The issue of reserving prayer spots in mosques

Question : We hold that there is nothing wrong with a person reserving his spot as long as he is in the mosque.

Answer : However, if the people line up, he must go to his spot, because if he delays, it would lead to stepping over people’s shoulders, which harms them. So if he is watching his spot and the people line up, he goes to it without stepping over shoulders and sits in it, and there is no blame on him. But you are asking: what if he stays for ten minutes? In the Prophet’s Mosque, if he stays for ten minutes and there are several rows in front of him, he will have to step over them and harm them. Yes.