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ahmad:8157

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Establish the rows in prayer, for indeed, the proper arrangement of rows is part of the excellence of prayer."  

أحمد:٨١٥٧

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِيمُوا الصَّفَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
muslim:435Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Hadhā Mā > Abū Hurayrah

This is what was transmitted to us by Abu Huraira from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and, while making a mention of a few ahadith, said: (The Messengerof Allah directed us thus): Establish rows in prayer, for the making of a row (straight) is one of the merits of prayer.  

مسلم:٤٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا الصَّفَّ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلاَةِ  

ahmad:13900Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Arrange your rows (in prayer) properly, for indeed, part of perfecting the prayer is the proper arrangement of the rows."  

أحمد:١٣٩٠٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ  

ahmad:12841Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for indeed, the proper establishment of the rows is a part of perfecting the prayer."  

أحمد:١٢٨٤١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ  

ahmad:12231Yazīd > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: 'Verily, one of the goodness of prayer is establishing the rows.'"  

أحمد:١٢٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ إِقَامَةَ الصُّفُوفِ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:2177Ibn Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Arrange the rows in prayer, for indeed the straightening of the rows is part of the perfection of prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَقِيمُوا الصَّفَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ إِقَامَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الصَّلَاةِ»  

suyuti:3998a

This is what was transmitted to us by Abu Huraira from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and, while making a mention of a few ahadith, said: (The Messengerof Allah directed us thus): Establish rows in prayer, for the making of a row (straight) is one of the merits of prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 435)   

السيوطي:٣٩٩٨a

"أقيموا الصّفَّ في الصلاة، فإن إقامةَ الصفَّ مِن حُسْنِ الصلاةِ .  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي هريرة