The Ruling on Spitting in the Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the hadith was reported: "Spitting in every breath is a sin." Does this hadith not indicate an absolute prohibition, even if one spits into a shoe or a handkerchief, so as not to offend the feelings of the worshippers?
Answer:
No, it does not indicate that. Spitting in the mosque means depositing spittle in the mosque; that is what is intended. If a person is overcome by the urge to spit involuntarily, not by his own choice, he knows this and spreads out his garment or a handkerchief and disposes of it outside the mosque. The meaning of "spitting in the mosque is a sin" is depositing spittle in the mosque.
Honorable Shaykh, the hadith was reported: "Spitting in every breath is a sin." Does this hadith not indicate an absolute prohibition, even if one spits into a shoe or a handkerchief, so as not to offend the feelings of the worshippers?
Answer:
No, it does not indicate that. Spitting in the mosque means depositing spittle in the mosque; that is what is intended. If a person is overcome by the urge to spit involuntarily, not by his own choice, he knows this and spreads out his garment or a handkerchief and disposes of it outside the mosque. The meaning of "spitting in the mosque is a sin" is depositing spittle in the mosque.
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