Weak
graded by Al-Albani
Mishkat al-Masabih 1103
Narrator:Abu Hurayrah
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَوَسَّطُوا الْإِمَامَ وَسُدُّوا الْخَلَلَ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Have the imam in the centre and close up the gaps.’’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1103).