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Sahih Muslim 440a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The best rows for men are the first rows, and the worst ones the last ones, and the best rows for women are the last ones and the worst ones…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا وَشَرُّهَا آخِرُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا أَوَّلُهَا»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The best rows for men are the first rows, and the worst ones the last ones, and the best rows for women are the last ones and the worst ones for them are the first ones.

মুহাম্মাদ ইবনু আল মুসান্না (রহঃ) হতে উক্ত সনদে ইবনু উলাইয়্যাহ এর হাদীসের অবিকল বর্ণনা করেছেন। তবে এতে এতটুকু অতিরিক্ত আছে, আয়িশাহ (রাযিঃ) বলেন, যদি মুহাম্মাদ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম তার উপর অবতীর্ণ ওয়াহীর কোন অংশ গোপন করতেন তবে তিনি এ আয়াতটি অবশ্য গোপন করতেনঃ "স্মরণ করুন, আল্লাহ যাকে অনুগ্রহ দান করেছেন এবং আপনিও যার [রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম এর পোষ্য পুত্র যায়দ] প্রতি অনুগ্রহ করেছেন আপনি তাকে বলেছিলেন "তুমি তোমার স্ত্রীর সাথে সম্পর্ক বজায় রাখ এবং আল্লাহকে ভয় কর।

আর আপনি আপনার অন্তরে গোপন করেছিলেন। অথচ আল্লাহ তা প্রকাশকারী। আপনি লোককে ভয় করছিলেন, অথচ আল্লাহকে ভয় করা আপনার জন্য অধিকতর সঙ্গত" (সূরাহু আল আহযাব ৩৩ঃ ৩৭)।

(اسماعیل کے بجائے ) عبدالوہاب نے کہا : ہمیں داود نے اسی طرح حدیث سنائی ( اسماعیل بن ابراہیم ) ابن علیہ سے بیان کی اور اس میں اضافہ کیا کہ ( حضرت عائشہؓ نے ) فرمایا : اگر محمدﷺ کسی ایک چیز کو جو آپ پر نازل کی گئی ، چھپانے والے ہوتے ، تو آپ یہ آیت چھپا لیتے : ’’ اور جب آپ اس شخص سے کہہ رہے تھے جس پر اللہ نے انعام فرمایا اور آپ نے ( بھی ) انعام فرمایا کہ اپنی بیوی کو اپنے پاس روکے رکھو اور اللہ سے ڈرو اور آپ اپنے جی میں وہ ہر چیز چھپا رہے تھے جسے اللہ ظاہر کرنا چاہتا تھا ،

آپ لوگوں ( کےطعن و تشنیع ) سے ڈر رہے تھے ، حالانکہ اللہ ہی سب سے زیادہ حقدار ہے کہ آپ اس سے ڈریں ۔ ‘ ‘

Bize Muhammed b. el-Müsenna da tahdis etti. Bize Abdulvehhab tahdis etti. Bize Davud bu isnad ile İbn Uleyye'nin hadisi rivayetine yakın olarak rivayet etti ve şunları ekledi: Aişe dedi ki: Eğer Muhammed (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) kendisine indirilenlerden bir şey gizlemiş olsaydı şu ayeti gizlerdi: "Hani sen Allah'ın kendisine nimet verdiği, senin de kendisine nimet ettiğin kimseye: Zevceni nikahında tut ve Allah'tan kork diyordu.

Allah'ın açığa çıkaracağı şeyi ise içinde gizliyor, insanlardan korkuyordu. Halbuki Allah'tan korkman daha uygundu." (Ahzab)

Sahih Muslim 440a, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 147. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the best, most rewardable, and most meritorious among the rows of men in prayer is the first one, as they are close to the Imām, can listen to his recitation better, and are remote from women. And the worst, the least rewardable, the least meritorious, and the farthest from what is required by the Shariah is the last row.

And the best among women's rows is the last one, for it is more concealing for them and farther from mixing with men, seeing them, and being tempted by them. The worst among their rows is the first one, given their closeness to men and exposure to temptation.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth urges men to hasten to perform acts of worship and to be in the first rows in prayer.
  • It is permissible for women to pray in the mosque with men in separate rows, provided they adhere to concealment and modesty.
  • If women gather in the mosque, they should stand in rows like the rows of men. They should not stand separately. Rather, they have to stand side by side in the row and fill the gaps, as in the rows of men.
  • The Hadīth shows the great care taken by the Shariah to urge women to stay away from men, even in places of worship.
  • People have varying merits based on their good deeds.
  • An-Nawawi said: As for the rows of men, they are generally subject to this rule: the best of them is always the first, and the worst of them is always the last. As for the rows of women, what is meant by the Hadīth are the rows of women who pray along with men. However, if they pray separately and not with men, then they are like men: the best of their rows is the first and the worst of them is the last.
  • An-Nawawi said: The commendable first row, which the Hadīths mention its merit and urge people to stand in, is the row right behind the Imām, whether those who stand in it come early or late, and whether it is separated by a room or the like or not.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Zuhayr ibn HarbTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Jarir ibn Abd al-HamidTold us, Third generation, died 187 AH
  4. 4Suhayl ibn Abi SalihFrom, Successor, died 138 AH
  5. 5Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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