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ahmad:13664 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Sawwūā Ṣufūfakum Faʾin Taswiyah al-Ṣaf from Tamām al-Ṣalāh > ʿAbdullāh Aẓunnuh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Straighten your rows. for the straightening of a row is a part of the perfection of prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 433)  

أحمد:١٣٦٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَظُنُّهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَحْسَبُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسْقَطْتُهُ  

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muslim:433 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Straighten your rows. for the straightening of a row is a part of the perfection of prayer.  

مسلم:٤٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلاَةِ  

abudawud:668 – Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī And Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.  

أبو داود:٦٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلاَةِ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِتَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ لِلْمَأْمُومِينَ إِذِ اسْتِعْمَالُهُ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:2174 – Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Straighten your rows. for the straightening of a row is a part of the perfection of prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 433)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنُّ تَسْوِيَةُ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ»