سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : الْمُرُورِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّيChapter: Passing in front of someone who is performing Prayer
Hadith 944
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : أَرْسَلُونِي إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمُرُورِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " لَأَنْ يَقُومَ أَرْبَعِينَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ " ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : فَلَا أَدْرِي أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ، أَوْ شَهْرًا ، أَوْ صَبَاحًا ، أَوْ سَاعَةً ؟ .
´Busr bin Sa’eed said:` “They sent me to Zaid bin Khalid to ask him about passing in front of one who is performing prayer. He told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Waiting for forty is better than passing in front of one who is performing prayer.’” (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: "I do not know if he meant forty years, months, days, or hours."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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Passing in front of someone performing prayer (salah) is such a grave sin that, in order to avoid it, one should be willing to wait for a long period if necessary.
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The noble hadith scholars (muhaddithin) exercised such caution in narrating hadith that if there was any doubt regarding a word, they would clarify it. Therefore, it is obligatory to act upon a hadith that is narrated with a reliable chain of transmission. However, since in a weak (da'if) hadith the attribution to the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is not certain, it is not acted upon.
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Passing in front of someone performing prayer (salah) is such a grave sin that, in order to avoid it, one should be willing to wait for a long period if necessary.
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The noble hadith scholars (muhaddithin) exercised such caution in narrating hadith that if there was any doubt regarding a word, they would clarify it. Therefore, it is obligatory to act upon a hadith that is narrated with a reliable chain of transmission. However, since in a weak (da'if) hadith the attribution to the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is not certain, it is not acted upon.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 944
