Who Is Preferred To Stand Closest To The Imâm
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 978 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 313
Source no. 978 · Volume 2 · Page 478
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٥٠٩) ، التعليق على ابن خزيمة (١٦١٢) ، صحيح أبي داود (٦٨٣)
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978. It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allâh ﷻ saw that some of his Companions tended to stand in the rear, so he said: "Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allâh will put them back." (Sahih)
978 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْهَبِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ: «تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي، وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ، لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ»
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'Allâh will put them back' could either mean that they shall lag behind in the acquisition of knowledge and excellence, or else it could mean that they would be deprived of their high station in Paradise, or that they would wait longer than others for salvation from Hell.