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Straightening The Rows

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Darussalam · Volume 2

(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding Them

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الحديث: 993 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 317

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993. It was narrated that Anas bin Mālik said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Make your rows straight, for straightening the rows is part of completing the prayer.'" (Sahih)

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993 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، وَبِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ»

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a. Straightening the rows means standing in one straight line with no one out of step. b. Keeping the rows crooked and not standing close to each other makes the prayer defective and lessens the reward.