حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ
بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : أَرْسَلَنِي أَبُو جُهَيْمٍ ابْنُ أُخْتِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، إِلَى
زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَسْأَلُهُ مَا سَمِعَ فِي الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْمُصَلِّي ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ :
" لَأَنْ يَقُومَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَا أَدْرِي مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَوْ شَهْرٍ أَوْ سَنَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ " .
Sayyiduna Basr bin Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once Abu Juhaym, the nephew of Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), sent me to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him about the hadith which he had heard regarding a person passing in front of someone who is praying. He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: For a person, it is better to stand and wait for forty . . . . . than to pass in front of someone who is praying. I do not remember whether the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said days, months, or years.