What is the evidence that a pillar or the minbar invalidates the prayer of the row to its left, and is the ruling in this case based on independent legal reasoning?
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The Shaykh : What is the evidence that a pillar or the minbar invalidates the prayer of the row to its left, and who said that the prayer is invalid in this situation? This is an error. Is the ruling in this issue based on independent legal reasoning or not? Which scholars said this? Where can this research be reviewed?
Review it in the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali. Does the prayer become invalid if the worshipper is forced to stand between two pillars, for example, during the crowding on Friday? The prayer does not become invalid, neither in a state of crowding nor in a state without crowding. Rather, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited forming a row between the pillars. This does not imply that the prayer is invalid, but rather that it is prohibited to align the row between the pillars. This applies when it is possible, meaning when there is space and room in the mosque. However, if there is crowding, such as on Friday, it is sufficient for you, who are eager not to disobey the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or eager not to commit what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited, to move forward or backward. Let others who do not care at all about this violation stand between the two pillars, even if there is space in the mosque. The issue is easy when there is crowding.
Review it in the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali. Does the prayer become invalid if the worshipper is forced to stand between two pillars, for example, during the crowding on Friday? The prayer does not become invalid, neither in a state of crowding nor in a state without crowding. Rather, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited forming a row between the pillars. This does not imply that the prayer is invalid, but rather that it is prohibited to align the row between the pillars. This applies when it is possible, meaning when there is space and room in the mosque. However, if there is crowding, such as on Friday, it is sufficient for you, who are eager not to disobey the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or eager not to commit what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited, to move forward or backward. Let others who do not care at all about this violation stand between the two pillars, even if there is space in the mosque. The issue is easy when there is crowding.