Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبَى إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَغَيْرُهُ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبا مَالِكٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ أنبأ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَبِي عَامِرٍ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ قَلَّمَا يَدَعُ ذَلِكَ إِذَا خَطَبَ إِذَا قَامَ الْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْتَمِعُوا وَأَنْصِتُوا فَإِنَّ لِلْمُنْصِتِ الَّذِي لَا يَسْمَعُ فِي الْحَظِّ مِثْلَ مَا لِلسَّامِعِ الْمُنْصِتِ فَإِذَا قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَاعْدِلُوا الصُّفُوفَ وَحَاذُوا بِالْمَنَاكِبِ فَإِنَّ اعْتِدَالَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ لَا يُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ رِجَالٌ قَدْ وَكَّلَهُمْ بِتَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ فَيُخْبِرُونَهُ أَنْ قَدِ اسْتَوَتْ فَيُكَبِّرُ
English Translation
Abu Zakariyya ibn Abi Ishaq al-Muzakki and others informed us... from al-Shafi'i... from Malik... from Abu al-Nadr the freed slave of 'Umar ibn 'Abdullah, from Malik ibn 'Amir who narrated that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say in his sermon - he rarely omitted it when he gave a sermon: 'When the imam stands to deliver the sermon on Friday, listen and remain silent. For the one who listens silently even without hearing has the same share of reward as the one who listens and hears. And when the prayer is established, straighten the rows and align the shoulders, for the straightening of the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer.' Then he would not say the takbir (to begin the prayer) until men he had appointed would come to him and inform him that the rows were straight.