The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-01a
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The reciter: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, from Rab'i, from Hudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 522a, and he mentioned another characteristic.
The Shaykh : How does this add to what came before? "Our rows were made like the rows of the angels." It is as if the previous nations did not form rows in their prayer, or they formed rows that differed from the rows of the angels.
We have been made to excel (other) people in three (things): Our rows have been made like the rows of the angels and the whole earth has been made a mosque for us, and its dust has been made a purifier for us in case water is not available
فضلنا على الناس بثلاث جعلت صفوفنا كصفوف الملائكة وجعلت لنا الأرض كلها مسجدا وجعلت تربتها لنا طهورا إذا لم نجد الماءThe Shaykh : How does this add to what came before? "Our rows were made like the rows of the angels." It is as if the previous nations did not form rows in their prayer, or they formed rows that differed from the rows of the angels.