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801. Buraidah bin Sufyân bin Farwah Al-Aslamî narrated that a slave of his grandfather who was called Mas'ûd said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and Abû Bakr passed by me and Abû Bakr said to me: 'O Mas'ûd, go to Abû Tamîm' - meaning the man from whom he had been freed - 'and tell him to give us a camel so that we could ride, and let him send us some food and a guide to show us the way.' So I went to my former master and told him the same, and he sent with me a camel and vessels of milk, and I brought them via a secret route. Then the time for prayer came and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stood up and prayed, and Abû Bakr stood to his right. I had come to know about Islam and I was with them, so I came and stood behind them. So the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ pushed Abû Bakr on the chest (to make him move backward) and we stood behind him."
Abû 'Abdur-Rahmân (An-Nasâ'î) said: (This) Buraidah is not a reliable narrator of Hadîth. (Da'îf)
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Commentary
We learn here that if there are two followers, they should stand behind the prayer-leader and not on his right and left.
