What is the ruling on spitting in the direction of the qiblah?

The Shaykh : It is authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: .

The questioner : During the prayer, or at any time?

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you! Listen to the hadith: Did it mention prayer to you?! And its pronunciation with a sad or a zay is two languages. And if it is known to everyone that saliva is pure and is not like urine and feces, which are ritually impure, and all that is wrong with it is that it is naturally disgusting, yet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) generally forbade the Muslim from spitting toward the qiblah, then it is even more so that directing urine and feces toward the qiblah is forbidden, because they are ritually impure. This is from the perspective of the report. Finally, from the perspective of understanding: What is the difference, my brothers, O Muslims and scholars, both past and present, who go to the extent of specifying this general text with such specific incidents that do not indicate they were intended specifically, and we neglect these proofs from his saying (peace be upon him)? We say, from the perspective of understanding, what is the difference between the prayer of one praying in the desert or the prayer of one praying in a building? Does this not mean that whether he prays in the desert or in a building, he is honoring the sanctity of the Sacred House and the Sacred Mosque? So the sanctity is not established in the desert without the building; it is established in every place, whether it is open ground or surrounded by walls. So this direction which the Muslim respects and sanctifies with his prayer must be kept pure from directing to it what is ritually and naturally disgusting. This is from the perspective of what? Understanding. And there is no ruling more guided than one where both the report and understanding converge on its legitimacy. This is the answer to your question. With such specific incidents that do not indicate they were intended in themselves, and we neglect these proofs from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), we say, from the perspective of rational understanding, what is the difference between a person praying in the desert or a person praying in a building? Does this not mean that whether he prays in the desert or in a building, he is honoring the sanctity of the Sacred House and the Sacred Mosque? So the sanctity is not established in the desert to the exclusion of the building; it is established in every place, whether it is open ground or surrounded by walls. Therefore, this direction which the Muslim respects and sanctifies with his prayer must be kept pure from directing to it what is abhorrent by religious law and nature. And of course, this is from the perspective of what? Rational understanding. And there is no ruling more guided than one where both narration and rational understanding converge on its legitimacy. This is the answer to your question.