People who complete the rows of congregational prayer.
The Angels send Salaat upon those, who join the lines and stand shoulder-to-shoulder and toe to-toe in congregational prayers while leaving no place in between. Two Ahadeeth from many on the subject have been quoted below, Aa’isha (radhi allahu anha) reports from the Messenger of Allah [S.A.W] , “Verily, Allah and His Angels send Salaat upon those who complete the rows, and whoever fills a gap (in a row), Allah will raise his status because of it.”
[Saheeh Sunan Ibn Majah]
… Imam Ibn Khuzaymah relates from Baraa ibn Azib [R.A] , “Allah’s Messenger [S.A.W] would walk from one corner of the row to the other and touch our chests and shoulders (in order to straighten our lines) and say, ‘Don’t split (your rows) (or Allah may) split your hearts.’[Saheeh at-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb]” Therefore, the Sahabah [R.A] used to preserve their lines of congregation.
Imam Bukharee (rahimahullah) records from Anas Ibn Malik [R.A] that Allah’s Messenger [S.A.W] said, “Straighten your rows, for I see you from behind my back.” Anas added, “Each one of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his footwith the foot of his companion.”
[Saheeh al-Bukharee]
Re: People who complete the rows of congregational prayer.
Peace sara09 --- Thank you for the post .... You know the touching of toes to toes can get rather annoying and distracting in prayer.
The feet should be straight facing forward - but many people stand with their feet splayed, probably in order to catch another Muslim by the toe :) ... Also, we should straighten our lines from our heels, because people have different sized feet ... touching toes will inevitably make the lines unstraight, but impossible if we observe the proper posture for prayer ... and when looking at hadith regarding the contact - some refer just to the shoulders and others refer to ankles ... not the toes ... I hope soon others can come around to this way of thinking ... I'm quite happy to touch the side of the feet with my own ... and I believe this is how it should be understood.
Re: People who complete the rows of congregational prayer.
Peace all,
Most of 'Imam' before starting 'Jamaat' says, touch toes to toes and donot let the space for 'shaitan', and pplz keep it touched in prayers. I think we become use to this so thats why we don't get annoy nor distracted.s
