Preventing the young from the front row in prayer
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Question:
This person asks, saying: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the adults to take the front row, so some imams rebuke the children and prevent them from the front row, especially the middle section behind the imam, and tell them this is not their place and that the adults should come forward. What is your honorable opinion?
Answer:
If the adults and the children arrive together, the adults are given priority. However, if the children arrive first and then the adults arrive, and the children have already taken their places in the row, it is not permissible to drive them out of the places they reached first. Yes.
This person asks, saying: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the adults to take the front row, so some imams rebuke the children and prevent them from the front row, especially the middle section behind the imam, and tell them this is not their place and that the adults should come forward. What is your honorable opinion?
Answer:
If the adults and the children arrive together, the adults are given priority. However, if the children arrive first and then the adults arrive, and the children have already taken their places in the row, it is not permissible to drive them out of the places they reached first. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/195 — archive.org (15:41)
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