al-Bukhari. (62) It was also narrated on the authority of al-Fadl ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) came to them in their desert and prayed without a sutra. (63) This is because the sutra is not a condition for prayer; rather, it is recommended (mustahabb). Ahmad said, concerning a man who prays in an open space with neither a sutra nor a line in front of him: "His prayer is valid." He also said: "I prefer (64) that he do so, but if he does not, it is sufficient for him."
264 - Issue: He said: "And whoever passes in front of the person praying should be turned back."
The summary of this is that no one has the right to pass in front of a person who is praying if there is no sutra in front of him. If there is a sutra in front of him, no one should pass between him and it, due to what Abu Jahm al-Ansari narrated, saying that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "If the one passing in front of a person praying knew what sin was upon him, it would be better for him to stand for forty [years] than to pass in front of him." Agreed upon (1). In the version of Muslim (2): "For one of you to stand for a hundred years is better for him than to pass in front of his brother while he is praying."
(62) Thus the author mentioned, but we did not find it in al-Bukhari. Perhaps it is "al-Najjad". It was recorded by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 1/224, and by al-Bayhaqi in: The Chapter on one who prays without a sutra, from the Book of Prayer, al-Sunan al-Kubra 2/273. (63) Recorded by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on one who said: "A dog does not interrupt the prayer," from the Book of Prayer, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/165. Also by al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter on mentioning what interrupts the prayer... etc., from the Book of Qibla, al-Mujtaba 2/51. Also by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 1/212. The complete hadith will come in Issue 265. (64) Omitted from [A] and [M]. (1) Recorded by al-Bukhari in: The Chapter on the sin of the one who passes in front of a person praying, from the Book of Prayer, Sahih al-Bukhari 1/136. And by Muslim in: The Chapter on preventing one from passing in front of a person praying, from the Book of Prayer, Sahih Muslim 1/363. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on what is forbidden regarding passing in front of a person praying, from the Book of Prayer, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/161. Also by al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter on what was said regarding the detestability of passing in front of a person praying, from the Chapters on Prayer, ‘Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/131. Also by al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter on the severity regarding passing in front of a person praying and his sutra, from the Book of Qibla, al-Mujtaba 2/52. Also by Ibn Majah in: The Chapter on passing in front of a person praying, from the Book of Establishing Prayer, Sunan Ibn Majah 1/304. Also by al-Darimi in: The Chapter on the detestability of passing in front of a person praying, from the Book of Prayer, Sunan al-Darimi 1/330. Also by Imam Malik in: The Chapter on the severity of one passing in front of a person praying, from the Book of Travel, al-Muwatta 1/154. Also by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 4/169. (2) This is not in Muslim from the hadith of Abu Jahm, but rather it was recorded by Ibn Majah in: The Chapter on passing in front of a person praying =
