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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: فضل الصف الأول
Chapter: The virtue of the first row
Bayhaqi 5193 — The virtue of the first row
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصُّبْحَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: " أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ " قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: " أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، يَعْنِي الصُّبْحَ وَصَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا، وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ، وَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَصَلَاتَهُ مَعَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ، وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ".
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Fajr prayer. When he gave salam, he looked at the faces of the people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is so-and-so present?" They said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Fajr and Isha prayers are very heavy upon the hypocrites. If they knew the reward that is in them, they would surely come to them even if they had to crawl on their knees. The first row is like the row of the angels; if you knew what reward is in it, you would surely hasten to it. A man's prayer together with another man is better than his praying alone, and praying together with two men is better than praying together with one man; and the more there are, the more beloved it is to Allah."
