Warning about the ruling on moving forward and turning one's back on the worshippers after the prayer ends.
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
These hadiths regarding the virtue of the rows were transmitted by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Riyad al-Salihin*:
Before I speak about them, I would like to point out a trait that people have started doing, which was not known before. That is that a person, as soon as he says the taslim, moves forward in front of his brothers and turns his back on them. I fear that this falls under the prohibition mentioned by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):. Some people complained to me about this situation, saying: "They pray next to us, then turn their backs on us and show us their rear ends." Why? There is no need for a person to say, "I am moving forward so I can hear the speaker." There is no need. If he says, for example, "I feel cramped," we say: "Stand up and move away from the row so that you are not turning your back on your companions. Go toward the qiblah or to the back so that you do not turn your back on your Muslim brothers." Then, and knowledge belongs to Allah, I feel that when a person moves forward, he feels as if he is the imam or is ahead of the people, and that the people are of a lower rank than him, or something similar to that. I do not say this with certainty, but I fear that Satan plays with the person and makes him imagine that the people are behind him.
So I advise my brothers to avoid this bad trait, in my opinion, and knowledge belongs to Allah. Whenever I see a person in the first row, I order him to move back. But I do not know about the second and third rows. However, if a person knows that this is something that should not be done, he should not do it.
These hadiths regarding the virtue of the rows were transmitted by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Riyad al-Salihin*:
Before I speak about them, I would like to point out a trait that people have started doing, which was not known before. That is that a person, as soon as he says the taslim, moves forward in front of his brothers and turns his back on them. I fear that this falls under the prohibition mentioned by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Do not turn away from one another
ولا تدابرواSo I advise my brothers to avoid this bad trait, in my opinion, and knowledge belongs to Allah. Whenever I see a person in the first row, I order him to move back. But I do not know about the second and third rows. However, if a person knows that this is something that should not be done, he should not do it.