صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب قيام المأمومين خلف الإمام وما فيه من السننChapters on Followers Standing Behind the Imam
(65) بَابُ التَّغْلِيظِ فِي تَرْكِ تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ تَخَوُّفًا لِمُخَالَفَةِ الرَّبِّ- عَزَّ وَجَلَّ- بَيْنَ الْقُلُوبِ.65| Severity of not straightening rows out of fear of Allah causing division between hearts
Hadith 1551
نا بُنْدَارٌ ، نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، وَيَحْيَى ، قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ الأَيَامِيَّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْسَجَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يُحَدِّثُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْتِينَا إِذَا قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ فَيَمْسَحُ عَوَاتِقَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا ، وَيَقُولُ : " لا تَخْتَلِفْ صُدُورُكُمْ فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ " وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ " . قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْسَجَةَ : كُنْتُ نَسِيتُ : " زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ " ، حَتَّى ذَكَّرَنِيهِ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ
Sayyiduna Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when we would stand for prayer, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to us and straighten our shoulders and chests with his blessed hand and say: "Your chests should not be uneven (ahead or behind), otherwise your hearts will also become different. Indeed, Allah the Exalted sends His mercy upon those in the first row, and His angels pray for mercy and forgiveness for them." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Adorn the Qur'an (with your voices)." Janab Abdur Rahman bin Awsajah says that I had forgotten these words: "Adorn the Qur'an with your voices," until Dahhak bin Muzahim reminded me of these words.
