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IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PRAYER ROWS STRAIGHT

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“Keep your rows straight during prayers, if you do not Allah will create dissension among you.

The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, insisted that we keep our rows straight to the extent that they were as straight as arrows. He continued to emphasize this till he felt sure we had realized its importance.

One day he came into the mosque to lead the prayer and as he was about to pronounce the opening takbir (Allahu Akbar) he noticed the chest of one of the worshipers protruding out of the line and said: ‘Worshipers of Allah, keep your rows straight or else Allah will create dissension among you.’”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Nu'man son of Bashir who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.