As for the topic of today's lesson, it is about the rows: Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
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The Shaykh : As for the topic of today's lesson, it is about the rows: Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 678Sahih (Al-Albani) : This is because the rows of women are behind the men; this is the Sunnah. If the front row is close to the men, it is the worst for them, and the back row is far from the men, so it is the best for them.
As for the men, the further forward they are, the better, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against lagging behind:Sunan Ibn Majah 978Sahih (Darussalam) : This is serious; as a person lags behind from the first or second row to the third, or from the third to the fourth, Allah places in his heart a love of lagging behind in every righteous deed, may Allah protect us from that. Therefore, he said: Sunan Ibn Majah 978Sahih (Darussalam) , so you, my brother, should move forward to the first row, then the first.
And his saying in the hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 678Sahih (Al-Albani) : This is provided that the women are not in a place specifically for them; if they are, then the best of their rows is the front one, because it is closest to the imam and there is no harm in it, because they are far from the men, so there is no harm in that.
Then he mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to straighten the shoulders of his companions when straightening the rows; their shoulders means their shoulders, and he would say:Sahih Muslim 432a : This means that the unevenness of people, some being forward and some being back, causes their hearts to become uneven. This is as in the rows of prayer, and it is also as we mentioned a little while ago, when a person moves forward to the row behind his brothers after the taslim; then it is feared that hearts will become uneven because of it.
And the last of the hadiths: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the straightening of the rows and said:Sunan Abi Dawud 668Sahih (Al-Albani) , and it is so, and in a narration: Sunan Ibn Majah 993Sahih (Darussalam) And success is from Allah.
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 أولهاAs for the men, the further forward they are, the better, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against lagging behind:
If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.
لا يزال قوم يتأخرون حتى يؤخرهم اللهIf people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.
لا يزال قوم يتأخرون حتى يؤخرهم اللهAnd his saying in the hadith:
the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst of them is the first
خير صفوف النساء آخرها وشرها أولهاThen he mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to straighten the shoulders of his companions when straightening the rows; their shoulders means their shoulders, and he would say:
Keep straight, don't be irregular, for there would be dissension in your hearts.
استووا ولا تختلفوا فتختلف قلوبكمAnd the last of the hadiths: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the straightening of the rows and said: