Is it difficult for me to reserve places in the rows for prayer?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. It is difficult for me to reserve.
The Shaykh : Hajj.
The questioner : Reserving.
The Shaykh : Reserving in.
The questioner : Reserving places in the rows of prayer was a practice that existed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : No, people do not do it as an act of worship; reserving is not done as an act of worship, but rather as a permissible matter.
The questioner : But it is a means to.
The Shaykh : It is a means and nothing more; it is not intended for its own sake. Yes, although we do not agree with reserving except for one who is in the mosque, there is no harm in placing something in one's place to reserve it from people, because he is in the mosque and is ahead. As for those people who place barriers and then go to their homes or to the market, there is no doubt that they have erred, because the place belongs to the one who arrived first. Yes.
The Shaykh : Hajj.
The questioner : Reserving.
The Shaykh : Reserving in.
The questioner : Reserving places in the rows of prayer was a practice that existed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : No, people do not do it as an act of worship; reserving is not done as an act of worship, but rather as a permissible matter.
The questioner : But it is a means to.
The Shaykh : It is a means and nothing more; it is not intended for its own sake. Yes, although we do not agree with reserving except for one who is in the mosque, there is no harm in placing something in one's place to reserve it from people, because he is in the mosque and is ahead. As for those people who place barriers and then go to their homes or to the market, there is no doubt that they have erred, because the place belongs to the one who arrived first. Yes.