10/21. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 805 — Men and Women in Prayer Rows
Where an Imam should stand when there is a boy and a woman with him
Hadith About Men and Women Standing in Prayer Rows
Sunan an-Nasai : 805
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 805
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ صَلَّى بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْمَرْأَةُ خَلْفَنَا .
Anas Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led me and a woman from my family in prayer. He made me to stand on his right and the woman to stand behind us.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 805In-book reference : Book 10, Hadith 29English translation : Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 806
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 805
This Hadith about men and women in prayer rows is a short but clear report from Anas. He said that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) led him and a woman from his family in prayer. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) made Anas stand on his right, and the woman stood behind them. This is closely connected to searches such as prayer rows hadith, woman standing behind imam, and standing on the right of the imam. The text does not give extra details about who the woman was, the time of prayer, or the number of Rak'ahs. Its teaching is in the arrangement: one male follower stood at the imam’s right side, while the woman stood behind them during that prayer.
What we learn from this hadith
- Anas stood on the right side of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) in this prayer.
- The woman from Anas’s family stood behind them.
- The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) guided the prayer arrangement himself.
- Small congregational prayers still had an ordered row structure.
