Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 813
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ " اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا اسْتَوُوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ " .
Translation
Abu Bakr ibn Nafi informed us: Bahz ibn Asad narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Thabit, from Anas, that the Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'Straighten your rows, straighten your rows, straighten your rows. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I see you behind me just as I see you in front of me.'