Hadith #444
Arabic Text
قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ : مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى أَبِي جُهَيْمٍ يَسْأَلُهُ مَاذَا سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْمُصَلِّي مَاذَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَبُو الْجُهَيْمِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمَارُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْمُصَلِّي مَاذَا عَلَيْهِ لَكَانَ أَنْ يَقِفَ أَرْبَعِينَ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ لَا أَدْرِي أَقَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَهْرًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً
Isnad Chain
قال
من رسول الله
English Translation
He (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i read to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: Mālik, from Abū al-Naḍr the freed slave of ʿUmar ibn ʿUbaydillāh, from Busr ibn Saʿīd, that Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī sent him to Abū Juhaym to ask him what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding one who passes in front of a person praying — what sin does he bear? Abū Juhaym said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If the one who passes in front of a person praying knew what sin he bears, it would be better for him to stand for forty than to pass in front of him." Abū al-Naḍr said: "I do not know whether he said forty days, forty months, or forty years."
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 444
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16882
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53272