Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 22
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: إِذَا تَنَخَّعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْقَوْمِ فَلْيُوَارِ بِكَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى تَقَعَ نُخَاعَتُهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَإِذَا صَامَ فَلْيَدَّهِنْ، لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ الصَّوْمِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa related to us: Hammad ibn Salamah related to us: Thabit informed us, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Ayyash al-Qurashi, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: ‘When someone expectorates in front of people, let him conceal it with his hands until his phlegm falls to the ground. When he fasts, let him apply oil so that the trace of fasting is not visible on him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says to oil oneself (يدهن), not specifically to oil the palm as the English witness states. The precise gesture of concealing expectoration with the hands is rendered literally.
وَإِذَا صَامَ فَلْيَدَّهِنْ،
The Arabic verb is reflexive/imperative for applying oil generally; it does not specify the palm.
None; the translation follows the Arabic wording.