Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of As-Salat (The Prayer)
33- بَابُ حَكِّ الْبُزَاقِ بِالْيَدِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ:
(33) Chapter. To scrape off the sputum from the mosque with the hand (using some tool or other, or using no tool).
3 hadith · references 405–407
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Bukhari · 405إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ أَوْ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قِبَلَ قِبْلَتِهِ ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ ، ثThe Prophet (ﷺ) saw some sputum in the direction of the Qibla (on the wall of the mosque) and he disliked that and the sign of disgust was apparent from his face. So he got up and scraped it off with his hand and said, "4 narratorsBukhari · 406إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي فَلَا يَبْصُقُ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ إِذَا صَلَّىAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw sputum on the wall of the mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off. He faced the people and said, "Whenever any one of you is praying, he should not spit in front of him because i4 narratorsBukhari · 407أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي جِدَارِ الْقِبْلَةِ مُخَاطًا أَوْ بُصَاقًا أَوْ نُخَامَةً فَحَكَّهُ(the mother of faithful believers) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw some nasal secretions, expectoration or sputum on the wall of the mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off.5 narrators