[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If only they knew, or if only you knew, what was in the first row, there would not be except a lottery."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَوْ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ مَا كَانَ إِلَّا قُرْعَةً  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew what they contain (i.e. blessings), you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excellence, you would race to join it. A man's prayer said along with another is purer than his prayer said alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one, but if there are more it is more pleasing to Allah, the Almighty, the Majestic. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 554)   

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ يَعْنِي الصُّبْحَ وَصَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ وَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ وَصَلَاتَهُ مَعَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] Narrated by al-Nabi ﷺ that he used to pray three rak'ahs on the first row and one rak'ah on the second, and this was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith al-Taymi on the authority of Khalid, on the authority of al-Arbaad, without mentioning Jubayr ibn Nufayr in its chain.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ ثَلَاثًا وَعَلَى الَّذِي يَلِيهِ وَاحِدَةً وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ دُونَ ذِكْرِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ  

It was narrated from ‘Irbad bin Sariyah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to ask for forgiveness for the first row three times and for the second row twice. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 996)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِلصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ ثَلَاثًا وَلِلصَّفِّ الثَّانِي مَرَّةً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to come to us when we stood up to pray and he would wipe our necks and chests and say, "Do not differ, for if you differ, your hearts will differ. Indeed, Allah and His angels send prayers upon the first row or he said, the rows."  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا إِذَا قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَيَمْسَحُ عَوَاتِقَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا وَيَقُولُ لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ أَوْ قَالَ الصُّفُوفِ الْأُوَلِ