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ahmad:14551Abū Aḥmad And ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best rows for men are the ones in the front, and the worst rows are the ones in the back. And the best rows for women are the ones in the back, and the worst rows are the ones in the front."  

أحمد:١٤٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُقَدَّمُ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:1001ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The best rows for men are the front rows and the worst rows are the back rows, and the best rows for women are the back rows and the worst are the front rows.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٠٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ مُقَدَّمُهَا وَشَرُّهَا مُؤَخَّرُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ مُؤَخَّرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا مُقَدَّمُهَا  

ahmad:15161Abū Saʿīd > Zāʾidah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best rows for men are the front rows and the worst are the back rows, and the best rows for women are the back rows and the worst are the front rows. O women, when men prostrate, lower your gaze and do not see the private parts of men due to the tightness of their garments."  

أحمد:١٥١٦١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُقَدَّمُ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ إِذَا سَجَدَ الرِّجَالُ فَاغْضُضْنَ أَبْصَارَكُنَّ لَا تَرَيْنَ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْأُزُرِ  

ahmad:8644Ḥasan > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is the best among the men who are in the front rows, and the worst among the men are those in the back rows. And the best among the women are those in the back rows, and the worst among the women are those in the front rows."  

أحمد:٨٦٤٤حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُقَدَّمُ  

ahmad:8428ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muslim > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "In English, the passage translates to:

Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best rows for men are the front rows, and the worst rows are the back rows. The worst rows for women are the front rows, and the best rows are the back rows.'"  

أحمد:٨٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَخَيْرُهَا الْمُؤَخَّرُ  

ahmad:11121Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The best rows of men are the front rows, and the worst rows are the back rows. And the best rows of women are the back rows, and the worst rows are the front rows. And he said: O women, do not raise your heads when you prostrate, so that you do not see the private parts of men because of the tightness of their clothes."  

أحمد:١١١٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الصَّفُّ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّهَا الصَّفُّ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَخَيْرُصُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّهَا الْمُقَدَّمُ وَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ لَا تَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَكُنَّ إِذَا سَجَدْتُنَّ لَا تَرَيْنَ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْأُزُرِ  

darimi:1304Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn ʿAjlān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The best rows for men are the first rows, and the worst ones the last ones, and the best rows for women are the last ones and the worst ones for them are the first ones. (Using translation from Muslim 440a)  

الدارمي:١٣٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا وَشَرُّهَا آخِرُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا أَوَّلُهَا»  

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السيوطي:١٣٩٧٢a

"خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ المقَدَّمُ، وشرها المؤَخَّرُ، وخَيْرُ صُفوفِ النِّسَاءِ المؤَخَّرُ، وَشَرُّهَا المقَدَّمُ، يا مَعَشر النساءِ: إِذا سَجَد الرجالُ فَاغْضُضْن أَبْصاركُنَّ، ولا تَريْنَ عورات الرِّجالِ من ضيقِ الأُزر".  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى وابن منيع، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر