The Crowding When Praying Behind the Maqam Ibrahim
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The questioner:
Some pilgrims make their women or their slaves pray behind the Maqam in the midst of the crowd, and they make it difficult for the circumambulators, creating a barrier for some of them against others. Should we push them away with some force? Especially since they use violence against those who pass near them.
The Shaykh:
In this matter, one should be lenient. The one who prays at the Maqam may pray in any place in the Haram. He may go to the lamps or the corridors and pray in any place, without crowding or causing harm. Many of the Shi'ah do this, and some other people do it as well. The point is that one should avoid crowding and causing harm. Leave them and go to another place. Pray in another place, and praise be to Allah. Praying at the Maqam and behind the Maqam is a recommended practice (sunnah). If it is not facilitated except through crowding or hardship, pray in any place, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Salma (may Allah be pleased with her), when she was silent, was ordered to circumambulate behind the people while riding, and then she prayed outside the Haram. It is narrated from 'Umar that he prayed the sunnah of the arrival tawaf and the farewell tawaf outside the Haram, in the place where he secluded himself outside the mosque. Yes. In Rawatib, and if he prays in Rawatib, yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
Some pilgrims make their women or their slaves pray behind the Maqam in the midst of the crowd, and they make it difficult for the circumambulators, creating a barrier for some of them against others. Should we push them away with some force? Especially since they use violence against those who pass near them.
The Shaykh:
In this matter, one should be lenient. The one who prays at the Maqam may pray in any place in the Haram. He may go to the lamps or the corridors and pray in any place, without crowding or causing harm. Many of the Shi'ah do this, and some other people do it as well. The point is that one should avoid crowding and causing harm. Leave them and go to another place. Pray in another place, and praise be to Allah. Praying at the Maqam and behind the Maqam is a recommended practice (sunnah). If it is not facilitated except through crowding or hardship, pray in any place, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Salma (may Allah be pleased with her), when she was silent, was ordered to circumambulate behind the people while riding, and then she prayed outside the Haram. It is narrated from 'Umar that he prayed the sunnah of the arrival tawaf and the farewell tawaf outside the Haram, in the place where he secluded himself outside the mosque. Yes. In Rawatib, and if he prays in Rawatib, yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أحكام الحج — islamhouse.com (1:08:50)
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