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nasai:813 – Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ > Bahz b. Asad > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

"Make your rows straight, make your rows straight, make your rows straight. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! I can see you behind me as I can see you in front of me."  

النسائي:٨١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
ahmad:14053 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Stand up, stand up, for by Allah, I see you from behind me as I see you from in front of me.'"  

أحمد:١٤٠٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ  

ahmad:13838 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Stand up, stand up! By Allah, I can see you from behind me as I see you from in front of me."  

أحمد:١٣٨٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ  

nasai-kubra:889 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Nāfiʿ Baṣrī > Bahz b. Asad > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

"Make your rows straight, make your rows straight, make your rows straight. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! I can see you behind me as I can see you in front of me." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 813)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ بَصْرِيٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ»  

suyuti:3145a –

"Make your rows straight, make your rows straight, make your rows straight. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! I can see you behind me as I can see you in front of me." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 813)   

السيوطي:٣١٤٥a –

"استَوُوا، استُووا، استوُوا، واستَقِيمُوا، فوالذي نَفْسِى بيدِهِ لإِنِّى لأراكم من خَلفِى كما أراكم من بين يَدَى".  

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