amongst your brothers’. (1) May All?h ( - عز وجل -) benefit muslims with these ah?d?th.

Having mentioned the previous had?th, Ibn Al-Hum?m said: ... ‘ ... accordingly, those who stick to their places and make no space for others in the rows -believing that doing so is an act of hypocrisy- lack the proper knowledge about the rulings of religion. On the contrary, doing such an act helps others gain more rewards and establishes the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) order -stated in many ah?d?th- i.e. filling gaps in the rows’. (2)

[4/ 33] The had?th also mentions the superiority of walking forward to the front rows to fill their gabs -even if one is occupied with Sal?t. If none from behind fills a gab in the row, the one -the gab next to him- could do so by shifting to the left if one is standing to the right side of the Im?m and to the right, if standing to his left.

This is clearly stated in the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) had?th that runs as follows:

‘Straighten your rows, and make them close to each other for by Him in whose hands my soul is; I can see Shait?n passes through the gabs like the Hathaf do’. (3)

The hathaf are small black sheep that have neither tails nor ears- as defined in “Al-Q?m?s”.

The aforementioned had?th attracts our attention to the mistake some people do when standing for Sal?t which is making rows far away from each other. Indeed, there is no might but with All?h ( - عز وجل -).