Stopping (The Passing Person) As Much As Possible
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 954 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 307
Source no. 954 · Volume 2 · Page 454
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح، الروض النضير (٩٦٨) ، صحيح أبي داود (٦٩٤ - ٦٩٥)
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954. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Abu Sa'eed that his father said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'When anyone of you performs prayer, let him pray facing towards a Sutrah, and let him get close to it, and not let anyone pass in front of him. If someone comes and wants to pass in front of him, let him fight him, for he is a Shaitân (satan).'" (Sahih)
954 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيُصَلِّ إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ، وَلْيَدْنُ مِنْهَا، وَلَا يَدَعْ أَحَدًا يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَإِنْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ يَمُرُّ فَلْيُقَاتِلْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ»
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a. We must stop anyone trying to pass between the worshiper and the Sutrah. If he refuses to stop, we must stop him by force. And if the situation demands, we should not hesitate to even push him away. This is the real purport of the Prophet's command to 'fight' him. b. Anyone who tries to pass in front of the worshiper has been dubbed by the Prophet ﷺ as a Shaitân, because he has obviously been deluded by the Shaitân into doing it.