ESSENTIAL STEP BEFORE START OF PRAYER : JOINING SHOULDERS TO SHOULDERS AND FOOT TO FOOT:- Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, “Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back.” Anas added, “Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of his companion.” SAHIH Bukhari (Volume 1, Book 11, Hadith 692) Abu Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) used to touch our shoulders in prayer and say: Keep straight, don’t be irregular, for there would be dissension in your hearts. 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. Abu Mas’ud said: Now-a-days there is much dissension amongst you. Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0868 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0869 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0871 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0872 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0873 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0874 Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 0875 Narated By Abdullah ibn Umar : The Prophet (pbuh) said: Set the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be pliant in the hands of your brethren, and do not leave openings for the devil. If anyone joins up a row, Allah will join him up, but if anyone breaks a row, Allah will cut him off. Abu-Dawud Book 002, Hadith Number 0666. Narated By An-Nu’man ibn Bashir : The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when we were straight, he said: Allah is most great (takbir). Abu-Dawud Book 002, Hadith Number 0665. Narated By Al-Bara’ ibn Azib : The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) used to pass through the row from one side to the other; he used to set out chests and shoulders in order, and say: Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and His angels bless those who are near the first rows. Abu-Dawud Book 002, Hadith Number 0664. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The Prophet (pbuh) said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see thedevil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep. Abu-Dawud Book 002, Hadith Number 0667. Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to order the rows to be straightened, and when they had come to him and told him that the rows were straight he would say the takbir. Muwatta Imam-Malik Book 009, Hadith Number 047. Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle, Abu Suhayl ibn Malik, that his father said, “I was with Uthman ibn Affan when the iqama was said for the prayer and I was talking to him about being assigned a definite allowance by him. I continued talking to him while he was levelling some small stones with his sandals, and then some men that he had entrusted to straighten the rows came and told him that the rows were straight. He said to me, ‘Line up in the row,’ and then he said the takbir.” Muwatta Imam-Malik Book 009, Hadith Number 048. Muwatta Imam-Malik Book 005, Hadith Number 008.
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