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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)
Sahih

كَفَّارَةِ الْبُزَاقِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ

The expiation for spitting in the mosque

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْبُزَاقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خَطِيئَةٌ، وَكَفَّارَتُهَا دَفْنُهَا ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ

Translation

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is burying it.”

Translator’s note: The floor of the mosque at that time consisted of sand and gravel.

Other translations

Deutsch

Anas ibn Malik berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ sagte: „Das Spucken in der Moschee ist eine Sünde, und die Sühne dafür ist, (den Speichel) zu vergraben.“

Translator’s note: Der Boden der Moschee bestand damals aus Sand und Kies.

Türkçe

Enes b. Mâlik (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “Mescide tükürmek bir günahtır; keffareti de onu gömmektir.”

Translator’s note: O zaman mescidin zemini kum ve çakıldan ibaretti.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAnas bin Malik† 93 AH · BasraQatada† 117 AH · BasraShu'bah bin al-Hajjaj† 160 AH · BasraAadm bin Abi Iyas† 221 AH · Ascalonal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Anas bin Malikأَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

    d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Qatadaقَتَادَةُ

    d. 117 AH · Basra · Follower Tabi' 4th generation

  4. Shu'bah bin al-Hajjajشُعْبَةُ

    d. 160 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  5. d. 221 AH · 'Asqalan · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler