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muslim:499b – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > Ibn Numayr > ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

We used to say prayer and the animals moved in front of us. We mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: If anything equal to the back of a saddle is in front of you, then what walks in front, no harm would come to him. Ibn Numair said: No harm would come whosoever walks in front.  

مسلم:٤٩٩b – وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي وَالدَّوَابُّ تَمُرُّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ أَحَدِكُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فَلاَ يَضُرُّهُ مَنْ مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
ibnmajah:940 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

“We used to perform prayer while the beasts were passing in front of us. That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: ‘If something like the hand of a saddle* is placed in front of anyone of you, it will not matter whoever passes in front of him.” * It is the piece of wood on the camel saddle which is held on to (to climb onto the camel).  

ابن ماجة:٩٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي وَالدَّوَابُّ تَمُرُّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلاَ يَضُرُّهُ مَنْ مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ  

ahmad:1388 – ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

We used to pray with animals passing in front of us. We mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: “If you put something the height of the back of a saddle in front of you, then it will not matter what passes beyond it.”  

أحمد:١٣٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي وَالدَّوَابُّ تَمُرُّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ أحَدِكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَرَّةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ السُّتْرَةَ تَمْنَعُ مِنْ قَطْعِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِنْ مَرَّ وَرَاءَهُ الْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ

ibnhibban:2380 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Ḥabīb b. al-Shahīd > ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

“We used to perform prayer while the beasts were passing in front of us. That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: ‘If something like the hand of a saddle* is placed in front of anyone of you, it will not matter whoever passes in front of him.” * It is the piece of wood on the camel saddle which is held on to (to climb onto the camel). (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 940)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي وَالدَّوَابُّ تَمُرُّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَسَأَلْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:3456 – Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jaddī Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbaydullāh from his father

[Machine] We were praying and the animals were passing in front of us, so we mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "The rear end of the saddle should be in front of one of you, and what passes in front of him will not harm him."  

البيهقي:٣٤٥٦ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ أنبأ جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي وَالدَّوَابُّ تَمُرُّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤَخِّرَةِ الرَّحْلِ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَحَدِكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَغَيْرِهِ