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bayhaqi:5183 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abū al-Qāsim al-Jadalī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 662)   

البيهقي:٥١٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجَدَلِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَاللهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُلْزِقُ مَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَةِ صَاحِبِهِ وَكَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِهِ  

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abudawud:662 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abū al-Qāsim al-Jadalī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other.  

أبو داود:٦٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجَدَلِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلاَثًا وَاللَّهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُلْزِقُ مَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَةِ صَاحِبِهِ وَكَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِهِ  

ahmad:18430 – Wakīʿ > Zakariyyā > Abū al-Qāsim al-Jadalī > Abū Wḥaddathanā Yazīd b. Hārūn > Zakariyyā > Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥārith Abū al-Qāsim > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 662)   

أحمد:١٨٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجَدَلِيِّ قَالَ أَبِي وحَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَاللهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُلْزِقُ كَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَتِهِ وَمَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ» أَرَادَ بِهِ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ

ibnhibban:2176 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Hārūn b. Isḥāq > Ibn Abū Ghaniyyah > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abū al-Qāsim al-Jadalī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 662)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجَدَلِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَاللَّهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ» قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُلْزِقُ كَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَمَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِ صَاحِبِهِ  

bayhaqi:357 – Abū Ḥāzim al-ʿAbdawī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Aḥmad al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Salm b. Junādah > Wakīʿ > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abū al-Qāsim al-Jadalī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 662)   

البيهقي:٣٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْعَبْدَوِيُّ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْجَدَلِيُّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَاللهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُلْزِقُ كَعْبَهُ بِكَعْبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَةِ صَاحِبِهِ وَمَنْكِبَهُ بِمَنْكِبِهِ