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The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not pray behind a sleeping or a talking person.  

أبو داود:٦٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيْمَنَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَعْنِي لِعُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُصَلُّوا خَلْفَ النَّائِمِ وَلاَ الْمُتَحَدِّثِ  

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ibnmajah:959 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Miqdām > Muḥammad b. Kaʿb > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade performing prayer behind one who is engaged in conversation or one who is sleeping.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَلَّى خَلْفَ الْمُتَحَدِّثِ وَالنَّائِمِ