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bayhaqi:5190Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Abū Jaʿfar al-Razzāz > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah said, "Complete the first row, then the second, even if there is a deficiency in the back rows. He used to say, 'The best rows for men are the front rows, and the best rows for women are the back rows.'"  

البيهقي:٥١٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتِمُّوا الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ ثُمَّ الثَّانِي وَإِنْ كَانَ نَقْصٌ كَانَ فِي الْمُؤَخَّرِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا