How The Imām Should Straighten The Rows
Darussalam · Volume 1
10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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حسن صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٦٦٨)
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(حسن صحيح) - صحيح أبي داود ٦٦٨: ق.
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811. It was narrated that An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to straighten the rows like the shaft of an arrow is straightened before the head is attached to it. He saw a man whose chest was sticking out from the row. I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Make your rows straight or Allāh will cause your faces to be deformed.'"[1] (Saḥīḥ)
810 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَوِّمُ الصُّفُوفَ كَمَا تُقَوَّمُ الْقِدَاحُ، فَأَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا خَارِجًا صَدْرُهُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ»
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If the arrow is not aligned, it will not hit the target. That is why arrows are specifically straightened out. Likewise, the Prophet ﷺ used to straighten out the rows, because the straightness of rows is, in actuality, the straightness, and uprightness, of the entire nation.