in prayer) of the mosque. So he became angry at people5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 480أَيَسُرُّ أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يُبْصَقَ فِي وَجْهِهِ ، إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالْمَلَكُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، فَلَا يَتْفُلْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَا فِي قِبْلَتِAbu Saeed Al-khudri said: The Prophet ﷺ liked the twigs of the date-palm, and he often had one of them in his hand. He entered the mosque and saw phlegm in the wall towards qiblah and he scraped it. He then turned toward5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 481أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَمَّ قَوْمًا فَبَصَقَ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْظُرُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ فَرَغَ : لَا يُصَلِّي لَكُمْ ، فَأَرَادَNarrated Abu Sahlah as-Saib ibn Khallad: A man led the people in prayer. He spat towards qiblah while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him. The Messenger of Allah said to the people when he finished his prayer: He6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 482أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي ، فَبَزَقَ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَىAbu al-Ala reported on the authority of his father: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who was saying prayer. He spat beneath his left foot.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 483حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، بِمَعْنَاهُ ، زَادَ : ثُمَّ دَلَكَهُ بِنَعْلِهِ . Abu al-Ala reported this tradition on the authority of his father to the same effect with a different chain of narrators. This version adds: “He then rubbed it with his shoe. "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 484لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُهُNarrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa: Abu Saeed said: I saw Wathilah ibn al-Asqa in the mosque of Damascus. He spat at the mat and then rubbed it with his foot. He was asked: Why did you do so? He said: Because I saw the Messen4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 485أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرِضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِوَجْهِهِ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ ، فَلَا يَبْصُقَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْNarrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: We came to Jabir ibn Abdullah who was sitting in his mosque. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us in this mosque and he had a twig of date-palm of the kind of Ibn Tab. He looked and 7 narrators