Is it permissible for one who finds the row complete to pray to the right of the imam?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. At one of the prayer times, the listener Ali al-Hajj Rayhan says: I entered the mosque and found the rows full, so I stood to the right of the imam and performed the prayer. Is it valid or not?
Answer:
If you stood to the right of the imam, you have done well. Whoever enters and finds a row complete with no place for him is between two options: either wait until someone enters to form a row behind the current one, or enter and stand to the right of the imam. Since you did the latter, which is entering, and the imam wanted that, you have done well in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. At one of the prayer times, the listener Ali al-Hajj Rayhan says: I entered the mosque and found the rows full, so I stood to the right of the imam and performed the prayer. Is it valid or not?
Answer:
If you stood to the right of the imam, you have done well. Whoever enters and finds a row complete with no place for him is between two options: either wait until someone enters to form a row behind the current one, or enter and stand to the right of the imam. Since you did the latter, which is entering, and the imam wanted that, you have done well in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لمن وجد الصف مكتملا أن يصلي يمين الإمام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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