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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ الْحَثِّ عَلَى تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ وَرَصِّهَا وَبَيَانِ خَيْرِهَا مِنْ شَرِّهَاChapter on urging the straightening and closing of the rows and clarifying the best and worst of them
Hadith 2642
اُردوEn
عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّينَا فِي الصُّفُوفِ كَمَا تُقَوَّمُ الْقِدَاحُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنَّا أَخَذْنَا ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ وَفَهِمْنَاهُ أَقْبَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِوَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُنْتَبِذٌ بِصَدْرِهِ، فَقَالَ: ((لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ))
Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to straighten our rows just as the shafts of arrows are straightened, until when he thought that we had learned this from him and understood this method, one day he turned towards us and saw that a man’s chest was protruding forward. At that time, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You will certainly straighten your rows, or Allah the Exalted will create discord between your faces.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this era, there is a great deal of mutual hatred and enmity among people, even among close relatives. One reason for this is not straightening the rows during congregational prayer. Imam al-Albani writes: Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir radi Allahu anhu, while narrating this hadith, says: I saw that every man would align his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion, his knee with his companion's knee, and his ankle with his companion's ankle. These two blessed ahadith contain the following important benefits:
