What is the ruling on one who leaves completing the row to stand in a row with a person praying alone so that he does not sin?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, the imam of a mosque, it often happens in the mosque congregation that, for example, a person comes and prays alone behind the row, and some people come and form a row with him. When we point this out to them, and so on, and that the row is not completed, I ask about the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the row: Mishkat al-Masabih 1102 On what basis is this hadith understood?
And what is the ruling on the action of this person who came and wanted to form a row with the one praying alone so that he would not sin, but did not complete the row?
The Shaykh : There is no harm, meaning, for example, if you come and the row is not completed, but you find this man has formed a row alone behind the row, then form a row with him, if this is in the first rak'ah. But if it is in the second rak'ah, the prayer of this man is invalid, so there is no benefit in forming a row with him.
The questioner : If he does not know?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : If he does not know?
The Shaykh : If you do not know, I think it is better for you to form a row with him, and this would be leaving a recommended practice for the sake of assisting in an obligatory one.
If anyone joins up a row God will join him up, but if anyone breaks a row God will cut him off.
من وصل صفّا وصله الله ومن قطعه قطعه اللهAnd what is the ruling on the action of this person who came and wanted to form a row with the one praying alone so that he would not sin, but did not complete the row?
The Shaykh : There is no harm, meaning, for example, if you come and the row is not completed, but you find this man has formed a row alone behind the row, then form a row with him, if this is in the first rak'ah. But if it is in the second rak'ah, the prayer of this man is invalid, so there is no benefit in forming a row with him.
The questioner : If he does not know?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : If he does not know?
The Shaykh : If you do not know, I think it is better for you to form a row with him, and this would be leaving a recommended practice for the sake of assisting in an obligatory one.