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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In the Sacred Mosque, if you find a gap in the row in front of you?

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Question : In the Sacred Mosque, when the prayer is called and we line up in a row, there is a gap in the row ahead of us. If you fill it, the space in front of that person also becomes a gap. So if you start moving like this, you will miss the first unit of prayer.

Answer : By Allah, what I see is that in the Sacred Mosque you strive to get into the front row. But if a gap opens up, do not move forward, because it is problematic. If a gap opens up and you move forward, you open up a gap in the row you are in. Perhaps the row in front of you is not complete either, while your row is full. This happens often: you find that the row in front of you has only four or five people, while the row you are in is completely full, all around the mosque. So the row you are in is better than that one.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3494في المسجد الحرام إذا وجدت فرجة في الصف الذي أمامي..؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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