´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."
Hadith Referenceسنن ابن ماجه / كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة / 944
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح لغيره | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, -
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ ابن ما جہ ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 3749 ) ، وقد أخرجہ : صحیح البخاری/الصلاة 101 ( 510 ) ، صحیح مسلم/الصلاة 48 ( 507 ) ، سنن ابی داود/الصلاة 109 ( 701 ) ، سنن الترمذی/الصلاة 135 ( 336 ) ، سنن النسائی/القبلة 8 ( 757 ) ، مسند احمد ( 4/169 ) ( صحیح ) » ( آگے کی حدیث سے تقویت پاکر یہ صحیح ہے )
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues: ➊ 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.
➋ 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