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Sunan an-Nasai 4862 — Prayer Protection
One Who Takes His Right to Retaliation without the Involvement of the Ruler
Hadith About Passing in Front of Someone Praying
Sunan an-Nasai : 4862
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4862
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا بِابْنٍ لِمَرْوَانَ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَدَرَأَهُ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ فَضَرَبَهُ فَخَرَجَ الْغُلاَمُ يَبْكِي حَتَّى أَتَى مَرْوَانَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ لأَبِي سَعِيدٍ لِمَ ضَرَبْتَ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ قَالَ مَا ضَرَبْتُهُ إِنَّمَا ضَرَبْتُ الشَّيْطَانَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَةٍ فَأَرَادَ إِنْسَانٌ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَدْرَؤُهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُقَاتِلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri Narrated from:
He was praying and a son a Marwan wanted to pass in front of him. He tried to stop him but he did not go back, so he hit him. The boy went the boy went out crying and went to Marwan and told him (what had happened). Marwan said to Abu Sa'eed: "Why did you hit your brother's son?" He said: "I did not hit him, rater I hit the Saitan. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'If one of you is praying and someone wants to pass in front of him, let him troy to stop him as much as he can, and if he persists then let him fight him, for he is a devil.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4862In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 157English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4866
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4862
This hadith about passing in front of someone praying shows the care given to salah. Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri was praying when a boy tried to pass in front of him. He tried to stop him, but the boy did not go back, so Abu Sa’eed struck him. When questioned, he connected his action to what he heard from the Messenger of Allah: if someone wants to pass in front of a praying person, the worshipper should stop him as much as he can; if he refuses, he should be resisted, for he is described as a devil. The main point is to guard prayer from interruption and treat salah with focus.
What we learn from this hadith
- A person praying should try to stop someone from passing directly in front of him.
- Prayer deserves focus and protection from avoidable interruption.
- The narration teaches resistance only after the person persists in passing.
