Sunan Ibn Majah 998
The virtue of the front rows
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ثَوْرٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلاَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
لَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ لَكَانَتْ قُرْعَةٌ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Thawr Ibrāhīm b. Khālid
- Abū Qaṭan
- Shuʿbah
- Qatādah
- Khilās
- Abū Rāfiʿ
- Abū Hurayrah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If they knew what (goodness) there is in the first row, they would cast lots for it.’”
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |