At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Zayd ibn Aslam from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Said al-Khudri from his father: the Prophet ﷺ ordered the praying person not to let anyone pass between his hands and to push him away as much as he can; if he refuses, let him fight him — for he is only a shaytan 1 Muwatta 421.
The meaning
In this report, whoever passes before the praying person commits an act likened to the shaytan s cutting of the prayer, and the Prophet was stern in forbidding it 1.
Notes
From the manners of prayer in the Muwatta; the Jinn & Devils Browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Abu Said al-Khudri· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Muwatta 421
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 421
People and things also explored
Muwatta 421· The two prostrations of forgetfulness rebuke the shaytan· The snake of Medina: the Ansari youth who killed it· Muwatta 26· Muwatta 173· Muwatta 176· Muwatta 177· Muwatta 252
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The one who passes before the praying person is a shaytan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/passerby-between-prayer-is-shaytan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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