32 - Chapter: Mention of the Prophet’s ﷺ prohibition against a man spitting in front of him or to his right while in prayer

725 - Qutaybah informed us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, that the Prophet ﷺ saw spittle on the qiblah wall of the mosque, so he scraped it off with a pebble, and forbade that a man spit in front of him or to his right, saying: “Let him spit to his left, or beneath his left foot.”

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Also recorded by Ahmad (4509), (4684), (4841), (4877), (4908), (5152), (5408), (6265), and (6306); al-Bukhari (753), (1213), and (6111); Muslim (547): (51); Abu Dawud (479); the author in al-Sunan al-Kubra (533); and Ibn Majah (763), via multiple chains from Nafi’, with the same report. In Abu Dawud’s version, he called for saffron and smeared it over the spot.

Al-Bukhari appended after (1213) a statement from Ibn Umar: “If one of you spits, let him spit to his left.” See also the following hadith, the one numbered (728), and the earlier one numbered (309).

(1) In (R): “that a man not spit.”
(2) Its chain is authentic. Sufyan is Ibn Uyaynah, al-Zuhri is Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab, and Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman is Ibn Awf al-Zuhri. It appears in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (806).

Also recorded by Ahmad (11025), al-Bukhari (414), and Muslim (548) via the chain of Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, with this same isnad.

Also recorded by Ahmad (11550), (11837), (11879), and (11880); al-Bukhari (408) and (410); Muslim (548); Ibn Majah (761); and Ibn Hibban (2268), via multiple chains from al-Zuhri, with the same report. In their versions, it is from the hadith of Abu Sa’id and Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with them both.

The hadith of Abu Hurayrah has already preceded via the chain of Abu Rafi’ Nufay’, from him, under number (309).

Also recorded by Ahmad (11064) and (11185); Abu Dawud (480); and Ibn Hibban (2270) and (2271), via the chain of Iyad ibn Abd Allah, from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, with a similar wording, some versions being longer.