Straighten your rows, for indeed, straightening the row is from the perfection of the prayer
Narrator in the source: Anas
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Straighten your rows, for indeed, straightening the row is from the perfection of the prayer."- Grade in the source
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Original Arabic wording
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ».Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) commands those who perform the prayer to straighten their rows, not being forward or backward from the row, and that straightening the rows is part of the completion and perfection of the prayer, whereas the crookedness of the row is a flaw and deficiency in the prayer.
Lessons from the hadith
- Permissibility of paying attention to whatever leads to perfecting the prayer and keeps it far from deficiency.
- Wisdom of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in teaching as he joined the ruling with its cause to clarify the rationale behind the legislation and encourage people to comply.
References (original Arabic)
صحيح البخاري (1/ 145) (723). صحيح مسلم (1/ 324) (433). تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام، للبسام (ص127). تنبيه الأفهام شرح عمدة الأحكام، لابن عثيمين (1/ 161). الإفهام في شرح عمدة الأحكام، لابن باز (ص173).