Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 818
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَتِمُّوا الصَّفَّ الأَوَّلَ ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ نَقْصٌ فَلْيَكُنْ فِي الصَّفِّ الْمُؤَخَّرِ " .
Translation
Ismail ibn Masud informed us from Khalid, who said: Sa‘id narrated to us from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Complete the first row, then the one after it. If there is any shortfall, let it be in the last row.'