سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب فضل من یصل الصف فی الصلاۃ
Chapter: Virtue of filling the rows in prayer
Hadith 1298
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْسَجَةَ، عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: "سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ لَا تَخْتَلِفُ قُلُوبُكُمْ" . قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: "إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ أَوْ الصُّفُوفِ الْأُوَلِ" ..
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Keep your rows straight so that there may not be discord in your hearts.” The narrator said: And he (peace be upon him) used to say: “Indeed, Allah sends mercy and His angels pray for those in the first row,” or he said: “for those in the first rows.”
