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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The individual praying behind the rows

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it true that if a person prays alone behind the rows, his prayer is invalid?

Answer:
Yes, that is correct. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man praying alone behind the rows, so he ordered him to repeat the prayer and said:
There is no prayer for a single person behind the rowلا صلاة لفذ خلف الصف
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فإذا عرف أن كل حركة فأصلها الحب والإرادة ... — islamhouse.com (1:05:26)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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