Praying Alone in the Last Row of Prayer
Creator: Shaykh Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen al-Albani
Date: 2007-07-25
Format: text
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Language: en
Subject: prayer
Title: Praying Alone in the Last Row of Prayer
Created on: Wed Jul 25 21:14:00 -0400 2007
Updated on: Wed Jul 25 21:14:00 -0400 2007
Version: 1
Abstract: ... Al-Muntaqaa Newsletter E-Books SSNA Publication Books Audio Biographies Books Online Classes Supplications Resources Authentic Links Arabic English Downloads E-Group Glossary Message Boards Bookstore Books Arabic English Contact Us Email Bookstore Information Webmaster You are here :: Al-Manhaj.com :: Articles :: Acts of Worship :: Prayer :: Praying Alone in the Last Row of Prayer Author: Imaam Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee Source: Al-Asaalah Magazine (Issue # 10) Translator: abu maryam Question: If you enter the masjid and the first row of prayer is complete, can you pull someone from it behind so that he can pray with you (in the second row) or should you just pray by yourself? Answer: If the hadeeth about pulling someone back from the first row so that one would not pray alone in the second row were authentic, it would be obligatory to base the opinion on it. However, its chain of narration is not authentic, as I have explained in Irwaa-ul-Ghaleel and As-Silsilah Ad-Da'eefah (second volume). Therefore so long as this hadeeth is not authentic, then the person who enters the masjid and the row of prayer in front of him is complete, he must try to squeeze into the row that is before him. This is possible in most cases, during this era in which a majority of Muslims have abandoned the act of joining tightly (by squeezing together) in the lines of prayer, for many of them do not stand close together in the lines of prayer. So if he finds that the row is complete, he should try his best to find an empty space in it, even if he has to gesture to the one he wants to pray next to, to make some space for him to enter. But if he is not able to do this, either because the people in the row are closely packed together or because some of the people praying d... [Full Article...]
