Sitting in the gap between two people praying in the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if there is a gap between two people in the mosque before the prayer is established, is it permissible to enter and sit between the two after their permission?
Answer:
As long as there is a gap, the gap does not belong to them. The gap is part of the mosque, and the mosque belongs to whom? To the worshippers. So if there is a gap and no one has stood up from it with the intention of returning to it, the gap belongs to no one; sit in it, this is your right. However, if the gap is one where a person stands up to perform wudu' and comes back, or to take a mushaf, it is not permissible for you to sit in it. Whoever stands up from a place and then returns to it has the stronger right to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if there is a gap between two people in the mosque before the prayer is established, is it permissible to enter and sit between the two after their permission?
Answer:
As long as there is a gap, the gap does not belong to them. The gap is part of the mosque, and the mosque belongs to whom? To the worshippers. So if there is a gap and no one has stood up from it with the intention of returning to it, the gap belongs to no one; sit in it, this is your right. However, if the gap is one where a person stands up to perform wudu' and comes back, or to take a mushaf, it is not permissible for you to sit in it. Whoever stands up from a place and then returns to it has the stronger right to it. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الأدب — islamhouse.com (1:08:48)
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