(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "If one of you yawns in prayer, let him suppress it as much as he can, for the devil enters." From the Sahih (104). In another narration, he said: "If one of you yawns, let him place his hand over his mouth; for the devil enters." Reported by Sa'id in his "Sunan". Al-Tirmidhi said: It is a hasan hadith. If saliva overcomes him while he is in the mosque, he should spit (105) into his garment and rub (106) some of it against some. If he is outside the mosque, [if he prefers, he may do that, and if he prefers, he may spit] (107) to his left or under his foot. This is because [it was narrated] (108) from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw sputum in the qiblah of the mosque, so he turned to the people and said: "What is the matter with one of you who stands facing his Lord and spits in front of Him? Would he like it to be faced and spat in his face? If one of you must spit, let him spit to his left or under his foot. If he does not find [a place], let him do this." And al-Qasim described it: He spat into his garment, then rubbed some of it against some. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is to bury it." [Reported by Muslim] (109). There is no harm
(104) Reported by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the Description of Iblis and His Soldiers, from the Book of the Beginning of Creation; and in: The Chapter on What is Recommended Regarding Sneezing and What is Disliked Regarding Yawning, and the Chapter on If One Yawns Let Him Place His Hand Over His Mouth, from the Book of Etiquette. Sahih al-Bukhari 4/152, 8/61, 62. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Responding to the Sneezer and the Dislike of Yawning, from the Book of Asceticism. Sahih Muslim 4/2294. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding Yawning, from the Book of Etiquette. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/601. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding the Dislike of Yawning in Prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer 2/164, 165. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on What is Disliked in Prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/310. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on Yawning in Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/321. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/397, 428, 517, 3/31, 37, 93, 97. (105) In [Manuscript] M: "yabsiqu" (he spits). (106) In [Manuscript] M: "wa yahukku" (and rubs). (107) In [Manuscript] M: "yabsiqu" (he spits). (108) In [Manuscript] M: "And for our position, what Muslim narrated". (109) In [Manuscript] M: "Reported by Muslim also." And both were reported by Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Spitting in the Mosque during prayer and elsewhere, from the Book of Mosques. Sahih Muslim 1/389, 390. And al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Not Spitting to One's Right in Prayer, and the Chapter on the Expiation for Spitting in the Mosque, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/112, 113. And Abu Dawud (the first one from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri) =
