Hadith 343
The Book of the Prohibited actions
Abul-Juhaim 'Abdullah bin Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to pass in front of him." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>. <b>[The narrator was not sure whether the Prophet (ﷺ) said forty days, months or years.]</b>
عن أبي الجهيم عبد الله بن الحارث بن الصمة الأنصاري رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
لو يعلم المار بين المصلي ماذا عليه لكان أن يقف أربعين خيرًا له من أن يمر بين يديه
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