Is it permissible to pass in front of a praying person out of dire necessity? And is the hadith about the cap, "He used to place the cap in front of him," authentic?
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The questioner : All right; dire necessity is not considered to lift the ruling; for example, severe crowding?
The Shaykh : Is the dire necessity for the praying person or for the one passing by? Your question? Each of them has a ruling. There is no dire necessity for the praying person not to take a barrier. There may be a dire necessity for the one passing by, and dire necessities permit what is prohibited, but the necessity is estimated according to its measure. Do you imagine that the praying person is in a necessity where he does not take a barrier?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Ah, so then?
The questioner : For the one passing by?
The Shaykh : For the one passing by, if the necessity is just passing through to catch up with the group, of course, that is not a necessity. But if, for example, he does not find a way to fill a gap in the row, then it is permissible, and in fact, it may be obligatory for him. Then, this whole matter is imagined when people are praying behind the imam, and in that case, another ruling applies, which is that the imam's barrier is a barrier for those behind him. As for the one praying alone behind a barrier, if a man wants to pass in front of him, it is not imagined that he has an excuse. He can go around and circle back, and although going around and circling back is, of course, not permissible in principle, but here...
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner : Sometimes the matter becomes very difficult.
Another questioner : The density.
The questioner : ... in Hajj or in Ramadan ... it becomes difficult ...
The Shaykh : I do not imagine at all that there is a necessity to break the prayer of a person praying alone.
Another questioner : ... in the last rows, is it not possible at the ...?
The Shaykh : Can you describe a scenario to me so that I can agree with you?
Another questioner : For example, the imam prayed the 'Isha' prayer, and the people stood up to pray the two rak'ahs of the sunnah ... they are praying.
The Shaykh : ... but he cannot find a gap, is there an exit? It is concrete, meaning poured concrete? ...
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, the hadith about the cap: "He used to place the cap in front of him"?
The Shaykh : This is a weak hadith.
Another questioner : Weak.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, this was narrated by al-Tabarani.
The Shaykh : Is the dire necessity for the praying person or for the one passing by? Your question? Each of them has a ruling. There is no dire necessity for the praying person not to take a barrier. There may be a dire necessity for the one passing by, and dire necessities permit what is prohibited, but the necessity is estimated according to its measure. Do you imagine that the praying person is in a necessity where he does not take a barrier?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Ah, so then?
The questioner : For the one passing by?
The Shaykh : For the one passing by, if the necessity is just passing through to catch up with the group, of course, that is not a necessity. But if, for example, he does not find a way to fill a gap in the row, then it is permissible, and in fact, it may be obligatory for him. Then, this whole matter is imagined when people are praying behind the imam, and in that case, another ruling applies, which is that the imam's barrier is a barrier for those behind him. As for the one praying alone behind a barrier, if a man wants to pass in front of him, it is not imagined that he has an excuse. He can go around and circle back, and although going around and circling back is, of course, not permissible in principle, but here...
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner : Sometimes the matter becomes very difficult.
Another questioner : The density.
The questioner : ... in Hajj or in Ramadan ... it becomes difficult ...
The Shaykh : I do not imagine at all that there is a necessity to break the prayer of a person praying alone.
Another questioner : ... in the last rows, is it not possible at the ...?
The Shaykh : Can you describe a scenario to me so that I can agree with you?
Another questioner : For example, the imam prayed the 'Isha' prayer, and the people stood up to pray the two rak'ahs of the sunnah ... they are praying.
The Shaykh : ... but he cannot find a gap, is there an exit? It is concrete, meaning poured concrete? ...
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, the hadith about the cap: "He used to place the cap in front of him"?
The Shaykh : This is a weak hadith.
Another questioner : Weak.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, this was narrated by al-Tabarani.
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