Disturbing the worshippers in the rows
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The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is a recommended practice (sunnah), but if he is disturbing the person next to him, is it
The Shaykh:
a recommended practice if it is.
The questioner:
May Allah protect the person next to you, and do not make it a recommended practice.
The Shaykh:
Worry about yourself.
The questioner:
And do not be a burden to the person next to you.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter that some of the youth or some of the ignorant overlook, so they disturb the person next to them with various types of disturbances. First, if he stands and spreads his legs, taking the space of two or three people, this is an effort not commanded by Allah, and it burdens the people next to us. The second matter is when he prostrates, he moves his hands like this, as if he is flapping like an airplane, extending them and burdening the people next to us; this is not permissible. The third is that he makes it a recommended practice while there is disturbance; this is not permissible. None of these are permissible. So you must consider your neighbors and not burden them. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is a recommended practice (sunnah), but if he is disturbing the person next to him, is it
The Shaykh:
a recommended practice if it is.
The questioner:
May Allah protect the person next to you, and do not make it a recommended practice.
The Shaykh:
Worry about yourself.
The questioner:
And do not be a burden to the person next to you.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter that some of the youth or some of the ignorant overlook, so they disturb the person next to them with various types of disturbances. First, if he stands and spreads his legs, taking the space of two or three people, this is an effort not commanded by Allah, and it burdens the people next to us. The second matter is when he prostrates, he moves his hands like this, as if he is flapping like an airplane, extending them and burdening the people next to us; this is not permissible. The third is that he makes it a recommended practice while there is disturbance; this is not permissible. None of these are permissible. So you must consider your neighbors and not burden them. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/87 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08:54)
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