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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  


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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  

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  

tabarani:7692Abū Zayd Aḥmad b. Yazīd al-Ḥawṭī > Abū al-Yamān al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > ʿUfayr b. Maʿdān > Sulaym b. ʿĀmir > Abū Umāmah > Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best ranks of men are at the forefront, and the worst ranks of men are at the rear. And the best ranks of women are at the rear, and the worst ranks of women are at the forefront.'"  

الطبراني:٧٦٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَيْدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ثنا عُفَيْرُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ آخِرُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ أَوَّلُهَا»