Reserving a place in the Makkah Haram during Ramadan

Question:
Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: In the Makkah Haram, during the blessed month of Ramadan, some people reserve their place before the Maghrib prayer, then leave after the prayer for 'Isha', and their absence is prolonged. Does he have the right to reserve that place? And if I come and arrive before he does, may I sit in his place?

Answer:
As we mentioned previously, if he reserves it and returns to it shortly, having only left to perform wudu, eat dinner, and perform wudu again, then he has the strongest right to it. The one who reserves a place in al-Masjid al-Haram for days, where no one else comes to it all Ramadan or all ten days, that is not permissible. But if he reserves a place every day or every night, considering himself in i'tikaf in al-Masjid al-Haram, sitting in it and reciting the Qur'an all day, and when Maghrib comes he leaves to pray, or leaves for wudu and dinner, there is nothing wrong with that. And because of the crowd, if he did not reserve it, he would not get a place. It is not permissible for anyone else to take his place before him. Yes.

The presenter:
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