Muwatta Malik #367
Shortening the Prayer
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ كَعْبَ الأَحْبَارِ، قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمَارُّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي مَاذَا عَلَيْهِ لَكَانَ أَنْ يُخْسَفَ بِهِ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn
Yasar that Kab al-Ahbar said, "If the person who passed in front of a
man praying knew what he was bringing on himself, it would be better
for him to sink into the ground than to pass in front of him."
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This hadith is #367 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Shortening the Prayer.