The virtue of the first row in the second floor of the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the first floor is full, is the first row on the second floor considered to have the same reward as the first row on the ground floor?
Answer:
Whatever is closest to the imam, facing him, is better, whether it is the first, second, or third floor. The closer the front of the men's rows is,Sunan Abi Dawud 678Sahih (Al-Albani), this is a general rule.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the first floor is full, is the first row on the second floor considered to have the same reward as the first row on the ground floor?
Answer:
Whatever is closest to the imam, facing him, is better, whether it is the first, second, or third floor. The closer the front of the men's rows is,
the best of the men’s row is the first
خير صفوف الرجال أولها
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (1:12:36)
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