حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سِمَاکِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّينَا فِي الصُّفُوفِ کَمَا يُقَوَّمُ الْقِدْحُ حَتَّی إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنْ قَدْ أَخَذْنَا ذَلِکَ عَنْهُ وَفَقِهْنَا أَقْبَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِوَجْهِهِ إِذَا رَجُلٌ مُنْتَبِذٌ بِصَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَکُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِکُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 663
Al-Numan bin Bashir said: the prophet ﷺ used to straighten us in the rows of prayer as the arrow is straightened, until he thought that we had learned it from him and understood it. One day he turned towards us, and shoulders in order, and say; Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and his Angels bless those who near the first rows.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020