Is the alignment of the congregation in prayer valid if children are interspersed among them?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes small children, four or five years old, stand next to me. Is their alignment valid, or is the row considered broken?
Answer:
The correct view is that if a person’s prayer is valid, his alignment is valid. So if the child has reached the age of discernment, his prayer is valid and his alignment is valid. This is the correct view. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes small children, four or five years old, stand next to me. Is their alignment valid, or is the row considered broken?
Answer:
The correct view is that if a person’s prayer is valid, his alignment is valid. So if the child has reached the age of discernment, his prayer is valid and his alignment is valid. This is the correct view. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [118 -582] هل تصح صفوف الجماعة في الصلاة إذا كان يتخللها أطفال؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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