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 946
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَوْهِبٍ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ يَعْلَمُ أَحَدُكُمْ مَا لَهُ فِي أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَخِيهِ مُعْتَرِضًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، كَانَ لَأَنْ يُقِيمَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَطْوَةِ الَّتِي خَطَاهَا " .
´It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:` “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘If anyone of you knew (how great is the sin involved) in passing in front of his brother while he is performing prayer, waiting for one hundred years would be better for him than one step that he takes.’”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Memon
Concerning the one who passes in front of a person performing prayer.
«عن أبى جهيم الأنصاري قال: سمعت النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم لأن يقوم أحدكم أربعين خير له من ان يمر بين يديه، قال: ما أدرى أربعين يوماً أو أربعين شهراً أو أربعين سنة»
“It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Juhaim Ansari radi Allahu anhu that I heard the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saying: If one of you were to stand (waiting) for forty, it would be better for him than to pass in front of a person performing prayer. The narrator of the hadith says: I do not know whether by forty is meant forty days, forty months, or forty years.”
[تخريج: رواه مسلم 507، وابن ماجه، والبخارى، وأبوداؤد، والترمذي، والنسائي، والدارمي، وأحمد، والبهيقي، والبغوى، وعبدالرزاق 2322 ش]
Whereas in another narration, it is as follows:
«عن أبى هريرة. قال: قال رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم ”لويعلم الذى يمر بين يدى أخيه معترضاً وهوينا جي ربه لكان ان يقف مكانه مئة عام خير له من الخطوة التى خطا .“»
“It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu that he said: The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: If the one who passes in front of his brother who is praying and whispering to his Lord knew (how great a sin it is), he would stand in that place for one hundred years, and that would be better for him than to pass in front of the person praying.”
[تخريج: رواه أحمد 371/2، وابن ماجه، و ابن حبان، وابن خزيمه]
Application:
➊ Among both narrations, the decisive narration is that of Abu Juhaim radi Allahu anhu, in which the number forty is mentioned, and further detail is found in Musnad al-Bazzar «اربعين خريفاً», that is, forty years. As for the narration of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu, it has been narrated by Ibn Majah and others, but its chain of transmission is extremely weak; in its chain is ‘Abdur Rahman bin Muhib, who is weak. [تهذيب التهذيب جلد 5 ص 395]
➋ Imam Tahawi, in Sharh Mushkil al-Athar 1/48, states: From the collection of hadiths, it is understood that the ambiguity in “arba‘een” (forty) refers to years, not months or days.
And the hadith of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu, according to us, is later than the hadith of Abu Juhaim, because the warning for the one who passes in front of the person praying in Abu Hurairah’s narration is greater than that in Abu Juhaim’s narration, and there is leniency in Abu Juhaim’s narration. Also, since the hadith of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu is very weak, it is not suitable for use as evidence.
The hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Juhaim radi Allahu anhu is absolutely authentic and clear. And the narrator of the hadith, after this narration, has expressed a doubt as to what is meant by forty: is it forty years, forty months, or forty days? So this statement of doubt is not in the marfu‘ (prophetic) narration itself, but is the assumption of the narrator. However, from the narration of Musnad al-Bazzar, it becomes clear that by forty is meant forty years.
«عن أبى جهيم الأنصاري قال: سمعت النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم لأن يقوم أحدكم أربعين خير له من ان يمر بين يديه، قال: ما أدرى أربعين يوماً أو أربعين شهراً أو أربعين سنة»
“It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Juhaim Ansari radi Allahu anhu that I heard the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saying: If one of you were to stand (waiting) for forty, it would be better for him than to pass in front of a person performing prayer. The narrator of the hadith says: I do not know whether by forty is meant forty days, forty months, or forty years.”
[تخريج: رواه مسلم 507، وابن ماجه، والبخارى، وأبوداؤد، والترمذي، والنسائي، والدارمي، وأحمد، والبهيقي، والبغوى، وعبدالرزاق 2322 ش]
Whereas in another narration, it is as follows:
«عن أبى هريرة. قال: قال رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم ”لويعلم الذى يمر بين يدى أخيه معترضاً وهوينا جي ربه لكان ان يقف مكانه مئة عام خير له من الخطوة التى خطا .“»
“It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu that he said: The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: If the one who passes in front of his brother who is praying and whispering to his Lord knew (how great a sin it is), he would stand in that place for one hundred years, and that would be better for him than to pass in front of the person praying.”
[تخريج: رواه أحمد 371/2، وابن ماجه، و ابن حبان، وابن خزيمه]
Application:
➊ Among both narrations, the decisive narration is that of Abu Juhaim radi Allahu anhu, in which the number forty is mentioned, and further detail is found in Musnad al-Bazzar «اربعين خريفاً», that is, forty years. As for the narration of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu, it has been narrated by Ibn Majah and others, but its chain of transmission is extremely weak; in its chain is ‘Abdur Rahman bin Muhib, who is weak. [تهذيب التهذيب جلد 5 ص 395]
➋ Imam Tahawi, in Sharh Mushkil al-Athar 1/48, states: From the collection of hadiths, it is understood that the ambiguity in “arba‘een” (forty) refers to years, not months or days.
And the hadith of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu, according to us, is later than the hadith of Abu Juhaim, because the warning for the one who passes in front of the person praying in Abu Hurairah’s narration is greater than that in Abu Juhaim’s narration, and there is leniency in Abu Juhaim’s narration. Also, since the hadith of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu is very weak, it is not suitable for use as evidence.
The hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Juhaim radi Allahu anhu is absolutely authentic and clear. And the narrator of the hadith, after this narration, has expressed a doubt as to what is meant by forty: is it forty years, forty months, or forty days? So this statement of doubt is not in the marfu‘ (prophetic) narration itself, but is the assumption of the narrator. However, from the narration of Musnad al-Bazzar, it becomes clear that by forty is meant forty years.
Source: Contradictory Hadiths and Their Solution, Page: 7
