Sahih Muslim Book - 53, Hadith - 7514

ثُمَّ مَضَيْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِى مَسْجِدِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّى فِى ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُشْتَمِلاً بِهِ فَتَخَطَّيْتُ الْقَوْمَ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَقُلْتُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ أَتُصَلِّى فِى ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَرِدَاؤُكَ إِلَى جَنْبِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ فِى صَدْرِى هَكَذَا وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَقَوَّسَهَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَىَّ الأَحْمَقُ مِثْلُكَ فَيَرَانِى كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَيَصْنَعُ مِثْلَهُ. أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى مَسْجِدِنَا هَذَا وَفِى يَدِهِ عُرْجُونُ ابْنِ طَابٍ فَرَأَى فِى قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ نُخَامَةً فَحَكَّهَا بِالْعُرْجُونِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ « أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرِضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ». قَالَ فَخَشَعْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرِضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ». قَالَ فَخَشَعْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرِضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ». قُلْنَا لاَ أَيُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ « فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّى فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ فَلاَ يَبْصُقَنَّ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ وَلاَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ تَحْتَ رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَإِنْ عَجِلَتْ بِهِ بَادِرَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ بِثَوْبِهِ هَكَذَا ». ثُمَّ طَوَى ثَوْبَهُ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ « أَرُونِى عَبِيرًا ». فَقَامَ فَتًى مِنَ الْحَىِّ يَشْتَدُّ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِخَلُوقٍ فِى رَاحَتِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْعُرْجُونِ ثُمَّ لَطَخَ بِهِ عَلَى أَثَرِ النُّخَامَةِ. فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ جَعَلْتُمُ الْخَلُوقَ فِى مَسَاجِدِكُمْ.

(He continued) "Then we went on until we came to Jabir bin 'Abdullah in his Masjid, where he was praying in a single garment, wrapped up in it. I made my way through the people until I sat between him and the Qiblah, and I said: 'May Allah have mercy on you. Are you praying in a single garment when your Rida' (upper garment) is beside you?' He gestured towards my chest with his fingers like this, holding his fingers apart and bending them (and said): 'I hoped that a fool like you would enter upon me and see what I am doing, and do likewise. (Jabir bin Abdullah said:) "'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) came to us in this Masjid of ours, and in his hand was the branch of a palm tree. He saw some sputum in the Qiblah of the Masjid, so he scratched it with this branch, then he turned to us and said: "Who among you would like Allah to turn away from him?" We were afraid (to speak). Then he said: "Who among you would like Allah to turn away from him?" We were afraid (to speak). Then he said: "Who among you would like Allah to turn away from him?" We said: "None of us, O Messenger of Allah." He said: When one of you stands to pray, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is before him, so he should not spit in front of him or to his right; rather let him spit to his left, beneath his left foot, and if he needs to do that suddenly, then let him take his garment like this," and he folded part of his garment over another part. Then he said: "Bring some 'Abir (a mixture of perfume)." A young man from that tribe leapt up and ran to his family, and he brought some Khaluq (a kind of perfume) in his palm. The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) took it, and put it at the tip of that branch, then he used it to touch the traces of that sputum.' "Jabir said: 'This is why you should put Khaluq in your Masajid.'"