The Effect of a Pillar and an Empty Chair on Breaking the Row
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In the first row of the prayer, there may be a pillar, a wooden divider, or an empty chair. Does this break the row?
Answer:
No, it does not break the row. However, they say it is disliked to stand between the pillars if we have broken the rows. But if people need to do so because the mosque is crowded, there is no harm in standing between the pillars due to that need. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In the first row of the prayer, there may be a pillar, a wooden divider, or an empty chair. Does this break the row?
Answer:
No, it does not break the row. However, they say it is disliked to stand between the pillars if we have broken the rows. But if people need to do so because the mosque is crowded, there is no harm in standing between the pillars due to that need. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما النوع الثاني من الفتنة : ففتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (1:06:49)
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