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How do we respond to the statement: "There is no prayer for a single person behind the rows"?

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The questioner : Now, if someone asks how we respond to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
There is no prayer for a single person behind the rows?لا صلاة لفرد خلف الصف؟
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:489
— that is, you. You were not present. Yes. The response to that is that if he does not find a place in the row, then standing behind the row falls under the category of dire necessity. However, if he finds a gap, he enters it.

The Shaykh : But the hadith is not general
There is no prayer for a person alone behind the rowلا صلاة لفرد خلف الصف
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:489
or for a single person behind the row.

The questioner : It is authentic, but if the prayer of the single person behind the row is performed without an excuse, having not found a gap.

The Shaykh : Yes, meaning this hadith may imply that the meaning is that he found a place but prayed behind the row. Now, this is one answer. Another answer, Rashid.

The questioner : Yes, it is a general statement specified by the saying
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
, and all obligations become [established] by justice.

The Shaykh : Yes, these are two points. Yes, the scholars differ regarding its authenticity, but according to the view that it is authentic.

The questioner : That is specified by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
have believedآمَنُوا
[Al-Hashr 59:18]
Allah.
O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ
[Al-Hashr 59:18]
and he prayed

The Shaykh : Rashid said this. No. It is possible that it is for negation, as it came in the case of travel. Yes, and this was said by the three Imams. The three Imams said that the negation here is a negation of perfection, like his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "There is no prayer in the presence of food, nor while one is struggling with the two excretions." The negation here is a negation of perfection. This view was adopted by the three Imams and is a narration from Ahmad. However, we hold that the opposite of this view is stronger, because the default in negation is the negation of existence above all else. If that is not possible, meaning if the thing necessarily exists, then it is a negation of validity, because the negation of validity is the negation of legal existence. So, if a thing exists and it is defective, what is it legally?
It is not found. If it cannot be interpreted as negating validity, then it is interpreted as negating perfection. Interpreting it as negating perfection is the third position. However, we say that this hadith is general and is specified by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
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Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3461كيف نجيب عن قول لا صلاة لفرد خلف الصف؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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