عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: أَرْسَلَنِي أَبُو جُحَيْمِ بْنُ أُخْتِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَسْأَلُهُ مَا سَمِعَ فِي الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((لَأَنْ يُقْعَدَ أَرْبَعِينَ)) لَا أَدْرِي مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَوْشَهْرٍ أَوْسَنَةٍ ((خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ))
Busr bin Sa’d says that the nephew of Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him), Abu Juhaim, sent me to Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him what he had heard regarding someone passing in front of a person who is praying. He said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If (the passerby) stands for forty, it is better for him than to pass in front (of the one praying). Now I do not know whether forty days, months, or years are meant.