Sahih Muslim 436a
Straightening The Rows; The Virtue Of The Front Row And Then The Next; Competing With One Another For The Front Row; The People Of Virtue Should Take Precedence And Be Closest To The Imam
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْغَطَفَانِيَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ
لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ
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Chain of narrators
- [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah
- Ghundar
- Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná and Ibn Bashhār
- Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar
- Shuʿbah
- ʿAmr b. Murrah
- Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd al-Ghaṭafānī
- al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Straighten your rows, or Allah would create dissension amongst you.
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Shahih al-Bukhari 717«لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ».
- Shahih Muslim 436bكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا يُسَوِّي بِهَا الْقِدَاحَ، حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّا قَدْ عَقَلْنَا عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَقَامَ حَتَّى كَادَ يُكَبِّرُ، فَرَأَى رَجُلاً بَادِيًا صَدْرُهُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ، فَقَال
- Misykatul Mashabih 1085عَن النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا يُسَوِّي بِهَا الْقِدَاحَ حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّا قَدْ عَقَلْنَا عَنْهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَقَامَ حَتَّى كَادَ
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 26812al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10290al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 19392al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 21709al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 6664Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11742
Narrators
- He and his parents had companionship with the Prophet (ṣuḥbah)d. 60 AH, or: 64 AH, or: 65 AH, or: 66 AHالنُّعْمَان بْن بَشِير الْأَنْصَارِيّله ولأبويه صحبةسمعت
- Trustworthy (thiqah), but he used to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) frequentlyd. 99 AH, Muṭayyan said: 100 AH, also said: 101 AH. Abū Nuʿaym said: 97 AH or 98 AH, and Ibn Ḥibbān said likewise in al-Thiqātسَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْغَطَفَانِيَّثقة وكان يرسل كثيراسمعت
- Trustworthy (thiqah), devout; he did not practice concealment (tadlīs), and he was accused of Irjāʾd. 118 AH, also said: before itعَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَثقة عابد كان لا يدلس ورمي بالإرجاءعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AHشُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقنحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 252 AH، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍثقةحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AHمُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه
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