The ruling on reserving a place in the mosque for an absent person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on reserving a place for a person in the mosque while he is absent and has not yet arrived?
Answer:
Reserving it for an absent person is not permissible. However, if a person is in the mosque and places something in his spot, then goes to perform wudu, and does not go home but intends to return quickly, there is no harm in that. Yes. But if he reserves a place in the mosque and goes to sell and buy, that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on reserving a place for a person in the mosque while he is absent and has not yet arrived?
Answer:
Reserving it for an absent person is not permissible. However, if a person is in the mosque and places something in his spot, then goes to perform wudu, and does not go home but intends to return quickly, there is no harm in that. Yes. But if he reserves a place in the mosque and goes to sell and buy, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 108 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/الشحوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:38)
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