Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

“Do not be irregular, so have your hearts irregular, and beware of tumult such as found in market”.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer.

I offered the Friday prayer along with Anas ibn Malik. We were pushed to the pillars (due to the crowd of people). We, therefore, stopped forward and backward. Anas then said: We used to avoid it (setting a row between the pillars) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

let those of your who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them.

Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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.