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Sahih Muslim 436b

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace-be upon him) used to straighten our rows as it lie were straightening an arrow with their help until be saw that we had learnt it from…

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ

يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا يُسَوِّي بِهَا الْقِدَاحَ حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّا قَدْ عَقَلْنَا عَنْهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَقَامَ حَتَّى كَادَ يُكَبِّرُ فَرَأَى رَجُلاً بَادِيًا صَدْرُهُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ: «عِبَادَ اللَّهِ لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace-be upon him) used to straighten our rows as it lie were straightening an arrow with their help until be saw that we had learnt it from him. One day he came out, stood up (for prayer) and was about to say: Allah is the Greatest, when he saw a man, whose chest was bulging out from the row, so he said: Servants of Allah, you hint straighten your rows or Allah would create dissension amongst you.

আবূ বকর ইবনু আবূ শাইবাহ (রহঃ) ..... ইবনু আব্বাস (রাযিঃ) বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম তার প্রতিপালককে অন্তর দ্বারা অনুভূতির মাধ্যমে দেখেছেন।

عطاء نے حضرت ابن عباس ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت کی ، انہوں نے کہا : آپ ﷺ نے اسے ( رب تعالیٰ کو ) دل سے دیکھا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hafsh] dari [Abdul Malik] dari ['Atha'] dari [Ibnu Abbas] dia berkata, "Beliau telah melihatnya dengan mata hatinya

Bize Ebu Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Hafs'Abdulmelik'ten, o da Âtâ'dan, o da İbni Abbas'tan naklen rivayet ettiki İbni Abbas: «Resulullâh (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) onu kalbi ile gördü» demiş. Yalnız Müslim rivayet etmiştir; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf

Sahih Muslim 436b, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 141. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) emphasized that if the rows are not straightened in the prayer, Allah will cause dissension amongst the worshippers, thus making them turn their faces away from each other. This occurs when some of them step forward and leave gaps in the rows. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach his companions with his words and actions.

He straightened them with his hands until he thought that they had learned. Then in a prayer, he saw one of his companions with his chest sticking out from the row. This made him angry and he said: ''Straighten your rows, or Allah will cause dissension amongst you.''

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Yahya ibn Yahya an-NaysaburiTold us, Fourth generation, died 226 AH
  3. 3Zuhayr ibn MuawiyahInformed us, Third generation, died 172 AH
  4. 4Simak ibn HarbFrom, Successor, died 123 AH
  5. 5An-Numan ibn BashirHeard, Companion, died 60 AH

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