رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 1092
The Book of Virtues
The Excellence of Standing in the First Row (In Salat)
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ، رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: رُصُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ، وَقَارِبُوا بَيْنَهَا وَحَاذُوا الأعناق فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَرَى الشَّيْطَانَ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ خَلَلِ الصَّفِّ، كَأَنَّهَا الْحَذَفُ ((حَدِيث صَحِيح رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِإِسْنَادٍ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِم)).
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Stand close together in your rows, keep nearer to one another, and put your necks in line, for by Him in Whose Hands my soul is, I see the Satan entering through the opening in the row like Al- hadhaf (i.e., a type of small black sheep found in Yemen)." [Abu Dawud].
Riyad as-Salihin, 1092