رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1082
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- 92
Chapter 15
Chapter context: The Excellence of Standing in the First Row (In Salat)
- باب فضل الصف الأول والأمر بإتمام الصفوف الأُول، وتسويتها والتراص فيها
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Original Arabic
عن جابر بن سمرة، رضي الله عنهما، قال: خرج علينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: "ألا تصفون كما تصف الملائكة عند ربها؟" فقلنا: يا رسول الله وكيف تصف الملائكة عند ربها؟ قال: "يتمون الصفوف الأُول، ويتراصون في الصف" ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Jabir bin Samurah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us (once) and said, "Why do you not stand in rows as the angels do before their Rubb?" We asked: "O Messenger of Allah! how do the angels stand in rows before their Rubb?" He (ﷺ) replied, "They complete each row beginning with the first and filling all the gaps." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1082 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 9, The Book of Virtues, as in-book entry 92 under the chapter “The Excellence of Standing in the First Row (In Salat).”
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