The ruling on reserving a place in the mosque for an absent person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on reserving a place for a person in the mosque while he is absent and has not yet arrived?
Answer:
Reserving a place for an absent person is not permissible. However, if he is in the mosque and places something in his spot, then goes to perform wudu, or goes to his home to attend to a matter and returns quickly, there is nothing wrong with that. But if he reserves a place in the mosque and goes to buy and sell, that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on reserving a place for a person in the mosque while he is absent and has not yet arrived?
Answer:
Reserving a place for an absent person is not permissible. However, if he is in the mosque and places something in his spot, then goes to perform wudu, or goes to his home to attend to a matter and returns quickly, there is nothing wrong with that. But if he reserves a place in the mosque and goes to buy and sell, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-22- 06-1441هـ — alfawzan.live (55:38)
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