The ruling on a person moving up to the first row after the person ahead of him has delayed
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Question : He said, and it is not permissible for anyone other than the one who was offered the spot to take it. I mean, if I said to someone, "Please, come forward," and he was in the first row, and a third person was watching me, so he hurried and moved up to that spot, is that permissible or not? It is concealed. Do you understand the situation well? May Allah have mercy. The picture of his understanding. Huh? Okay, my spot is in the first row, so a man dear to me came, and I said, "Move up." I delayed behind him by one spot. Not the one I told to move up. He saw me saying to that person to move up, so he moved up and sat down.
Answer : Yes, what do you say? It is forbidden for him, because the first person only yielded the spot to this person. Yes, and this is worse than what some people do: when they come and the row is full, they pull someone from the row, so that person delays in order to line up with them, and then that person moves up to his spot. This has happened, and they delayed for the sake of lining up with him, then he moved up and prayed in his spot. This is worse because it will lead to the invalidation of the man's prayer. Then this man did you a favor and delayed with you, and you wrong him. This is the wrong, but the problem is ignorance. We ask Allah for safety.
Answer : Yes, what do you say? It is forbidden for him, because the first person only yielded the spot to this person. Yes, and this is worse than what some people do: when they come and the row is full, they pull someone from the row, so that person delays in order to line up with them, and then that person moves up to his spot. This has happened, and they delayed for the sake of lining up with him, then he moved up and prayed in his spot. This is worse because it will lead to the invalidation of the man's prayer. Then this man did you a favor and delayed with you, and you wrong him. This is the wrong, but the problem is ignorance. We ask Allah for safety.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4830لو آثرت لشخص التقدم مكاني في الصف فتقدم غيره ما...؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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