The criterion for reserving spaces inside the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the criterion regarding the issue of reserving spaces inside the mosque for the Friday prayer, for lessons, and other such matters?
Answer:
If his intention is to place something in his spot to keep it, and he goes to perform wudu' and returns, or he goes to attend to a quick need and returns, there is nothing wrong with that. Or if he stands up from his spot and goes to the back of the mosque to straighten his back or do something similar, there is nothing wrong with that. But if a person reserves a spot in the mosque and goes to sleep, and does not go to his work, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to remove this reservation that he made; it must be removed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the criterion regarding the issue of reserving spaces inside the mosque for the Friday prayer, for lessons, and other such matters?
Answer:
If his intention is to place something in his spot to keep it, and he goes to perform wudu' and returns, or he goes to attend to a quick need and returns, there is nothing wrong with that. Or if he stands up from his spot and goes to the back of the mosque to straighten his back or do something similar, there is nothing wrong with that. But if a person reserves a spot in the mosque and goes to sleep, and does not go to his work, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to remove this reservation that he made; it must be removed. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 27-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:03:01)
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