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Straightening The Rows

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 662 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 178

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  • صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 662 · Volume 1 · Page 2

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    صحيح

  • صحيح سنن أبي داود ط غراس (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 668 · Volume 3 · Page 236

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    (قلت: إسناده صحيح، وقال النووي: "حديث حسن إسناده جيد". وقال الحافظ: "حديث صحيح". وأخرجه ابن خزيمة وابن حبان في "صحيحيهما"، وللشيخين منه: "لتُسَوُّن صفوفكم، أو ليخالفَنَّ الله بين وجوهكم". وعلق البخاري مختصرًا قوله: فرأيت ... إلخ، وأسنده من قول أنس)

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662. An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ turned around to face the people and said: 'Establish the rows,' (repeating this) three times — 'I swear by Allāh! You will of a surety establish the rows or else Allāh will cause differences among your hearts.' So I saw a person attach his shoulder to the shoulder of his companion, and his knees with his companion's knee, and his ankle with his companion's ankle." (Sahīh)

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662 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجُدَلِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ، يَقُولُ: أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ: «أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ» ثَلَاثًا، «وَاللَّهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ» قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَلْزَقُ مَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَةِ صَاحِبِهِ وَكَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِهِ

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This is similar to what follows in number 667, for which reasons the followers of Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ) would stand in the rows quite close to each other, leaving no gaps between them. If the outward condition and apparent actions are correct and in accord, it indicates that the hearts are also in accord, and vice versa. It is Sunnah for the Imām to tell the people to straighten the rows before starting the Salāt.