LessonsPurification, Sincerity in Prayer, Frequent Prostration, and Straightening the Rows (Accounts 2–5)Quiz

وَعَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا، حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا يُسَوِّي بِهَا الْقِدَاحَ، حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّا قَدْ عَقَلْنَا عَنْهُ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا، فَقَامَ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ، فَرَأَى رَجُلًا بَادِيًا صَدْرُهُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ
Translation: Nuʿman ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would straighten our rows as carefully as arrow-shafts until he saw that we had understood. One day, just before he was about to say the opening takbir, he noticed a man whose chest protruded from the row.

Nuʿman ibn Bashir reports that the Prophet ﷺ would straighten the congregational rows as carefully as arrow-shafts are made even. He continued this practice until the companions understood the instruction. One day, just before the opening takbir, he noticed a man whose chest projected out of the row.

يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا means “he straightened our rows.” الْقِدَاحَ here refers to arrow-shafts. The comparison conveys careful alignment, not the creation of a separate ritual act.

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Account 5: Straightening the prayer rows

Purification, Sincerity in Prayer, Frequent Prostration, and Straightening the Rows (Accounts 2–5)

وَعَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا، حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا يُسَوِّي بِهَا الْقِدَاحَ، حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّا قَدْ عَقَلْنَا عَنْهُ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا، فَقَامَ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ، فَرَأَى رَجُلًا بَادِيًا صَدْرُهُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ
Translation: Nuʿman ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would straighten our rows as carefully as arrow-shafts until he saw that we had understood. One day, just before he was about to say the opening takbir, he noticed a man whose chest protruded from the row.

Nuʿman ibn Bashir reports that the Prophet ﷺ would straighten the congregational rows as carefully as arrow-shafts are made even. He continued this practice until the companions understood the instruction. One day, just before the opening takbir, he noticed a man whose chest projected out of the row.

يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا means “he straightened our rows.” الْقِدَاحَ here refers to arrow-shafts. The comparison conveys careful alignment, not the creation of a separate ritual act.