Repugnance Of Spitting In The Mosque
Darussalam · Volume 1
(4) The Chapters On TheMosques And TheCongregationsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 763 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 251
Source no. 763 · Volume 2 · Page 335
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٤٩٨)
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763. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ saw some sputum in the prayer direction of the mosque, when he was praying in front of the people. He scratched it off, then when the prayer was over, he said: 'When anyone of you is performing prayer, Allâh is before him, so none of you should spit toward the front while praying.'" (Sahih)
763 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نُخَامَةً فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ، وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّاسِ، فَحَتَّهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ: «إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا كَانَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، كَانَ اللَّهُ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ، فَلَا يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»
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Prayer, is an occasion where Allâh's slave offers his homage and servitude to his Lord. It is, therefore, contrary to the spirit of that occasion to indulge in acts like spitting towards the front. 'Allâh's being before the worshiper' is an expression, which in plain language means Allâh's beneficence and mercy being directed towards him. Some people have put forward the claim on the basis of these words that Allâh is physically present everywhere. But the argument is not tenable, since if it were the case that Allâh was present everywhere, then spitting on one's left and behind should also have been prohibited because, as they put it, Allâh is physically present everywhere.