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hakim:2113Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd b. Zarbī > Ḥammād > Ṭalḥah al-Hamdānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to us after the prayer was established, and he would wipe our shoulders and say, "Arrange your rows and do not differ, for your hearts may differ. Let those among you who have knowledge and authority lead, and beautify the Quran with your voices. Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the front line."  

الحاكم:٢١١٣فَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَرْبِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَيَمْسَحُ عَوَاتِقَنَا وَيَقُولُ «أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَلْيَلِيَنِّي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى وَزَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
nasai:811Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go between the rows from one side to another, patting our shoulders and chests and saying: 'Do not make your rows ragged or your hearts will be filled with enmity toward one another.' And he used to say: 'Allah and His angels send Salah upon the front rows."'  

النسائي:٨١١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَخَلَّلُ الصُّفُوفَ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا وَيَقُولُ لاَ تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ  

hakim:2112Muḥammad b. Saʿd al-ʿAwfī > Abū Badr Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Zubayd al-Yāmī > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah al-Tamīmī > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he used to come to the back of the row to the last position and even out the chests and shoulders of the people, and he would say, "Do not differ, lest your hearts differ. Verily, Allah and His angels pray upon the first ranks."  

الحاكم:٢١١٢فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَوْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَدْرٍ شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زُبَيْدٍ الْيَامِيُّ ثنا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي نَاحِيَةَ الصَّفِّ إِلَى النَّاحِيَةِ الْقُصْوَى يُسَوِّي مِنْ صُدُورِ الْقَوْمِ وَمَنَاكِبِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْأُوَلِ»  

hakim:2115Muḥammad b. Ghālib > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. al-Nuʿmān > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah from his father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say, "Do not differ, lest your hearts differ. Verily, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the first row, and beautify the Quran with your voices."  

الحاكم:٢١١٥فَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ وَزَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ مَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَعَ اسْتِغْفَارِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لِلْمُصَلِّي فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ

ibnhibban:2157Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Zubayd al-Iyāmī > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The translation of the given text is:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to us and would wipe our shoulders and chests and say, "Do not let your rows differ, for then your hearts will differ. Indeed, Allah and His angels send prayers upon the first row."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ سَمِعْتُ زُبَيْدًا الْإِيَامِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا فَيَمْسَحُ عَوَاتِقَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا وَيَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفْ صُفُوفُكُمْ فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ»  

ذِكْرُ مَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَعَ اسْتِغْفَارِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْمُبْتَرَةِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مُقَدَّمَةً

ibnhibban:2161Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd Imlāʾ > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Ṭalḥah al-Iyāmī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pass through the row from one side to the other; he used to set out chests and shoulders in order, and say: Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and His angels bless those who are near the first rows. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 664)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ إِمْلَاءً حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْإِيَامِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا وَيَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اخْتِلَافِ الْمَأْمُومِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ عَلَى إِمَامِهِ

ibnhibban:2178al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar > Abū Masʿūd

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to gently pat our shoulders (to make sure the row was straight) at the time of prayer, saying: ‘Keep (the rows) straight, do not differ from one another lest your hearts should suffer from discord. Let those who are forbearing and wise stand closest to me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 976)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي * مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَيَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَلْيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ»  

bayhaqi:5196[Chain 1] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥārithī > Abū Usāmah > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[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."  

البيهقي:٥١٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدٌ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحَارِثِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ مُصَرِّفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْسَجَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

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