Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, says: Once, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was delivering a sermon when a man came and, stepping over people's necks, sat near the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, completed the prayer, he said: "O so-and-so! What prevented you from performing Jumu'ah?" He replied: "O Messenger of Allah! My eagerness and desire brought me close to you, where you can see me." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I saw you coming while stepping over people's necks and causing them harm, and whoever harms a Muslim, it is as if he has harmed me, and whoever has harmed me, it is as if he has harmed Allah, the Exalted."