32 - Chapter: Mentioning the best of the women's rows and the worst of the men's rows

820 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: Jarir narrated to us, from Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The best of the men's rows is the first of them, and the worst of them is the last of them. And the best of the women's rows is the last of them, and the worst of them is the first of them."(1)

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= "gaps for Satan."

And Ahmad (5724) narrated it from Harun ibn Ma'ruf, from Abdullah ibn Wahb, through him, and in it is the aforementioned addition.

And Abu Dawud narrated it, joined with the previous narration, from Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, from Mu'awiyah ibn Salih, from Abu al-Zahiriyyah, from Kathir ibn Murrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as a mursal narration, without mentioning Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Jarir: he is Ibn Abd al-Hamid, and Suhayl: he is Ibn Abi Salih, and the name of his father is Dhakwan. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (896).

And Muslim (440) narrated it from Zuhayr ibn Harb, from Jarir, with this chain of transmission.

And Ahmad (8428), (8644), and (8798), Muslim (440), Abu Dawud (678), al-Tirmidhi (224), and Ibn Majah (1000) narrated it through various paths from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, with it. Al-Tirmidhi said: A hasan sahih hadith.

And Ahmad (7362) narrated it through the path of Sa'id al-Maqburi, and (8486) through the path of Muhammad ibn Ajlan, from his father, and (10290), and Ibn Majah (1000), and Ibn Hibban (2179) through the path of al-Ala' ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ya'qub al-Huraqi, from his father — all three of them from Abu Hurayrah, with it.

Al-Sindi said: "The best of the men's rows" means: the most abundant in reward, "and the worst of them" means: the least in reward. And with women it is the opposite. That is because the proximity of the breaths of men to women is feared to cause distraction — the woman distracting the man, and the man distracting the woman. Then this detail regarding the rows of men is general in its application, and regarding the rows of women it applies when there is mixing with men. Thus it has been said. And it is possible to apply it generally for the sake of observing modesty, so reflect. And Allah knows best.