A reading from *Riyad al-Salihin*.
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The reader: "It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 678Sahih (Al-Albani) Narrated by Muslim.
And it was narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him):Mishkat al-Masabih 1090 Narrated by Muslim.
And it was narrated from Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:Mishkat al-Masabih 1088 Narrated by Muslim. And it was narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 668Sahih (Al-Albani) Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And in the narration of al-Bukhari:Sahih al-Bukhari 723 ".
the best of the men’s row is the first and the worst of them is the last, but the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst of them is the first.
خير صفوف الرجال أولها، وشرها آخرها، وخير صفوف النساء آخرها، وشرها أولهاAnd it was narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him):
when God’s Messenger saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back he said to them, “Come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead. People will continue to keep to the back till God will put them at the back.”
أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى في أصحابه تأخرًا فقال لهم : تقدموا فأتموا بي، وليأتم بكم من بعدكم، لا يزال قوم يتأخرون حتى يؤخرهم اللهAnd it was narrated from Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
God’s Messenger used to touch our shoulders at the prayer and say, “Keep straight; do not be irregular and so have your hearts irregular. Let those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them."
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يمسح مناكبنا في الصلاة، ويقول : استووا ولا تختلفوا فتختلف قلوبكم، لِيَلِني منكم أولو الأحلام والنهى، ثم الذين يلونهم، ثم الذين يلونهمStraighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.
سووا صفوفكم، فإن تسوية الصف مِن تمام الصلاةAnd in the narration of al-Bukhari: