A man entered the mosque and found a gap in a row between the pillars
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The questioner : A man entered the mosque and found a gap in a row between the pillars, and the rows in front were complete. Which is more preferable: to stand in the row that has the gap, which is between the pillars, or to start a new row by himself?
The Shaykh : Is this row considered a row in the Shari'ah?
The questioner : The one between the pillars?
The Shaykh : What is it that you are asking about, or something else?
The questioner : It is not a row in the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : So...
The questioner : Okay, to complete the question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The row directly behind the imam, as if one of the brothers told us thatThe Shaykh : he says that the row directly behind the imam, even if it is between the pillars, is considered a row. Is this statement correct? He attributed it to you.
The Shaykh : We do not say "between the pillars." We are discussing the issue specifically in the Salah al-Din Mosque.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is the pulpit, so I consider the row directly behind the imam to be a complete row; there are no pillars there. But the row behind the pulpit, i.e., to the west, is broken off... behind the imam. So we do not pray there. And if we imagine a row between the pillars, as came in your question and as was attributed to me, I am innocent of it. Is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The Shaykh : Is this row considered a row in the Shari'ah?
The questioner : The one between the pillars?
The Shaykh : What is it that you are asking about, or something else?
The questioner : It is not a row in the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : So...
The questioner : Okay, to complete the question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The row directly behind the imam, as if one of the brothers told us thatThe Shaykh : he says that the row directly behind the imam, even if it is between the pillars, is considered a row. Is this statement correct? He attributed it to you.
The Shaykh : We do not say "between the pillars." We are discussing the issue specifically in the Salah al-Din Mosque.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is the pulpit, so I consider the row directly behind the imam to be a complete row; there are no pillars there. But the row behind the pulpit, i.e., to the west, is broken off... behind the imam. So we do not pray there. And if we imagine a row between the pillars, as came in your question and as was attributed to me, I am innocent of it. Is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
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