How does the one who prays repel Satan’s whispers by spitting to his left?

The questioner : In a hadith or clarification regarding the book *The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer* (peace and blessings be upon him), in the section between the two prostrations, it says that when Satan and his whispers are present during prayer, the person must spit three times to his left. Is it that he prays and does not break the prayer, and spits?

The Shaykh : No, by Allah, he breaks the prayer. What did he benefit? It means that Satan’s play was fully in him.

The questioner : If it is during the prayer.

The Shaykh : Yes, he spits to his left three times.

The questioner : I mean, he is not affected, meaning he faces the qiblah when he turns his face?

The Shaykh : It is the turning away that has an effect, may Allah bless you. It is not turning away from the qiblah with his face, but with his chest and his whole body.

The questioner : Yes, he does not remain standing still.

The Shaykh : If a man is overcome by phlegm and there is no handkerchief, he must turn his face away from the qiblah, because it is not permissible to spit toward the qiblah, just as it is not permissible to urinate toward it. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , Allahu Akbar. Therefore, if a man is overcome by phlegm, he should turn his face to the left. If he is praying in the desert on the ground, he spits under his left foot. But if he is praying as is our custom today in mosques, where there are carpets and mats and the like, he has no right to spit except into a handkerchief. Yes.