Entering the mosque late and crowding the worshippers in the front rows to stand behind the imam while he is late
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Fatwa number ( 14001 )
Q: What is the ruling on one who enters the mosque late and crowds the worshippers in the front rows to stand behind the imam while he is late ?
A: If a Muslim comes to the Friday prayer, it is not permissible for him to step over the necks of people; because of the harm this causes to the worshippers and distracts them from
listening to the sermon, and disturbs them. In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ,Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 4:85 and also in (al-Musnad) and (Sunan Abu Dawud ) from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: Sunan Abi Dawud 1113Hasan (Al-Albani) And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: What is the ruling on one who enters the mosque late and crowds the worshippers in the front rows to stand behind the imam while he is late ?
A: If a Muslim comes to the Friday prayer, it is not permissible for him to step over the necks of people; because of the harm this causes to the worshippers and distracts them from
listening to the sermon, and disturbs them. In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ,
That a man came stepping over the necks of people, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, so he said to him: "Sit down, for you have caused harm and you have been late."
أن رجلاً جاء يتخطى رقاب الناس، والنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يخطب، فقال له: اجلس فقد آذيت وآنيتThree types of people attend Friday prayer; One is present in a frivolous way and that is all he gets from it; another comes with a supplication, Allah may grant or refuse his request as He wishes; another is present silently and quietly with-out stepping over a Muslim or annoying anyone, and that is an atonement for his sins till the next Friday and three days more, the reason being that Allah, the Exalted, says: "He who does a good deed will have ten times as much" (vi.160).
يحضر الجمعة ثلاثة نفر: رجل حضرها يلغو وهو حظه، ورجل حضرها يدعو فهو رجل دعا الله فإن شاء أعطاه أو إن شاء منعه، ورجل حضرها بإنصات وسكون، ولم يتخط رقبة مسلم، ولم يؤذ أحدًا، فهي كفارة إلى الجمعة التي تليها، وزيادة ثلاثة أيام، وذلك أن الله تعالى يقول: مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا
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