If one arrives at the mosque and the row is full, how should he pray?
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Question:
If a man arrives and the congregation is standing and the row is full, how should he pray? Behind the row, or what should he do?
Answer:
If a person arrives and the row is full, he should wait and not rush. He should close the gap between the rows in case he finds a space, and he should strive to find a space, or stand to the right of the imam if there is room, and he should not pray alone.
Some scholars said: he should pray alone out of dire necessity, but the correct view is that he should not pray alone, but rather wait until he finds a space in the row, or until someone comes to stand in the row with him; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:327, and when he prayed and saw a man praying alone behind the row, he ordered him to repeat the prayer, peace and blessings be upon him.
If a man arrives and the congregation is standing and the row is full, how should he pray? Behind the row, or what should he do?
Answer:
If a person arrives and the row is full, he should wait and not rush. He should close the gap between the rows in case he finds a space, and he should strive to find a space, or stand to the right of the imam if there is room, and he should not pray alone.
Some scholars said: he should pray alone out of dire necessity, but the correct view is that he should not pray alone, but rather wait until he finds a space in the row, or until someone comes to stand in the row with him; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The prayer of a person who prays alone behind the row is not accepted.
لا صلاةَ لمنفردٍ خلف الصفِّ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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