Reserving a place in the gatherings of knowledge and the rows
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The questioner:
Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon those who eat the pre-dawn meal.
The Shaykh:
What is disliked in its state. I love you. He says: I do not remember this. Shaykh, what if one is in the rows of prayer and some people reserve a spot before the lesson, for example, hours before? What is the ruling? In the gatherings of knowledge, Shaykh, not in the rows of prayer, they reserve a spot an hour before the lesson, is that okay, Shaykh? And they are present in the mosque. It is not that he is there; he puts his belongings down and leaves. May Allah keep you safe. Even if it is a place for prayer. No, he does not reserve it. First come, first served. The Sunnah is first come, first served. Whoever arrives first has the right. Good. May Allah keep you safe.
Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon those who eat the pre-dawn meal.
The Shaykh:
What is disliked in its state. I love you. He says: I do not remember this. Shaykh, what if one is in the rows of prayer and some people reserve a spot before the lesson, for example, hours before? What is the ruling? In the gatherings of knowledge, Shaykh, not in the rows of prayer, they reserve a spot an hour before the lesson, is that okay, Shaykh? And they are present in the mosque. It is not that he is there; he puts his belongings down and leaves. May Allah keep you safe. Even if it is a place for prayer. No, he does not reserve it. First come, first served. The Sunnah is first come, first served. Whoever arrives first has the right. Good. May Allah keep you safe.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب التحفظ من الغيبة واللغو وما يقول إذا شتم — islamhouse.com (39:35)
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