أَخْبَرَنَا
عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ
مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى أَبِي جُهَيْمٍ يَسْأَلُهُ : مَاذَا سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي ؟ قَالَ
أَبُو جُهَيْمٍ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمَارُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي مَاذَا عَلَيْهِ ، لَكَانَ أَنْ يَقِفَ أَرْبَعِينَ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ " ، لا أَدْرِي سَنَةً قَالَ أَمْ شَهْرًا ، أَوْ يَوْمًا أَوْ سَاعَةً ؟ .
Sayyiduna Basr bin Sa'id narrates: Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him to Sayyiduna Abu Juham (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him what he had heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say regarding a person who passes in front of someone performing prayer. So Sayyiduna Abu Juham (may Allah be pleased with him) informed: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the person passing in front of the one praying knew how much sin he incurs, it would be better for him to wait for forty than to pass in front of him." (The narrator says) I do not know whether it means forty years, or forty months, or forty days, or forty moments.