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Sunan Ibn Majah

Hadith 246

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Sunan Ibn Majah · Hadith 246

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He Who Dislikes Having People Walk Behind Him

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Darussalam · Volume 1

The Book Of The Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 246 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 90

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246. It was narrated that Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh said: "When the Prophet ﷺ walked, his Companions would walk in front of him, and he would leave his back for the angels." (Hasan)

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246 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا مَشَى مَشَى أَصْحَابُهُ أَمَامَهُ وَتَرَكُوا ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ»

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What we learn from this Hadith is that it is all right, that of the people, some walk in front of the revered person and others behind him. What is forbidden is that all of them walk behind him. It is no offense to the dignity of the revered person that people walk in front of him.