Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 724
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى بُصَاقًا فِي جِدَارِ الْقِبْلَةِ فَحَكَّهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ " إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي فَلاَ يَبْصُقَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ إِذَا صَلَّى " .
Translation
Qutaybah narrated to us from Malik, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw some sputum on the qiblah wall and scraped it away. Then he turned to the people and said, 'When any one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him, for Allah, Mighty and Sublime, is in front of him when he prays.'