Sahih Muslim Hadith 7514 – The Lengthy

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[7514] (3008) (He continued) "Then we went on until we came to Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh 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 Ridâ' (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. (Jâbir bin Abdullãh said:) "'The Messenger of Allah 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, 0 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 Khalaq (a kind of perfume) in his palm. The Messenger of Allah took it, and put it at the tip of that branch, then he used it to touch the traces of that sputum.' "Jâbir said: 'This is why you should put Khaliiq in your Masâjid."