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What is the indication of these two hadiths: “Straighten your rows, for I see you…” and “By Allah, you will straighten your rows or Allah will cause discord among you…”?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the questioner says: What do these two hadiths indicate? The first is what Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He said: “Straighten your rows, for I see you from behind my back.” Then Anas said: I have seen one of us pressing his shoulder against his brother's shoulder and his foot against his brother's foot.قال أقيبوا صفوفكم فإني أراكم من وراء ظهري فقال أنس لقد رأيت أحدنا يلزق منكبه بمنكب صاحبه وقدمه بقدمه
The second is what al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face toward the people and said: “Straighten your rows” three times, and said: “By Allah, you will straighten your rows or Allah will cause discord among your hearts.” Al-Nu'man said: I saw a man pressing his shoulder against his brother's shoulder, his knee against his brother's knee, and his ankle against his brother's ankle.

Answer:
Yes, it is clear that aligning the rows and filling the gaps in them is required, indeed obligatory, so that there is no opening for Shaytan to slip through and distract them from their prayer. Do not leave an opening for Shaytan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [so] aligning the rows is without doubt, and adjusting the rows as in the hadith by aligning the shoulders and the ankles. This is the measure for adjusting the rows: if the shoulders are aligned and the ankles are aligned, that is their adjustment. And the matter of aligning is that one presses his shoulder against his brother's shoulder and his ankle against his brother's ankle. But that does not mean what we see from some of the brothers who laugh in prayer and take the place of two or three people, and bother the one next to him here and there.
No. He stands in a normal way and they get close to one another. Instead of you leaving a gap, let him get close to you. Let him get close to you, and there is no mat between you. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1506- 4717]ما دلالةهذين الحديثين(أقيموا صفوفكم فإني أراكم..)(والله لتقيمن صفوفكم أوليخالفن الله..)؟ — youtube.com

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