What is the ruling on preventing a discerning child from standing in the first row behind the imam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that a discerning child should be prevented from standing in the first row behind the imam, citing the saying of the ProphetMishkat al-Masabih 1089.
Answer:
That means, "Hurry, hurry, O people of wisdom and discretion, hurry." As for you coming to a young man who is behind the imam and pushing him back, that is not permissible, because he got to that place before you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that a discerning child should be prevented from standing in the first row behind the imam, citing the saying of the Prophet
as saying, “Let those of you who are sedate and prudent
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَىAnswer:
That means, "Hurry, hurry, O people of wisdom and discretion, hurry." As for you coming to a young man who is behind the imam and pushing him back, that is not permissible, because he got to that place before you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [135 -582] ما حكم منع الصبي المميز من الوقوف في الصف الأول خلف الإمام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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