Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1214
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا كَانَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ، فَلاَ يَبْزُقَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى ".
Translation
Muhammad narrated to us; Ghundar narrated to us; Shu'bah narrated to us, saying: I heard Qatadah, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘When someone is praying, he is conversing privately with his Lord. So let him not spit in front of him or to his right, but to his left, beneath his left foot.’