سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : مَنْ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَ الإِمَامَ
Chapter: Who is preferred to stand closest to the Imam
Hadith 978
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْهَبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ : " تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي ، وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ ، لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that some of his Companions tended to stand in the rear, so he said:` “Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.”
