What is the ruling on reserving a place in the Haram and then selling it to another person?

Question : A questioner says: There are people who sit in the first row, and they may relinquish their place for a cash amount. Is it permissible for me to pay them in exchange for praying in their place?

Answer : I have heard that some people, as the questioner said, reserve a place and then sell it to another person, and the sale may take place in the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said even though this is not trade; the mosque is not to be sold. This is like what one of the deceptors said to a person, saying, for example, "This pillar is next to me." He said, "I will sell you this pillar and make it a waqf (endowment) for your father." He sold him the mosque pillar and made it a waqf for his father, while the poor pilgrim did not know. Perhaps he gave him some coins and said, "O Allah, this is a waqf for my father." This is close to it, my brothers: reserving a place and selling it to a person.
This is a sin. First, reserving places is not permissible. Except for one who is in the mosque and is safe from stepping over people's necks; there is no harm in his reserving a place for himself. This is because some people reserve a place in the first row and move away a little to read the Qur'an calmly or to review their lessons, and they come before the rows are full so that they do not harm by stepping over people's necks. There is no harm in this, if Allah wills. As for reserving a place when he does not want it and wants to sell it, he is sinful for the reservation. He is sinful for the buying and selling in the mosque. And he is sinful for selling what is not his property.
Yes, and the buyer is an accomplice in the sin. An accomplice in the sin. The buyer is an accomplice in the sin. But what do you think if the buyer came and sat in the place and said to the one who reserved it, "Give me, give me the money"? He said, "Mosques belong to Allah, you have no right to it." Will he reserve it for him on the second day? Will he reserve it for him on the second day or not? He will not reserve it.