The ruling on standing ahead of the imam in the Haram

Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. The questioner from Makkah al-Mukarramah, Mahmoud, says: What is the ruling on a person who prays in the Haram while standing ahead of the imam where the prayer is being held, and this person did not find a place to pray in other than this spot, and he is with a group of other worshippers, but they are all ahead of the imam of the Haram?

Answer:
Standing ahead of the imam of the Haram in the direction he is facing is not permissible, and this is prohibited. They are not allowed to do it; the police and those responsible for the Haram do not permit prayer in the place that is in front of the imam in his direction. As for the directions other than the imam's direction, which are closer to the Ka'bah than the imam, there is no harm in that; because one is not between the imam and the Ka'bah. The point is that one is not between the imam and the Ka'bah. As for if one is in another direction, there is nothing wrong with it, even if one is closer to the Ka'bah than the imam, because there is no concern in that. Yes.