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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب المساجدChapters on Mosques
بَابُ دَفْعِ الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي مِنْ آدَمِيٍّ وَغَيْرِهِChapter on Preventing Someone from Passing in Front of the Worshipper, Whether Human or Animal
Hadith 1485
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ صَاحِبِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيَّ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي مُعْتَمًّا بِعِمَامَةٍ سَوْدَاءَ مُرْخِي طَرَفَيْهَا مِنْ خَلْفٍ مُصْفَرِّ اللَّحْيَةِ، فَذَهَبْتُ أَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَرَدَّنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ وَهُوَ خَلْفَهُ فَقَرَأْ فَالْتَبَسَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَالَ: ((لَوْ رَأَيْتُمُونِي وَإِبْلِيسَ فَأَهْوَيْتُ بِيَدِي فَمَا زِلْتُ أَخْنُقُهُ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُّ بَرْدَ لُعَابِهِ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ، الْإِبْهَامِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا وَلَوْلَا دَعْوَةُ أَخِي سُلَيْمَانَ لَأَصْبَحَ مَرْبُوطًا بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَتَلَاعَبُ بِهِ صِبْيَانُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَحُولَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ أَحَدٌ فَلْيَفْعَلْ))
Abu Ubaid, the companion of Sulaiman, says: I saw Ata bin Yazid Laithi, he was performing prayer, he had tied a black turban and its end was hanging behind, and he had dyed his beard yellow. I was about to pass in front of him but he stopped me, then said: Sayyiduna Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing the morning prayer, and he (Abu Saeed) was also following him. The Prophet recited (Qur'an), but the recitation became confused for him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said: If only you had seen me and Iblis; I bent down my hand (and caught him, then) kept throttling him until I felt the coolness of his saliva between these two fingers, that is, the thumb and the one next to it. And if it had not been for the supplication of my brother Sulaiman (peace be upon him), he would have seen the morning in such a state that he would have been tied to a pillar of the mosque and the children of Madinah would have been playing with him. Therefore, whoever among you has the ability that (during his prayer) nothing comes between him and the qiblah, then he should do so.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The supplication of Hazrat Sulaiman (alayhis salam) is meant here: {رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِیْ وَھَبْ لِیْ مُلْکًا لَّا یَنْبَغِیْ لِأَحَدٍ مِّنْ بَعْدِیْ} (Saad: 35), that is: He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me." But the question arises that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had already subdued Iblis, only binding him remained. The answer to this is that either the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, out of humility, did not do so, or he did not have more power than this. The first explanation seems more appropriate, because binding a jinn in this manner would not necessarily resemble the kingdom of Hazrat Sulaiman alayhis salam. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, out of respect for his supplication, refrained from even this act. The last part of the blessed hadith is noteworthy: that the one praying should place a sutrah (barrier) in front of him and then not allow anything to pass in front of him.
