Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ مُسْلِمٌ الْمُلَائِيُّ عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ رَأَى عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَمْلَةً عَلَى ثَوْبِ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَخَذَهَا فَدَفَنَهَا فِي الْحَصْبَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ {أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا} [المرسلات 26] وَيُذْكَرُ نَحْوُ هَذَا عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَعَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَدْفِنُهَا كَالنُّخَامَةِ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يَخَامِرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ يَقْتُلُ الْقَمْلَةَ وَالْبَرَاغِيثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَعَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْقَمْلِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَعْبَثُ
English Translation
Abu Zakariyya ibn Abi Ishaq informed us, Abu Abdullah ibn Ya'qub informed us, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab informed us, Ja'far ibn Awn informed us, Muslim al-Mula'i informed us from Zadhan from al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym. He said: Abdullah — meaning Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) — saw a louse on a man's garment in the mosque. He took it and buried it in the pebbles, then said: 'Did We not make the earth a gathering place for the living and the dead?' [al-Mursalat 25-26]. Something similar is mentioned from Mujahid, and from Ibn al-Musayyib: he buries it like mucus. It was reported from Malik ibn Yakhamir that he said: I saw Mu'adh ibn Jabal killing lice and fleas during prayer. And from al-Hasan who said: There is no harm in killing lice during prayer, but one should not fidget.