Is it permissible for a person to reserve a front seat for his brother in the lesson before he arrives?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a person to reserve a front seat for his brother in the lesson before he arrives? If he knows that he is about to arrive and is close by.
Answer:
There is no harm in that. But if he does not know whether he will come or not, and he says, "I will reserve it for him so that if he comes, he will find the seat," then it is not permissible for him to do so. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a person to reserve a front seat for his brother in the lesson before he arrives? If he knows that he is about to arrive and is close by.
Answer:
There is no harm in that. But if he does not know whether he will come or not, and he says, "I will reserve it for him so that if he comes, he will find the seat," then it is not permissible for him to do so. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [549 /641] هل يجوز للشخص أن يحجز لأخيه مكانا متقدما في الدرس قبل أن يحضر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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