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Allah and His angels bless the first rows

Allah and His angels send blessings on those in the first rows.

Narrated by al-Bara ibn Azib

Allah and His angels send blessings upon the first rows.

Sunan Abi Dawud 664, Sunan an-Nasa'i 811

What this hadith teaches

Coming early to get a place in the first rows earns the blessings of Allah and the prayers of the angels.

Reference and grade

Grade
Sahih (al-Albani)
Narrator
al-Bara ibn Azib

The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث

لاَ تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الأُوَلِ

Arabic text of Sunan Abi Dawud 664, as given on sunnah.com.