Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 761
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ أَبُو مَرْوَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَأَبِي، سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي جِدَارِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَ حَصَاةً فَحَكَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِذَا تَنَخَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَتَنَخَّمَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al-'Uthmani, Abu Marwan, narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who informed him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw spittle on the mosque wall. He picked up a pebble and scraped it off. Then he said: ‘When one of you spits, let him not spit in front of himself or to his right; let him spit to his left or beneath his left foot.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The instruction gives two alternatives: to the left, or beneath the left foot.