الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَشْرُوعِيَّةِ وُقُوفِ أُولِي الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنَّهْيِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْإِمَامِChapter on the legitimacy of people of understanding standing close to the Imam and the prohibition of doing so
Hadith 2633
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَيَقُولُ: ((اسْتَوُوا وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ، لِيَلِينِّي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ))، قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ: فَأَنْتُمْ الْيَوْمَ أَشَدُّ اخْتِلَافًا
Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would touch our shoulders when forming rows for prayer and would say: "Stand straight and do not stand differently, otherwise your hearts will become different from one another. Those among you who are wise and intelligent should definitely stand closest to me, then those who are nearest to them (in understanding and intellect), then those who are nearest to the second group." Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (People!) Today you have fallen into much discord because of this very reason.
