حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَرْسَلُونِي إِلَی زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ الْمُرُورِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْمُصَلِّي فَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَقُومَ أَرْبَعِينَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ شَهْرًا أَوْ صَبَاحًا أَوْ سَاعَةً
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 944
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 P.B.U.H said: 'Waiting for forty is better than passing in front of one who is performing prayer:" (Sahih) (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: ·'I do not know if he meant forty years, months, days, or hours."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020