al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 887
✧ How does the imam line up the rows?
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَخَلَّلُ الصَّفَّ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِهِ إِلَى نَاحِيَتِهِ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا وَصُدُورَنَا وَيَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ» وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Abū al-Aḥwaṣ
- Manṣūr
- Ṭalḥah
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwsajah
- al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pass through the row from one side to the other, wiping our shoulders and chests, and saying, "Do not differ, lest your hearts differ." And he used to say, "Allah and His angels send blessings upon the front rows."
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