Hadith #62
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّينَا فِي الصُّفُوفِ كَمَا تُقَوَّم
ُ الْقِدَاحُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنَّا قَدْ أَخَذْنَا ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ وَفَهِمْنَاهُ أَقْبَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِوَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُنْتَبِذٌ بِصَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ
Isnad Chain
حماد بن سلمة
سماك بن حرب
النعمان بن بشير
English Translation
Bahz narrated to us: Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us: Simāk ibn Ḥarb informed us, from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr رضي الله عنه who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten us in the rows as arrows are straightened, until he thought we had learned it from him and understood. Then one day he turned his face and there was a man whose chest was protruding from the row. He said: 'You shall straighten your rows or Allah will cause discord among your faces.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 62
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17700
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54090