Hadith #44
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ مَنَاكِبَنَا
فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ وَيَقُولُ اسْتَوُوا وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ لِيَلِيَنِّي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ فَأَنْتُمْ الْيَوْمَ أَشَدُّ اخْتِلَافًا
English Translation
Wakīʿ and Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, they said: al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from ʿUmārah ibn ʿUmayr al-Taymī, from Abū Maʿmar ʿAbdullāh ibn Sakhbarah al-Azdī, from Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī رضي الله عنه, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to touch our shoulders during prayer — Wakīʿ said — and would say: "Straighten your rows and do not differ, lest your hearts differ. Let those of you who are mature and intelligent stand closest to me, then those next to them, then those next to them." Abū Masʿūd said: "Today you differ even more."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 44
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16482
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52872