What is the ruling on a person passing in front of a praying person who has not placed a barrier?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to pass in front of a praying person who has not placed a barrier while he is in prostration?
The Shaykh : And what is that?
The Shaykh : In prostration, meaning how does he pass in front of him while he is in prostration?
The questioner : I mean... I mean the one who is praying.
The Shaykh : But how does he pass in front of him while he is in prostration? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Clarify the question, because I do not imagine a person passing in front of a praying person while the praying person is in prostration, ever. What is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, passing in front of a praying person is forbidden... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 701Sahih (Al-Albani) meaning from the sin Sahih Muslim 507a forty, I do not know, forty days or a month or a year. But al-Bazzar narrated that he said: autumn, meaning what? A year, meaning if you stand for forty years, do not pass in front of a praying person. And we ask you for only forty minutes, but some people, may Allah guide them, pass in front of a praying person and do not care, unless the person is behind the imam, in which case there is no harm in passing in front of him, because the imam's barrier is a barrier for those behind him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you...
The Shaykh : And likewise, in the tawaf area, there are some people who pray in the tawaf area. Here, there is no sanctity for them; these people have no sanctity. As long as the tawaf area is crowded, pass in front of them and do not care. The sin is upon them, they, because they made it a place to pray in the place of tawaf. Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is that?
The Shaykh : In prostration, meaning how does he pass in front of him while he is in prostration?
The questioner : I mean... I mean the one who is praying.
The Shaykh : But how does he pass in front of him while he is in prostration? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Clarify the question, because I do not imagine a person passing in front of a praying person while the praying person is in prostration, ever. What is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, passing in front of a praying person is forbidden... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If one who passes in front of a man who is praying knew the responsibility he incurs
لو يعلم المار بين يدي المصلي ماذا عليهhe would stand still forty (years) rather than to pass in front of him
لكان أن يقف أربعين خيرا له من أن يمر بين يديهForty autumns.
أربعين خريفاThe questioner : May Allah reward you...
The Shaykh : And likewise, in the tawaf area, there are some people who pray in the tawaf area. Here, there is no sanctity for them; these people have no sanctity. As long as the tawaf area is crowded, pass in front of them and do not care. The sin is upon them, they, because they made it a place to pray in the place of tawaf. Yes.