Volume 1, Book 11, Number 687:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once the Iqama was pronounced and Allah’s Apostle faced us and said, “Straighten your rows and
stand closer together, for I see you from behind my back.’
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 688:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an abdominal disease,
or of being buried alive by a falling building.” And then he added, “If the people knew the Reward for
the Zuhr prayer in its early time, they would race for it. If they knew the reward for the ‘Isha’ and the
Fajr prayers in congregation, they would join them even if they had to crawl. If they knew the re –
ward for the first row, they would draw lots for it.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 689:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The Imam is (appointed) to be followed. So do not differ from him, bow when
he bows, and say, “Rabbana-lakal hamd” if he says “Sami’a-l-lahu Liman hamida”; and if he pros –
trates, prostrate (after him), and if he prays sitting, pray sitting all together, and straighten the rows
for the prayer, as the straightening of the rows is amongst those things which make your prayer a
correct and perfect one. (See Hadith No. 657).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 690:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Straighten your rows as the straightening of rows is essential for a perfect and
correct prayer. ”
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Volume 1, Book 11, Number 691:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
I arrived at Medina and was asked whether I found any change since the days of Allah’s Apostle. I
said, “I have not found any change except that you do not stand in alignment in your prayers.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 692:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back.” Anas added, “Every –
one of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of
his companion.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 678:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet, said, “Whenever I start the prayer I intend to prolong it, but on hearing the cries of a
child, I cut short the prayer because I know that the cries of the child will incite its mother’s pas –
sions.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 679:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
Mu’adh used to pray with the Prophet and then go and lead his people (tribe) in the prayer.