A discussion regarding moving the long pulpit in the mosque and what it causes in terms of breaking the rows?
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The Shaykh : No, by Allah, do not do it that way; put it back. I think he is mistaken. We have absolutely no evidence that the pulpit was in the western side of the Prophet’s Mosque. I was speaking with Abu Muhammad and I said, at the end, that the transmitted practice is the proof, and now we are affirming this transmitted practice in the Prophet’s Mosque. The pulpit in the Prophet’s Mosque was in the middle of the mosque, approximately, and it was moved to the western side. So I think this, as I said to Abu Muhammad, is done by some to avoid the problem of breaking the row, but this is the transmitted practice.
The questioner : ... The pulpit is better if it is movable, meaning even with more steps, on the basis of ... so that it does not break the row, not even to raise the issue of the mihrab, because the protrusion of the mihrab ... .
The Shaykh : Why? It does not break the row here.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And then, regarding the issue of the mihrab ... they make room for a row.
The Shaykh : Here they think about making room for a row, but with the long pulpit that breaks the rows, they do not think about it, so religion has become a matter of desire ... .
The questioner : ... The pulpit is better if it is movable, meaning even with more steps, on the basis of ... so that it does not break the row, not even to raise the issue of the mihrab, because the protrusion of the mihrab ... .
The Shaykh : Why? It does not break the row here.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And then, regarding the issue of the mihrab ... they make room for a row.
The Shaykh : Here they think about making room for a row, but with the long pulpit that breaks the rows, they do not think about it, so religion has become a matter of desire ... .