حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَی أَبِي جُهَيْمٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ يَسْأَلُهُ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ أَحَدُکُمْ مَا لَهُ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَخِيهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي کَانَ لَأَنْ يَقِفَ أَرْبَعِينَ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَهْرًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ ذَلِکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 945
It was narrated from Busr bin Sa'eed that Zaid bin Khalid sent word to Abu Juhaim Al-Ansari asking him: "What did you hear from the Prophet P.B.U.H about a man who passes in front of another man when he is performing prayer?" He said: "I heard the Prophet P.B.U.H saying: 'If anyone of you knew (how great is the sin involved) when he passes in front of his brother who is performing prayer, then waiting for forty:"' (one of the narrators) said: "I do not know if he meant forty years, forty months, or forty days, 'would be better for him than that." (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020