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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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He was asked about his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): “There is no prayer for one who stands alone behind the row”

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Question : He was asked about the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
The prayer of a person who prays alone behind the row is not accepted.لا صلاة لمنفرد خلف الصف
Bulugh al-Maram 2:327
Is it specific to men, or does it apply to women as well? And what about a woman who stands alone, or with only one other woman, when there is a gap in the row?

Answer : When women pray in congregation in schools or in houses, their arrangement in rows is the same as that of men, meaning that the first row is better than the second, and the second is better than the third. They are required to fill the rows. So if one woman prays alone while there is space for her in the row in front of her, her prayer is invalid, exactly like a man. Their rows are the first, then the first.
As for when she prays with men, we look at the situation: if there is only one woman with the men, she prays alone, because there is no place for a woman in the rows of men. But if there are women with her, they must fill the rows. So if one of them stands apart from their row, her prayer is invalid. If someone asks: If the women are praying in a part of the mosque separate from the men, is it better for their rows to be the first, then the first, or the last, then the last?
The first, then the first, is better due to the generality of the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Will you not form your rows as the angels form their rows before their Lord?’ We said: ‘Howألا تصفون كما تصف الملائكة عند ربها؟ قالوا كيف
Sunan Ibn Majah 992
regarding that?
He said: They should stand close together and complete the rows, the first, then the first. But if the women are with the men, meaning in a part of the mosque where the men can see them, then it is better for the woman to be further back from the view of the men. And on this basis, the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
God’s Messenger as saying, "The best of the men’s rows is the first and the worst is the last, but the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst is the first.”صلى الله عليه وسلم خير صفوف الرجال أولها وشرها آخرها، وخير صفوف النساء آخرها وشرها أولها
Mishkat al-Masabih 1092
is understood.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 18 - 45 وسُئل عن قوله ﷺ “لا صلاة لمُنفَرِدٍ خلف الصَّف” - فقه الصيام وفضل القيام - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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