He saw the Prophet ﷺ praying near the gate of Bani Sahm while people were passing in front of him, with no barrier between them. Sufyan said, "There was no barrier between him and the Kaabah."Sufyan said, Ibn Jurayj had informed us about him, saying, "Kathir informed us from his father." He said, So I asked him about it, and he replied, "I did not hear it from my father, but from one of my family members, from my grandfather."
حدثنا أحمد بن حنبل حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة
أنه رأى النبي ﷺ يصلي مما يلي باب بني سهم والناس يمرون بين يديه وليس بينهما سترة قال سفيان ليس بينه وبين الكعبة سترة قال سفيان كان ابن جريج أخبرنا عنه قال أخبرنا كثير عن أبيه قال فسألته فقال ليس من أبي سمعته ولكن من بعض أهلي عن جدي
[Its chain is daif] It is found in Musnad Ahmad 6/399, and the hadith of Ibn Jurayj in Nasai, 2962, and Ibn Majah, no. 2958. Some of his family members are unknown, and prayer without a screen barrier is valid. It was narrated by Bazzar, as mentioned in Sharh Sahih Bukhari by Ibn Battal, 2/129, and Ibn Khuzayma, no. 838. The hadith has many corroborating narrations.