Light on the Path-024a
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The questioner : Your Eminence, Shaykh Muhammad, you said that one should not spit in front of him or to his right, but rather to his left or under his feet. Does not the one praying have to turn around in his prayer if he wants to spit to his left?
The Shaykh : Yes, but this turning is permissible and there is no harm in it.
The questioner : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers, because it is for a need. Its counterpart in some respects is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who complained to him that Satan confuses his prayer to spit to his left three times and seek refuge in Allah from him, while he is in his prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So this turning for this purpose is permissible, because the Sunnah is established by it, and it is an action that does not harm.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His question...
The Shaykh : But.
The questioner : Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh : Regarding phlegm.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is in the mosque, then it is not possible to spit in the mosque, neither to his left nor to his right nor in front of his face. But the scholars said that one should spit in his garment or in a handkerchief and rub part of it with another part to remove its appearance.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Her other question, the question of the sister from al-Zulfi, she says, I am the sister.
The Shaykh : Yes, but this turning is permissible and there is no harm in it.
The questioner : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers, because it is for a need. Its counterpart in some respects is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who complained to him that Satan confuses his prayer to spit to his left three times and seek refuge in Allah from him, while he is in his prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So this turning for this purpose is permissible, because the Sunnah is established by it, and it is an action that does not harm.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His question...
The Shaykh : But.
The questioner : Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh : Regarding phlegm.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is in the mosque, then it is not possible to spit in the mosque, neither to his left nor to his right nor in front of his face. But the scholars said that one should spit in his garment or in a handkerchief and rub part of it with another part to remove its appearance.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Her other question, the question of the sister from al-Zulfi, she says, I am the sister.