Reading the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he transmitted: "

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The reciter: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: "From al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

Do not be irregular

لتسون صفوفكم أو ليخالفن الله بين وجوهكم

Sunan Abi Dawud 663Sahih (Al-Albani)

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And in a narration by Muslim:

God’s Messenger used to straighten our rows as if he were trying to make them as straight as arrows until he saw that we had learned it from him. One day he came out, stood up, and was just about to say God is most great ’ when he saw a man whose chest projected from the row, so he said, “Servants of God, you must straighten your rows, or God will certainly put your faces in contrary directions."

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يسوي صفوفنا حتى كأنما يسوى بها القداح حتى إذا رأى أنا قد عقلنا عنه، ثم خرج يومًا فقام حتى كاد أن يكبر، فرأى رجلًا باديًا صدره، فقال: عباد الله لتسون صفوفكم أو ليخالفن الله بين وجوهكم

Mishkat al-Masabih 1085

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