سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب مِنْ يَلِي الإِمَامَ مِنَ النَّاسِ:Chapter: Who should stand closest to the imam
Hadith 1301
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَيَقُولُ: "لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا، فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ، لِيَلِيَنِّي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ" . قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ: فَأَنْتُمْ الْيَوْمَ أَشَدُّ اخْتِلَافًا.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass his hand over our shoulders and say: “Do not stand ahead or behind (in the rows) lest discord arises in your hearts (i.e., division will occur among you). Let those among you who are wise and intelligent stand close to me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them.” After this, Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Today, there is excessive discord among you people.”
