What is the ruling on drawing lines in the mosque to straighten the rows?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on drawing lines in the mosque to straighten the rows? And what is your opinion of those who say that drawing lines in the mosque is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
Answer:
By Allah, leaving it out is better. There is no doubt that it is a form of excessive effort. It also deprives the followers of the reward for straightening the rows themselves. If you draw a line, no one has a special status and no one pays particular attention. So there is no doubt that leaving the lines out is better. As for saying that it is a religious innovation (bid'ah), that is difficult; it does not appear to be a religious innovation (bid'ah), but it is a type of excessive effort. It prevents the followers from taking care to straighten the rows themselves without lines. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on drawing lines in the mosque to straighten the rows? And what is your opinion of those who say that drawing lines in the mosque is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
Answer:
By Allah, leaving it out is better. There is no doubt that it is a form of excessive effort. It also deprives the followers of the reward for straightening the rows themselves. If you draw a line, no one has a special status and no one pays particular attention. So there is no doubt that leaving the lines out is better. As for saying that it is a religious innovation (bid'ah), that is difficult; it does not appear to be a religious innovation (bid'ah), but it is a type of excessive effort. It prevents the followers from taking care to straighten the rows themselves without lines. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الخط في المسجد لتسوية الصف؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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