حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فَلاَ تَبْزُقَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، وَلَكِنِ ابْزُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ، أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saw somesputum in the direction of the Qiblah of the mosque. Heturned to thepeople and said

“What is wrong with one of you that hestandsfacing Him (meaning his Lord) and spits in front of Him? Wouldanyonelike to be faced by someone who spits in his face? If anyone ofyouneeds to spit, then let him spit to his left, or let him do likethisin his garment.”Then Ismail (Abu Bakr bin Abu Shuaibah) showed me how he spat in his garment then rubbed it.