Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 543
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مَنْجُوفٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْنُ بْنُ كَهْمَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، كَهْمَسٍ قَالَ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ بِمِنًى وَالإِمَامُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ فَقَعَدَ بَعْضُنَا فَقَالَ لِي شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ مَا يُقْعِدُكَ قُلْتُ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ . قَالَ هَذَا السُّمُودُ . فَقَالَ لِي الشَّيْخُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَقُومُ فِي الصُّفُوفِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَوِيلاً قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ قَالَ وَقَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ الصُّفُوفَ الأُوَلَ وَمَا مِنْ خَطْوَةٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ خَطْوَةٍ يَمْشِيهَا يَصِلُ بِهَا صَفًّا " .
Ahmad ibn ʿAli ibn Suwayd ibn Manjuf al-Sadusi narrated to us: ʿAwn ibn Kahmas narrated to us, from his father Kahmas, who said: We stood for prayer at Mina while the imam had not yet come out. Some of us sat down. A shaykh from Kufa said to me: ‘What has made you sit?’ I replied: ‘Ibn Buraydah.’ He said: ‘This is al-sumud.’ The shaykh then said: ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAwsajah narrated to me, from al-Baraʾ ibn ʿAzib, who said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we would stand in rows for a long time before he said the opening takbir. He also said: ‘Allah and His angels bless those nearest to the front rows. No step is more beloved to Allah than a step a person takes to join a row.’