Praying behind the rows alone?
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The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Bulugh al-Maram 2:327 Is there a contradiction here, given that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 837Sahih (Darussalam)?
The Shaykh : Where is the contradiction, my brother? The "prayer of the solitary" referred to here is the one who prays alone in his house or workplace and does not attend the congregational prayer in the mosque.
The questioner : And the one who prayed behind the rows did come! He attended the congregation; but he prayed behind the rows, O our Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Why did he pray behind the rows?
The questioner : Because there was no gap in the row. And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. Is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused?
The questioner : I want to know the hadith -O Shaykh!- I want to understand the jurisprudence of the hadith.
The Shaykh : I want to understand: what did you understand?
The questioner : I told you, O Shaykh, I don't even know how to find out.
The Shaykh : Now you know, so just answer the question: is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused or not excused?
The questioner : There was no gap in the row; meaning the front row, and he stood by himself.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, say "Ameen," may Allah guide us and guide you.
The questioner : Ameen, O Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : You didn't give me the answer.
The questioner : He is not excused.
The Shaykh : Not excused?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And when is he excused?
The questioner : In the case where there are no places in the first row.
The Shaykh : And you said there was no place in the first row.
The questioner : He is excused -O Shaykh!- when there is no place at all.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh! I am asking you: is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused or not excused?
The questioner : He is excused, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because there was no gap in the first row.
The Shaykh : Good, remember this. And is the one who prayed at home alone excused or not?
The questioner : The one who prayed at home has no excuse.
The Shaykh : So, are the one who has an excuse and the one who does not have an excuse equal?
The questioner : They are not equal.
The Shaykh : So, how did you mix this with that?
The questioner : This is what I want to know, O Shaykh! This is not what I meant.
The Shaykh : I understood what you meant. I understood that this hadith is about the prayer of the solitary, which is different from the one who prays behind the row alone? So that one who prays at home alone and leaves the congregational prayer in the mosque, and is capable of attending the mosque.
As for this one who is capable of attending the mosque, and entered the mosque, and found the row in front of him full and tightly packed, then he is excused, and that one is not excused.
The questioner : Yes, and the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): What does it mean: ?
The Shaykh : It means for the one who is not excused, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Ah! So his prayer is not counted, O Shaykh!? Or does it not become less in degree?
The Shaykh : No, he has no prayer if there was a gap in the row and he prayed alone, and did not fill it and prayed alone; then his prayer is invalid.
The questioner : His prayer is invalid!
The Shaykh: Yes
The questioner : This is what I meant -O Shaykh!- may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is what I meant, may Allah reward you with good, this is what I wanted to know.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Yes, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
Sound of a phone ringing.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
The prayer of a person who prays alone behind the row is not accepted.
لاَ صَلاَةَ لِمُنْفَرِدٍ خَلْفَ الصَّفِّPraying in congregation is twenty-seven times better than praying alone.
إنَّ صلاة الجماعة تفضل على صلاة الفذ بسبع وعشرين درجةThe Shaykh : Where is the contradiction, my brother? The "prayer of the solitary" referred to here is the one who prays alone in his house or workplace and does not attend the congregational prayer in the mosque.
The questioner : And the one who prayed behind the rows did come! He attended the congregation; but he prayed behind the rows, O our Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Why did he pray behind the rows?
The questioner : Because there was no gap in the row. And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. Is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused?
The questioner : I want to know the hadith -O Shaykh!- I want to understand the jurisprudence of the hadith.
The Shaykh : I want to understand: what did you understand?
The questioner : I told you, O Shaykh, I don't even know how to find out.
The Shaykh : Now you know, so just answer the question: is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused or not excused?
The questioner : There was no gap in the row; meaning the front row, and he stood by himself.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, say "Ameen," may Allah guide us and guide you.
The questioner : Ameen, O Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : You didn't give me the answer.
The questioner : He is not excused.
The Shaykh : Not excused?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And when is he excused?
The questioner : In the case where there are no places in the first row.
The Shaykh : And you said there was no place in the first row.
The questioner : He is excused -O Shaykh!- when there is no place at all.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh! I am asking you: is the one who prayed behind the rows alone excused or not excused?
The questioner : He is excused, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because there was no gap in the first row.
The Shaykh : Good, remember this. And is the one who prayed at home alone excused or not?
The questioner : The one who prayed at home has no excuse.
The Shaykh : So, are the one who has an excuse and the one who does not have an excuse equal?
The questioner : They are not equal.
The Shaykh : So, how did you mix this with that?
The questioner : This is what I want to know, O Shaykh! This is not what I meant.
The Shaykh : I understood what you meant. I understood that this hadith is about the prayer of the solitary, which is different from the one who prays behind the row alone? So that one who prays at home alone and leaves the congregational prayer in the mosque, and is capable of attending the mosque.
As for this one who is capable of attending the mosque, and entered the mosque, and found the row in front of him full and tightly packed, then he is excused, and that one is not excused.
The questioner : Yes, and the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
He has no prayer.
لا صلاة لهHe has no prayer.
لا صلاة لهThe Shaykh : It means for the one who is not excused, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Ah! So his prayer is not counted, O Shaykh!? Or does it not become less in degree?
The Shaykh : No, he has no prayer if there was a gap in the row and he prayed alone, and did not fill it and prayed alone; then his prayer is invalid.
The questioner : His prayer is invalid!
The Shaykh: Yes
The questioner : This is what I meant -O Shaykh!- may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is what I meant, may Allah reward you with good, this is what I wanted to know.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Yes, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
Sound of a phone ringing.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
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