Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَوِّينَا فِي الصُّفُوفِ كَمَا تُقَوَّمُ الْقِدَاحُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنَّا قَدْ أَخَذْنَا ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ وَفَهِمْنَاهُ أَقْبَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِوَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُنْتَبِذٌ بِصَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَتُسَوُّنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِكُمْ.
English Translation
Bahz told us: Hammad b. Salama told us: Simak b. Harb informed us, from al-Nu'man b. Bashir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to straighten us in the rows just as arrows are straightened, until, when he thought we had learned this from him and understood it, one day he turned his face toward us, and there was a man whose chest was protruding, so he said: "You shall straighten your rows, or Allah will surely turn your faces against one another."