Anas reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.
Read More..Muhammad 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 صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to put his hand upon it and say: Keep straight and straighten your rows.
Read More..This tradition has also ben transmitted by Anas through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes: when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood for prayer, he took it (the stick) in his right hand and turning (to the right side) said; keep straight and straighten your rows. He then took it in his left hand and said; keep straight and straighten your rows.
Read More..Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer.
Read More..Narrated AbdulHamid ibn Mahmud: 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 صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
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