, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “If any of you spits out phlegm, let him not spit in front of him or to his right, but to his left or beneath his left foot.”

In al-Bukhārī’s wording: “When any of you stands to pray, let him not spit in front of him.”

In Muslim’s wording: “What is the matter with one of you that he stands facing his Lord and then spits out phlegm