What is the ruling on reserving a place in the mosque?
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Question:
Regarding reserving a place a day before the lesson, and sometimes, for example, a person comes in the afternoon and sits down, which is more preferable: the one who reserved it a day before the lesson, or the one who came immediately after the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
The one who reserved it has no right. He should be pushed aside, his belongings should be taken, and he should be pushed aside. He has no right. As for the one who came himself and sat in the row, he has the stronger right.
Q: Okay, if we tell him: Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz issues a fatwa that it is not permissible to reserve a place, and he says: Even if that were the case, the Shari'ah requires that I place my bag and so on?
A: No, he is lying. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:, this is what precedes, this is where he placed his sandals or his shoes.
Q: Does he claim priority based on his belongings?
A: No, that is not valid. The one who precedes means: he precedes with his own person, so he prays or reads, otherwise this is aggression upon the people.
Q: Meaning: he removes him and sits in his place?
A: Yes, I am not aware of any disagreement among the scholars of knowledge that this is reprehensible.
Regarding reserving a place a day before the lesson, and sometimes, for example, a person comes in the afternoon and sits down, which is more preferable: the one who reserved it a day before the lesson, or the one who came immediately after the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
The one who reserved it has no right. He should be pushed aside, his belongings should be taken, and he should be pushed aside. He has no right. As for the one who came himself and sat in the row, he has the stronger right.
Q: Okay, if we tell him: Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz issues a fatwa that it is not permissible to reserve a place, and he says: Even if that were the case, the Shari'ah requires that I place my bag and so on?
A: No, he is lying. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever precedes has the stronger right to it
مَن سبق فهو أحقّ بهQ: Does he claim priority based on his belongings?
A: No, that is not valid. The one who precedes means: he precedes with his own person, so he prays or reads, otherwise this is aggression upon the people.
Q: Meaning: he removes him and sits in his place?
A: Yes, I am not aware of any disagreement among the scholars of knowledge that this is reprehensible.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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