أَتِمُّوا الصَّفَّ المُقَدَّمُ ثُمَّ الذَّي يَلِيهِ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ نَقْصٍ فَلْيَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّفِّ الْمُؤَخَّرِ

(حم د ن حب ابن خزيمة الضياء) عن أنس )

 It is reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

“Fill the first row, and then the next one after it, if (all rows cannot be filled), let the last row remain unfilled.” 

This hadeeth was given by Ahmad (3/132), Abu Dawood (671), al-Nasai (2/93), Ibn Hibban (2155), Ibn Husayma (1460), ad-Diya al-Maqdisi in al-Mukhtar ( 2378) according to Anas, may Allah be pleased with him. 

Sheikh al-Albani called the hadith authentic. See “Sahih al-Jami ‘as-sagir” (122), “Mishkatul-masabih” (1094), “Riyad-us-salihin” (1100).

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