The ruling on the prayer of one who did not find a place in the first row

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a man attended the Fajr prayer and did not find a place in the first row. He tried to pull one person from the second row, but he could not. [The questioner is asking about] praying alone behind the rows, or praying alone behind the rows. So he prayed alone. What is the ruling on his prayer?

Answer:
Pulling is not permissible. It is not permissible for a person to pull, but he should alert the one who is behind him to alert him. As for pulling, this is not permissible. As for his prayer alone behind the rows, if he had said the opening takbir and bowed in the first rak'ah and no one came, and he completed the rak'ah with its bowing and its two prostrations and no one joined him, his prayer is not valid. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There is no prayer behind the rows," and he saw a man praying behind the rows and ordered him to repeat the prayer. So he must wait until someone enters to form a row with him. He waits. And if no one comes, he is with us. He prays after the congregation. If the prayer is missed, he prays after the prayer. He is considered among those who missed this prayer. As for him praying alone behind the rows, this contradicts the Sunnah, it contradicts the evidence, and there is no evidence with those who permit it except for explanations, explanations that do not match the scholars.
He does not deserve to pray behind the rows alone. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from that and ordered him to repeat the prayer. Yes.