It Is Forbidden to Pass in Front of Someone Praying

833. Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn as-Simma al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had said, “If the person passing in front of the man praying knew what he was incurring, he would find it preferable to wait forty rather than pass in front of him.” The narrator said, “I do not know whether he said forty days or forty months or forty years.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Salah, 101; Sahih Muslim, Salah, 261).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014