سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
تفرح أبواب الصفوف
Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Safoof)
باب تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ
Chapter: Straightening The Rows.
Hadith 670
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ أَخَذَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ ، فَقَالَ : اعْتَدِلُوا سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهُ بِيَسَارِهِ ، فَقَالَ : اعْتَدِلُوا سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ .
This tradition has also ben transmitted by Anas through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes: when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for prayer, he took it (the stick) in his right hand and turning (to the right side) said; keep straight and straighten your rows. He then took it in his left hand and said; keep straight and straighten your rows.
