The ruling on passing in front of a person praying in a crowd
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The questioner:
And the issue is what a person does in a present crowd, where some of them are in front of him?
The Shaykh:
Seconds.
The questioner:
Because it is prescribed for people to pass in front of the one praying.
The Shaykh:
We have answered this. We said that the two Harams are an exception due to the hardship, and because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in al-Masjid al-Haram while people were passing in front of him, men and women, and circumambulating in front of him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prevent them.
And the issue is what a person does in a present crowd, where some of them are in front of him?
The Shaykh:
Seconds.
The questioner:
Because it is prescribed for people to pass in front of the one praying.
The Shaykh:
We have answered this. We said that the two Harams are an exception due to the hardship, and because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in al-Masjid al-Haram while people were passing in front of him, men and women, and circumambulating in front of him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prevent them.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب سترة المصلي — islamhouse.com (52:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.