Hadith 755

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، أَنَّ الْحَكَمَ أَخْبَرَهُ ، قال : سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ الْجَزَّارِ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ ، قال : سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ " مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ وَغُلَامٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ عَلَى حِمَارٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي ، فَنَزَلُوا وَدَخَلُوا مَعَهُ فَصَلَّوْا وَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ ، فَجَاءَتْ جَارِيَتَانِ تَسْعَيَانِ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَأَخَذَتَا بِرُكْبَتَيْهِ فَفَرَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ " .
´It was narrated that Suhaib said:` "I heard Ibn Abbas narrate that he passed in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he and a young boy of Banu Hashim, riding a donkey in front of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) when he was praying. Then they dismounted and joined the prayer, and he did not stop praying. Then two young girls of Banu Abdul-Muttalib started running around and grabbing him by the knees. He separated them but he did not stop praying."
Hadith Reference سنن نسائي / كتاب القبلة / 755
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابی داود/الصلاة 113 (716، 717)، (تحفة الأشراف: 5687)، مسند احمد 1/235، 341 (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
755. Commentary: Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) is reasoning here that a donkey and a woman do not invalidate the prayer, whereas in other ahadith it is explicitly stated that the prayer is invalidated by them. Therefore, it can be said that here the mention is of a sutrah (barrier), not of passing in front of young girls. The main point is that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to pray facing a sutrah. Even if it is accepted that they (the girls) passed between him (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and the sutrah, those girls were not of age (i.e., not adults), so their passing did not invalidate the prayer, because the prayer is invalidated by the passing of a menstruating or adult woman. And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 755