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224. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "The best rows for the men are the first
of them, and the worst are the last of them. And the best rows for the women are the last of them, and the worst are the first of them.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jābir, Ibn ‘Abbās, [Ibn ‘Umar], Abū Sa‘eed, Ubayy, ‘Aishah, Al-‘Irbāḍ bin Sāriyah, and Anas.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
And it has been related that the Prophet ﷺ would seek forgiveness three times for the people in first row, and once for the second.
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Commentary
The first row of congregation is near to the Imām and it deserves a special Mercy of Allāh and of the prayer of the angels, because it is far from the noise and disturbance of latecomers, and because the people in the first row follow the Imām accurately. It is also far from the rows of the women, so the mind is not disturbed and interrupted; therefore it is stated as the best one.
