حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ زَکَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْجُدَلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَکُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَاللَّهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَکُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِکُمْ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَلْزَقُ مَنْکِبَهُ بِمَنْکِبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَرُکْبَتَهُ بِرُکْبَةِ صَاحِبِهِ وَکَعْبَهُ بِکَعْبِهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 662
Al-Numan bin Bashir said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020