The Imam’s Position in a Prayer Hall Connected to a Hall
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our school there is a prayer hall, but it became too small for us, so we expanded into a hall next to it. There is a wall between them with windows. His question is: Does the imam remain in the middle of the first room, or in the space between the two rooms, where he would be next to the middle wall?
Answer:
The imam is in his place in front of the rows. If you are in a hall connected to the hall where the imam and those with him are, and there are windows in it through which you can see the ma’mum (one praying behind the imam) when they bow with the imam and prostrate, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our school there is a prayer hall, but it became too small for us, so we expanded into a hall next to it. There is a wall between them with windows. His question is: Does the imam remain in the middle of the first room, or in the space between the two rooms, where he would be next to the middle wall?
Answer:
The imam is in his place in front of the rows. If you are in a hall connected to the hall where the imam and those with him are, and there are windows in it through which you can see the ma’mum (one praying behind the imam) when they bow with the imam and prostrate, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (1:01:04)
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