Straighten Your Rows! (Ahadith 685-692)

Salam,
Bismillah.

Hadith no. 684 is a repeat. Read it here.

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 685:

Narrated An-Nu’man bin ‘Bashir:

The Prophet said, “Straighten your rows or Allah will alter your faces.”

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 686:

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet said, “Straighten your rows, for I see you from behind my back.”

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.”

Read Hadith no. 688 here and Hadith no. 689 here.

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. “

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, “Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of his companion.”

Need I say more?

Wassalam.