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Sahih al-Bukhari 416

Prophet said, “If anyone of you stands for prayer, he should not spit in front of him because in prayer he is speaking in private to Allah and he should not spit on his right as there is an angel,…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يَبْصُقْ أَمَامَهُ، فَإِنَّمَا يُنَاجِي اللَّهَ مَا دَامَ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ، وَلَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، فَإِنَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ مَلَكًا، وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ، فَيَدْفِنُهَا»

Prophet said, “If anyone of you stands for prayer, he should not spit in front of him because in prayer he is speaking in private to Allah and he should not spit on his right as there is an angel, but he can spit either on his left or under his left foot and bury it (i.e. expectoration).”

আবূ হুরাইরাহ্ (রাযি.) সূত্রে নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেনঃ তোমাদের কেউ সালাতে দাঁড়ালে সে তার সামনের দিকে থুথু ফেলবে না। কেননা সে যতক্ষণ তার মুসল্লায় থাকে, ততক্ষণ মহান আল্লাহর সাথে চুপে চুপে কথা বলে। আর ডান দিকেও ফেলবে না। তার ডান দিকে থাকেন ফেরেশতা। সে যেন তার বাম দিকে অথবা পায়ের নীচে থুথু ফেলে এবং পরে তা দাবিয়ে দেয়। (৪০৮)

ہم سے اسحاق بن نصر نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا ہمیں عبدالرزاق نے معمر بن راشد سے، انہوں نے ہمام بن منبہ سے، انہوں نے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا وہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے نقل کرتے ہیں کہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا جب کوئی شخص نماز کے لیے کھڑا ہو تو سامنے نہ تھوکے کیونکہ وہ جب تک اپنی نماز کی جگہ میں ہوتا ہے تو اللہ تعالیٰ سے سرگوشی کرتا رہتا ہے اور دائیں طرف بھی نہ تھوکے کیونکہ اس طرف فرشتہ ہوتا ہے، ہاں بائیں طرف یا قدم کے نیچے تھوک لے اور اسے مٹی میں چھپا دے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Nashr] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami berkata [Abdurrazaq] dari [Ma'mar] dari [Hammam] ia mendengar [Abu Hurairah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Jika salah seorang dari kalian berdiri shalat, maka janganlah meludah ke arah depannya sebab ia sedang berhadapan dengan Allah selagi ia berada di tempat shalatnya, dan jangan ke sebelah kanannya karena di sana ada Malaikat. Tetapi hendaklah ia meludah ke arah kiri atau di bawah kakinya, kemudian dikuburnya

Hemmâm, Ebu Hureyre kanalıyla Nebi Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'in Şöyle buyurduğunu nakletmiştîr: "Siz'den biri namaza durduğu zaman, önüne tükürmesin! Çünkü namaz kılarken Allah'a münacat etmektedir. Sağ tarafına da tükürmesin! Çünkü o tarafında bir melek vardır. Soluna ya da ayağını bastığı yere tükürsün. Sonra da onu gömsün!" باب: إذا بدره البزاق فليأخذ بطرف ثوبه. 39. Namazda Tükürüğüne Mani Olamayan Kimsenin Elbisesinin Bir Ucunu Kullanması

Sahih al-Bukhari 416, Book 8, Prayers (Salat), Hadith 66. 1 min read

What it means

In the Hadīth of Abu Dharr, the statement: "When anyone of stands in prayer," means when one starts to pray, and thus it is not forbidden to remove the pebbles before starting the prayer. Removing the pebbles is forbidden in this Hadīth so that insignificant things should not distract the Muslim from the prayer or interrupt his devotion to it.

In fact, doing so causes the Muslim to miss out the mercy resulting from focusing on the prayer. This applies to the case in which the praying person does not need to fix the place of prostration; otherwise, it is permissible to do it one time only as required. Pebbles in specific are mentioned in the Hadīth because they were commonly found on the ground of their mosques back then.

Otherwise, there is no difference between pebbles, dust, and sand in this regard. The Hadīth of Mu‘ayqīb states that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said about a man who was leveling the earth where he is prostrating: "If you must do so, then do it only once."

A man asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about his case in which he used to level the earth where he prostrates or for prostrating on it. As this was done during the prayer, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the man to level the earth only one time if there is a need for it.

Smoothing the pebble in prayer is disliked except in the case where the pebbles do not allow the person to do prostration properly because they are too uneven to place the required part of the forehead on them. In this case, therefore, one may smooth the pebbles once or twice. In fact, there are two narrations reported on this issue.

One narration says that removal of the pebble should be done once, and the other narration says it should be twice. The more apparent meaning of the two narrations implies that one may wipe the pebbles once and not more. The cause for the prohibition of smoothing the pebbles during the prayer is that mercy descends upon and showers the praying person.

So, it is not appropriate for a sensible person to react to this significant blessing by such an insignificant action, as stated by At-Tībi. Ash-Shawkāni also said: "This justification highlights that the wisdom behind the prohibition of smoothing the pebbles is that one should not busy his mind with something, which distracts him from the mercy facing him, and thus missing out his share of it."

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Ishaq ibn IbrahimTold us, Fourth generation, died 232 AH
  3. 3Abd ar-Razzaq ibn HammamTold us, Third generation, died 211 AH
  4. 4Mamar ibn RashidFrom, Third generation, died 150 AH
  5. 5Hammam ibn MunabbihFrom, Successor, died 131 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahHeard, Companion, died 57 AH

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