Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 3

تفرح أبواب الصفوف

Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Safoof)

24 hadith · 8 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِChapter: Straightening The Rows.2باب الصُّفُوفِ بَيْنَ السَّوَارِيChapter: Rows Between The Pillars.3باب مَنْ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَلِيَ الإِمَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ وَكَرَاهِيَةِ التَّأَخُّرِChapter: Who Is Encouraged To Pray Behind The Imam, And The Dislike Of Distancing Oneself (From The Imam).4باب مُقَامِ الصِّبْيَانِ مِنَ الصَّفِّChapter: The Place Of Children In The Rows.5باب صَفِّ النِّسَاءِ وَكَرَاهِيَةِ التَّأَخُّرِ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِChapter: Rows For Women, And Their Distance From The First Row.6باب مُقَامِ الإِمَامِ مِنَ الصَّفِّChapter: The Position That The Imam Should Have In Relation To The Rows.7باب الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي وَحْدَهُ خَلْفَ الصَّفِّChapter: A Man Prays By Himself Behind The Row.8باب الرَّجُلِ يَرْكَعُ دُونَ الصَّفِّChapter: A Person Bows Outside Of The Row.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 661أَلَا تَصُفُّونَ كَمَا تَصُفُّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ؟ قُلْنَا : وَكَيْفَ تَصُفُّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ ؟ قَالَ : يُتِمُّونَ الصُّفُوفَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ وَيَتَرَاصُّونَ فِي الصَّفِّJabir bin Samurah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord? We asked: how do the angles stand in rows in the presence of their Lord? He replied:6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 662أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا ، وَاللَّهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْAl-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 c5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 663لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْAl-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 shou4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 664كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَخَلَّلُ الصَّفَّ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ يَمْسَحُ صُدُورَنَا وَمَنَاكِبَنَا ، وَيَقُولُ : لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ : إNarrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: 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 His7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 665كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا إِذَا قُمْنَا لِلصَّلَاةِ ، فَإِذَا اسْتَوَيْنَا كَبَّرَNarrated An-Numan ibn Bashir: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when we were straight, he said: Allah is most great (takbir).5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 666أَقِيمُوا الصُّفُوفَ وَحَاذُوا بَيْنَ الْمَنَاكِبِ وَسُدُّوا الْخَلَلَ وَلِينُوا بِأَيْدِي إِخْوَانِكُمْ ، لَمْ يَقُلْ عِيسَى : بِأَيْدِي إِخْوَانِكُمْ ، وَلَا تَذَرُوا فُرُجَاتٍ لِلشَّيْطَانِ ، وَمَنْ وَصَلَ صَفًّا وَصَNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said: Set the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be pliant in the hands of your brethren, and do not leave openings for the devil. If anyone joins up a ro11 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 667رُصُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ وَقَارِبُوا بَيْنَهَا وَحَاذُوا بِالْأَعْنَاقِ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَى الشَّيْطَانَ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ خَلَلِ الصَّفِّ كَأَنَّهَا الْحَذَفُNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the 4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 668سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصَّفِّ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِAnas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 669حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ صَاحِبِ الْمَقْصُورَةِ ، قَالَ : صَلَّMuhammad bin Muslim bin al-Saib said: one day I prayed by the side of Anas bin Malik. He said ; Do you know why this stick is placed here ? I said: No, by Allah. He said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to put his hand upo5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 670حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَThis tradition has also ben transmitted by Anas through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes: when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for prayer, he took it (the stick) in his right hand and turning (to the r5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 671أَتِمُّوا الصَّفَّ الْمُقَدَّمَ ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ ، فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ نَقْصٍ فَلْيَكُنْ فِي الصَّفِّ الْمُؤَخَّرِNarrated Anas ibn Malik: 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.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 672خِيَارُكُمْ أَلْيَنُكُمْ مَنَاكِبَ فِي الصَّلَاةِNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer.6 narrators