well known in psychology and is indicated in An-Nu‘man’s narration. Getting close to each other in Sal?t inserts deeply in one’s heart the feelings of mutual love and corporation with others; the poor next to the rich, all in one row, their like is the like of a solid well - built structure.

(d) They would loose the great reward for connecting rows which is stated in many ah?d?th, such as: ‘Verily, All?h ( - عز وجل -) and his angels send their Sal?t [forgiveness, mercy, Du‘?’ ... ect.] on those who connect rows’. (1)

In another had?th, he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘Whoever connects a row, All?h ( - عز وجل -) will keep him close to Him [with His Mercy ... ]’. (2) A third had?th states: ‘The best amongst you are those whose shoulders are the most flexible [when standing in the rows in Sal?t]. The best step one could ever make and for which gains the greatest reward is the one taken to a front row to fill a gab in it’. (3)

The last had?th includes:

[3/ 33] an advice for those muslims -especially the old- who detest standing by other muslims’ sides in the rows. Whenever an earnest muslim, who is keen to follow the Sunnah, tries to fill a gab in the row, they step backwards to the one next to it. Let such people remember the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) ah?d?th such as: ‘The best amongst you are those whose shoulders are the most flexible [when standing in the rows]’, and ‘Be flexible when being