Hadith on Salat: The Prophet straightens their prayer rows

Abu Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to touch our shoulders in the prayer rows, saying, “Be straight and not disjointed, lest your hearts conflict. Let the people of wisdom and prudence be next to me, then those after them, then those after them.” Abu Mas’ud said, “Yet, today you have become most severe in conflict.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 432

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَيَقُولُ اسْتَوُوا وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ فَأَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَشَدُّ اخْتِلَافًا

432 صحيح مسلم كتاب الصلاة باب تسوية الصفوف وإقامتها وفضل الأول فالأول

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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