Scholarly disagreement on the ruling of one who prays behind the row
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The questioner : Opening of the library.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that if I have an excuse, it is valid. If I have a complete excuse, I do not return to it. I mean, this question is strange. You did not understand the ruling of the one who prays in a disordered row due to an excuse. What is your opinion? It is permissible according to the stronger position. Some scholars hold that it is not permissible. Some scholars hold that it is permissible even without an excuse.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : And they are the majority of scholars who hold that a person’s prayer behind the row, even without an excuse, is permissible and valid. But it is contrary to what is best, did you understand now?
The presenter : Definitely.
The Shaykh : And others are on the position that the prayer of the one who is separated behind the roof is not permissible, whether for an excuse or without an excuse. And the strong and correct view.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is due to an excuse, it is permissible, for Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear. If it is without an excuse, it is not permissible. Yes.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that if I have an excuse, it is valid. If I have a complete excuse, I do not return to it. I mean, this question is strange. You did not understand the ruling of the one who prays in a disordered row due to an excuse. What is your opinion? It is permissible according to the stronger position. Some scholars hold that it is not permissible. Some scholars hold that it is permissible even without an excuse.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : And they are the majority of scholars who hold that a person’s prayer behind the row, even without an excuse, is permissible and valid. But it is contrary to what is best, did you understand now?
The presenter : Definitely.
The Shaykh : And others are on the position that the prayer of the one who is separated behind the roof is not permissible, whether for an excuse or without an excuse. And the strong and correct view.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is due to an excuse, it is permissible, for Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear. If it is without an excuse, it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 187- خلاف العلماء في حكم من صلى خلف الصف II فوائد من الدروس الفقهية من المحاضرات الجامعية — youtube.com
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