Narrated by an-Nu'man ibn Bashir
You will straighten your rows, or Allah will cause differences between your faces.
Sahih al-Bukhari 717, Sahih Muslim 436
What this hadith teaches
The outward line affects the inner state: when shoulders are not level, hearts drift apart.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- an-Nu'man ibn Bashir
- Chapter
- Congregation and rows
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 717, as given on sunnah.com.