مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(تَسْوِيَةُ الصُّفُوفِ جُزْءٌ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ)
(Aligning the rows is part of the prayer)
Hadith 1087
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ من إِقَامَة الصَّلَاة» . إِلَّا أَنَّ عِنْدَ مُسْلِمٍ: «مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ»
He reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Straighten your rows, for the straightening of the rows is part of the iqama for prayer." (Bukhari and Muslim, but Muslim has “part of the perfection of prayer.’’)
