The Ruling on Filling the Rows Even If They Are Not Completed
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Q: Regarding the recommendation to fill the rows, even if the first row is not completed, what is the ruling?
A: The principle is that they should line up in the funeral prayer as they do in the obligatory prayer, completing the first row, then the next. As for the practice of Malik ibn al-Hubayrah (may Allah have mercy on him) , there is weakness in its chain of narration, and it contradicts the authentic hadiths indicating the obligation of completing the first row, then the next, in prayer.
A: The principle is that they should line up in the funeral prayer as they do in the obligatory prayer, completing the first row, then the next. As for the practice of Malik ibn al-Hubayrah (may Allah have mercy on him) , there is weakness in its chain of narration, and it contradicts the authentic hadiths indicating the obligation of completing the first row, then the next, in prayer.
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