237 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten the rows in prayer, for straightening the rows is part of the excellence of prayer."
أحمد 8155SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of establishing the prayer."
الأعظمي 2320SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of establishing the prayer."
البخاري 723SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Part of performing the prayer well is straightening the rows."
أحمد 12231SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer."
أحمد 14096SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straightening the rows is part of perfecting the prayer."
الأعظمي 2332HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of performing the prayer well." Abu Qatan narrated, "I heard Shuba reporting from Qatada, but he did not raise it to the Prophet, so I assumed he meant…
أحمد 13900SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten the rows as precisely as arrows or spears are aligned.
أحمد 18376HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of prayer."
أحمد 12841SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer."
أحمد 12813SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Straighten the rows in prayer, for straightening the rows is part of the excellence of prayer."
الأعظمي 2326Sahih"Straighten your rows, for straightening the row is part of the perfection of prayer." Abdullah said, "I think this is from the Prophet ﷺ, and I believe I have dropped it."
أحمد 13664SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the row is part of the completeness of the prayer."
أبو داود 668SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer."
أحمد 13899SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the row is part of the completeness of the prayer."
أحمد 13969SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the row is part of the completeness of the prayer."
مسلم 975SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Complete your rows, for straightening the row is part of the perfection of the prayer."
أحمد 13901SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Part of completing the prayer is straightening the rows."
أحمد 14454HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer."
ابن ماجه 993SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten the rows as precisely as spears or arrow shafts are aligned.
أحمد 18385SahihFrom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he mentioned several hadith, among them that he said, "Straighten the rows in prayer, for straightening the rows is part of the excellence of prayer."
مسلم 977SahihAnas reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Complete the front row, then the one after it, and let any shortfall be in the last row." Qatada said that he used to say, "Complete the front row, then the one after it, and if there is any…
أحمد 13440SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Complete the first row, then the one behind it. If there is to be any shortage, let it be in the last row."
أحمد 13247SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete the first row, then the one behind it, and if there must be any shortfall, let it be in the last row."
أحمد 12352SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete the front row first, then the one behind it. Whatever shortage remains, let it be in the last row."
الأعظمي 2325SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Complete the front row first, then the one behind it, and let any shortage be in the rearmost row."
أحمد 13439SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete the first row, then the one that follows it, and if there is to be any shortage, let it be in the last row."
النسائي 819SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete the front row first, then the one behind it. Whatever shortage there is, let it be in the last row."
أبو داود 671SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Straighten your rows in prayer, or Allah will set your faces against one another."
أحمد 18440SahihWe said to Anas bin Malik, "What do you find changed about our condition compared to the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He replied, "I find that you do not straighten the rows in prayer."
أحمد 12109SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to align our shoulders in the prayer.
الأعظمي 2333HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Straighten your rows properly in prayer. The best of the men's rows in prayer is the first, and the worst is the last. The best of the women's rows in prayer is the last, and the worst is the first."
أحمد 10290SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten our shoulders in the prayer, saying, "Stand evenly and do not differ, for then your hearts will differ. Let those of maturity and understanding stand directly behind me, then those next to them,…
الأعظمي 2328SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten our shoulders during the prayer, saying, "Stand evenly and do not differ, lest your hearts differ. Let those of maturity and understanding stand directly behind me, then those next to them, then…
مسلم 972SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "So-and-so prays at night, but when morning comes, he steals." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "What he recites will soon restrain him."
أحمد 9778SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Be straight, be moderate, and keep working. The best of your deeds is prayer, and none maintains his ablution except a believer."
الأعظمي 1570HasanHe narrated that he set out as a delegate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "We prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ, and out of the corner of his eye he noticed a man who was not straightening his back during the bowing and prostration." When…
أحمد 16297SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When one of you becomes drowsy while in the mosque, let him move from his seat to another."
أبو داود 1119HasanI heard Abu al-Ahwas, the freed slave of Banu Layth, narrating to us in the gathering of Ibn al-Musayyab, while Ibn al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he heard Abu Dharr say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you stands for…
أحمد 21332SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "If any of you knew what burden he takes upon himself by passing in front of his brother while he is praying, standing for a hundred years would be better for him than the single step he took."
ابن ماجه 946DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man's prayer is not valid unless he straightens his back during the bowing and prostration."
الأعظمي 2055SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah [[r4]] does not look at the prayer of a servant who does not straighten his back between its bowing and its prostration."
أحمد 16283DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Is any one of you unable, after completing his prayer, to step forward, or step back, or move to his right, or to his left?"
أحمد 9496DaifHe attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ, "When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so let him not wipe away the pebbles."
أحمد 21330SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said in a long hadith, "Allah has commanded you to pray, so when you pray do not turn your faces away, for Allah sets His face directly toward the face of His servant during his prayer as long as he does not turn away."
الأعظمي 2605SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man's prayer is not valid until he straightens his back in bowing and prostration."
أبو داود 855SahihIt is from the sunnah of prayer that you lay your left foot flat and keep your right foot upright.
أبو داود 959SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer of one who prays sitting is half the reward of the prayer of one who prays standing."
أحمد 25850HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed three times for the front row and once for the row behind it.
أحمد 17162SahihThey sent me to Zayd bin Khalid to ask him about passing in front of someone who is praying. He informed me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "For a person to stand for forty is better for him than to pass in front of him." Sufyan said, "I do not…
ابن ماجه 944SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Be straight, be moderate, act, and choose the best. Know that the finest of your deeds is the prayer, and none preserves wudu except a believer."
أحمد 22433SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so let him not wipe away the pebbles." In another narration, "Let him not touch the pebbles."
الأعظمي 2644HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah does not look at the prayer of a man who does not straighten his back between his bowing and his prostration."
أحمد 10799HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Instruct your children to pray when they are seven years old, discipline them for neglecting it when they are ten, and separate them in their sleeping places."
الأعظمي 2357HasanI performed Hajj during the time of Uthman bin Affan, and I sat down in the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ. There was a man relating to the people, who said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day when a man came forward and prayed by this…
أحمد 17243DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer of one who prays sitting is half the reward of the prayer of one who prays standing."
أحمد 25849HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you stands to pray, let him not wipe the pebbles, for mercy is facing him."
الترمذي 379HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Do not slump down between the two prostrations."
ابن ماجه 894DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No prayer is valid in which a man does not straighten his back during the bowing and prostration."
النسائي 1112SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to keep the prayer brief while still performing it completely.
الأعظمي 2264Sahih