The ruling on delaying a young boy from his place in the first row.

The Shaykh : As for the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): , it is a command for mature, sane adults to move forward so that they are next to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not a prohibition against young boys being near him. If he had intended that, he would have said (peace and blessings be upon him), "Let no one be next to me except those of age and understanding." He would have prohibited it. But when he commanded that those of age and understanding—meaning mature adults and sane people—be next to him, the meaning is that he is encouraging them to move forward so that they are behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), next to him, understanding his Shari'ah from him and conveying it to the people. Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was so scrupulous that if someone stood up for him and said, meaning, "Sit in my place," he would not sit in it. All of this was out of his scrupulousness, fearing that the person who stood up did so out of shyness and modesty toward Ibn 'Umar. It is well known that if someone offers you a gift or gives you something out of shyness and modesty, you should not accept it from him, because this is like being coerced. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is forbidden to accept a gift if you know that he gave it to you out of shyness and modesty. Similarly, if you pass by a house and its owner says, "Please come in," and you know that he said it only out of shyness and modesty, you should not enter his house, because this is like being coerced. So Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), out of his scrupulousness, if a person stood up wanting Ibn 'Umar to sit in his place, he would not sit in it, fearing that it was out of shyness and modesty, and in that case, it would be like being coerced.