The prohibition of passing in front of a praying person except in cases of necessity
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Sometimes the mosque is crowded. Is it permissible for me to pass in front of the people praying in this situation? Also, is it permissible for me to pass in front of a young person who is praying, whether the mosque is crowded or not?
There is no harm in passing in front of the people praying if they are following an imam, whether the mosque is crowded or not. However, if people are praying after the obligatory prayer, it is not permissible for you to pass in front of them.Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (If the one who passes in front of the praying person knew what he would be held accountable for, it would be better for him to stand for forty years than to pass in front of him) What do you understand by forty?It came in a narration by al-Bazzar: (Forty autumns) Autumn means: a year.We say to the brother who is going to pass: You do not stand for forty years. We are only asking you for forty minutes. Unless the praying person is in the path of the people, for example, he goes to pray at the door and the people must exit, then he has no right to do so. Likewise, if the praying person is praying in the path of the people, the path belongs to the circumambulators. So if a person, for example, prays in the path and the path is known to be crowded with people circumambulating, he has no right. Pass in front of him and do not mind, even if he pushes you back, push him.
There is no harm in passing in front of the people praying if they are following an imam, whether the mosque is crowded or not. However, if people are praying after the obligatory prayer, it is not permissible for you to pass in front of them.Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (If the one who passes in front of the praying person knew what he would be held accountable for, it would be better for him to stand for forty years than to pass in front of him) What do you understand by forty?It came in a narration by al-Bazzar: (Forty autumns) Autumn means: a year.We say to the brother who is going to pass: You do not stand for forty years. We are only asking you for forty minutes. Unless the praying person is in the path of the people, for example, he goes to pray at the door and the people must exit, then he has no right to do so. Likewise, if the praying person is praying in the path of the people, the path belongs to the circumambulators. So if a person, for example, prays in the path and the path is known to be crowded with people circumambulating, he has no right. Pass in front of him and do not mind, even if he pushes you back, push him.