Taysīr al-ʿAllām - Abd Allah al-Bassam - (185)

Taysīr al-ʿAllāmAbd Allah al-Bassam

In the Sacred Mosque of Mecca, Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah stated: “If a person offers prayer inside the mosque while people are circumambulating in front of him, there is no reprehensibility in it, whether the passer is a man or a woman.”

Hadith Two
Narrated by Abū Saʿīd al-Khuḍrī (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say,
“If one of you prays toward something that serves as a screen from the people and someone wishes to pass in front of him, let him repel him; if he persists, then let him fight him, for he is nothing but a devil.”

Overall meaning
When a worshipper begins his prayer and has placed a screen in front of him so that people do not spoil his prayer by passing across his line of sight, he is engaged in intimate discourse with his Lord. Should anyone attempt to cross that space, the worshipper should ward him off by the gentlest means first. If the passer will not desist easily, he forfeits the respect owed to him and becomes an aggressor. The proper way to stop his aggression is to push him back with the hand, for such behavior is typical of the devils who strive to ruin people’s acts of worship and to confuse them in their prayers.

Legal rulings contained in the hadith

It is prescribed for the worshipper to set up a screen so that his prayer will not be diminished or invalidated.
The screen should be placed close to him, enabling him to repel anyone trying to pass between him and it and so that he does not unduly narrow the passageway for others.
It is forbidden to pass between the worshipper and his screen, for doing so is an act of the devil.
The worshipper must prevent anyone who intends to cross between him and his screen—first with a gesture or by saying “subḥān Allah”; if that does not work, he may physically push the person back, for the passer is an aggressor. Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ said: There is unanimous agreement that the worshipper is not allowed to walk away from his place in order to repel the passer, because such movement harms his prayer more than the passer’s crossing does.
If the person who is pushed back dies as a result, the worshipper bears neither sin nor liability for retribution, for he acted with lawful permission, and what ensues from a permitted act incurs no liability.

٥- أما في مكة، فقد قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية: " لو صلى المصلى في المسجد والناس يطوفون أمامه لم يكره سواء من مر أمامه رجل أو امرأة". الحديث الثاني عَنْ أبي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ﵁ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ: " إِذا صَلَّى أحَدُكُمْ إلى شَيءٍ يَسْتُرُهُ مِنَ النَاس فَأرَادَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَجْتازَ بَيْنَ يَدَيهِ فَلْيَدْفَعْهُ فَإنْ أبى فلْيُقَاتِلْهُ، - فَإنَّما هُوَ شَيْطَان ". المعنى الإجمالي: إذا دخلَ المصلي في صلاته، وقد وضع أمامه سترة لتستره من الناس، حتى لا ينقصوا صلاته بمرورهم بين يديه، وأقبل يناجي ربه، فأراد أحد أن يجتاز بين يديه، فليدفع بالأسهل فالأسهل. فإن لم يندفع بسهولة ويسر، فقد أسقط حرمته، وأصبح معتدياً. والطريق لوقف عدوانه، المقاتلة بدفعه باليد، فإن عمله هذا من أعمال الشياطين، الذين يريدون إفساد عبادات الناس، والتلبيس عليهم في صلاتهم. الأحكام التي في الحديث: ١- مشروعة السترة للمصلى لِيَقيَ صلاته من النقص أو القطع. ٢- مشروعية قربها منها، ليتمكن من رَدّ من يمر بينه وبينها، ولئلا يضيق على المارَّة. ٣- تحريم المرور بين المصلى وبين سترته، لأنه من عمل الشيطان. ٤- منع من يريد المرور بين المصلى وبين سترته، ويكون بإشارة أو تسبيح أوَّلاً، فإن لم- يندفع، منع ولو بِدَفعه، لأنه معتدٍ. قال القاضي عياض: والاتفاق على أنه لا يجوز له المشي في مقامه إلى رده، لأن ذلك في صلاته أشد من مروره عليه. ٥- أن المدفوع لو تسبب موته من الدفع، فليس على الدافع ذنب ولا قوَدّ. لأن دفعه مأذون فيه، وما ترتب على المأذون فيه، غير مضمون.