Explanation of the 3 Linked

Chain Hadith of Imam Ad-

Darami [255H] PT 2
Explanation of the 3 Linked Chain Hadith of

Imam Ad-Darami [255H]

‫ﺑﺴﻢ اﻟﻠﻪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ‬

َ َ َ
, ٌ ‫ أ ﻧْﺒَﺄ ﻧَﺎ ﺣ ُﻤَﻴ ْﺪ‬، َ‫أ ﺧ ْﺒَﺮ َﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺰ ِﻳﺪ ُ ﺑ ْﻦ ُ ﻫَﺎر ُون‬
َ َ
: َ‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ أ ﻧَﺲ ٍ أ نَّ ر َﺳُﻮلَ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻗ َﺎل‬
، ُ‫إِنَّ اﻟْﻌَﺒْﺪ َ إِذ َا ﺻ َﻠَّﻰ ﻓ َﺈِ ﻧَّﻤَﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎﺟ ِﻲ ر َﺑ َّﻪ‬
َ‫أَوْ ر َﺑ ُّﻪُ ﺑ َﻴ ْﻨَﻪُ وَﺑ َﻴ ْﻦ َ اﻟْﻘِﺒْﻠَﺔِ ﻓ َﺈِ ذ َا ﺑ َﺰ َق‬
َ َ
َ‫ أ وْ ﺗَﺤ ْﺖ‬، ِ‫أ ﺣ َﺪ ُﻛ ُﻢْ ﻓ َﻠْﻴَﺒْﺰ ُقْ ﻋ َﻦ ْ ﻳَﺴ َﺎرِه‬
ِ‫ﻗ َﺪ َﻣِﻪ‬

The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: When the servant is praying he is

having a discussion with his Lord, or his Lord is between
him and the Qiblah. Therefore if any of you need to spit
then he must spit on his left side or under his your feet

This is the 2 nd of the three chained hadith in Sunnan Ad-

Darami. The total amount of 3 chained narrations in his
collection is 15.

This hadith was collected by Imam Ad-Darami and placed in

the book of Salah under chapter number 116: It’s disliked to
spit in the Masjid.
The Men in Isnad

The 3 men between Imam Ad-Darami and the Prophet are;

Yazid ibn Haroon – Humayd—Anas ibn Malik

1. Anas ibn Malik:[ ‫]رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ‬Died in 93H after living

a 100+ years

His name is Anas ibn Malik ibn An- Nadr . He was an Imam, a
Mufti and Recitor and major narrator of Sunnah.

Narrations from: The Prophet [‫]ﷺ‬, Abu Bakr, Umar ,Uthman,

Abu Hurayrah and others.

Narrators from him: Hasan Al-Basri, Ibn Sireen, Abu Qilabah,

Umar ibn Abdil Aziz, Az-Zuhri and others.

Anas ibn Malik served the Prophet for 9 years. The ulema
differ on the his age at the time of his death . Some say he
was 103 or 107 at the time of his death. He narrated about
2286 hadith and among those collected in Bukhari in and in
Muslim are a total of 180, a Al-Bukhari alone has 80
narrations and that Imam Muslim didn’t report and Imam
Muslim has 90 that Imam Al-Bukhari didn’t report.

Abu Hurayrah[‫ ]رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ‬said: No one’s prayer resembled

the Prophet’s like Anas’s.

The Prophet made dua for Allah to grant him wealth may
children and a long life. He had wealth, lived a long life
and had 106 children.[1]

2. Humayd ibn Abee Humayd At-Taweel : [ narrations in the

6 books ] died 142H

Narrations from: Anas ibn Malik and Hasan

Narrators from him: Shu’bah and Al-Qathan

Imam Ath-Thahabbi said [ 1244 # [‫ ﺛﻘﻮه و ﻳﺪﻟﺲ‬in Al-Kashif

Humayd is known as At-Taweel due to his height. He died

while standing up praying.The scholars said he heard 24
hadith directly from Anas and the other narrations that he
conveyed from Anas were through Thabit.[2]

3. Yazid ibn Haroon :[narrations in the 6 books] died in

206H

Narrations from: Sufyan At-Thowri,Rabee ibn Muslim, Malik ibn

Anas.

Narrators from him: Ishaq ibn Rawhoowiya, Ahmed ibn Hanbal,

Yahya ibn Ma’een and many others.

He was so respected in the field of hadith that when he went

to Baghdad the scholars of hadith came out and throw him a
party. His hadith circle used to have 70,000 scholars
present. He was known to offer 16 Rakah for Duha prayer.
Moreover, he was known for praying long prayers at night and
during the day.[3]

Some scholars like Imam Abu Hatim said: He was an Iman, one
that people shouldn’t ask about.

Yahya ibn Ma’een and Ali ibn Al-Madeeni both said he was
trustworthy.[4]

The status of the Hadith

The isnad of this hadith is weak since Humayd At-Taweel was

known for Tadlees, however, in another 3 chained narration
collected by Abdur Razzaq in his Musnaf , Humayd mentioned
that he directly heard the hadith from Anas. The Hadith is
Sahih as it’s been collected by Imam Al-Bukhari (412) and by
his student Imam Muslim(1224).

Issues derived from the Hadith

Vocabulary

The word [‫ ] ﺑــــﺰق‬is used here in this hadith and in

some narrations, the word [‫ ] ﺑﺼـــﻖ‬is mentioned. They
are synonyms and mean to spit.

Social interactions

It’s impolite to spit in front of people. If you need

to spit you should turn away from them
The general meaning of the hadith implies the spitting
on the right during Salah.[5]

Methodology Issues

The majority of the scholars consider the prohibition

of spitting on the right during prayer Haraam, but view
 it permissible outside the prayer.

This hadith about spitting on the left during prayer

refers to the one not in the masjid.

If a person is in the masjid and needs to spit then he

should do so in a napkin or on his shirt.

If a person is praying in place where there is carpet

then he must avoid spitting on his left or under his
foot. This includes not only masjid, but also a
Musalla.

The Masjids must be maintained

The Masjids must be respected.

Based on the hadith in Al-Bukhari # 415, which doesn’t

mention spitting on the right only during the prayer,
then it’s better to leave it off outside the prayer as
well.[6]

Prepared by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle

Academic / Khateeb for Qatar Religious Endowment

[1] Siyr 4/189-193

[2] Tahtheebul Kamaal, by Imam Mizi

[3] Siyr Imam Ath-Thahabbi #1420 is the bio number.

[4] Tahtheebul Kamaal , Imam Mizi

[5] Ta’leeqat Al-Bazzeyah ala Sahih Al-Bukhari vol1,pg 131

[6] Refer to the explantion of Sahih Al-Bukhari by Al-Alamah

Abdul Aziz Ar-Rajhi. Vol 1, pg 799-801