Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَبُو جُهَيْمٍ ابْنُ أُخْتِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَسْأَلُهُ مَا سَمِعَ فِي الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْمُصَلِّي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَأَنْ يَقُومَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَا أَدْرِي مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَوْ شَهْرٍ أَوْ سَنَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ.
English Translation
Sufyan told us, from Salim Abu al-Nadr, freedman of Umar ibn Ubaydullah ibn Ma'mar, from Busr ibn Sa'id, who said: Abu Juhaym, nephew of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, sent me to Zayd ibn Khalid to ask him what he had heard about one who passes in front of a person praying. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "For one who stands (waiting) forty" — I do not know whether he meant a day, a month, or a year — "would be better for him than to pass in front of him."