Fatwa ID: 08610

 

 

Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

 

Question:

 

As we were reading the nullifiers of salah, I realised that many of my salahs in masjid an nabawi may have been nullified by being infront the imam. Should I make up these salahs ?

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

It is a condition for the validity of the follower of an imam’s salah for him to stand behind of the imam. If he is in front of the imam, his salah will be invalid.

 

As such in the Masjid un Nabawi, there are markings indicating to the spot of the imam and one should not stand there as he will be in front of the imam and his salah will be void. Therefore if one stand in front of the imam, he will have to repeat his salah. One should try his best to work out how many salah he performed ahead of the imam and he should gradually repeat those salah.

 

 

 

 

 

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وتقدم الأمام بعقبه عن” عقب “المأموم” حتى لو تقدم أصابعه لطول قدمه لا يضر

مراقي الفلاح ص١١٠

 

(قَوْلُهُ وَعَدَمُ تَقَدُّمِهِ عَلَيْهِ بِعَقِبِهِ) فَلَوْ سَاوَاهُ جَازَ وَإِنْ تَقَدَّمَتْ أَصَابِعُ الْمُقْتَدِي لِكِبَرِ قَدَمِهِ عَلَى قَدَمِ الْإِمَامِ مَا لَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْ أَكْثَرُ الْقَدَمِ كَمَا سَيَأْتِي.

وَفِي إمْدَادِ الْفَتَّاحِ: وَتَقَدُّمُ الْإِمَامِ بِعَقِبِهِ عَنْ عَقِبِ الْمُقْتَدِي شَرْطٌ لِصِحَّةِ اقْتِدَائِهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ عَقِبَ الْمُقْتَدِي غَيْرَ مُتَقَدِّمٍ عَلَى عَقِبِ الْإِمَامِ لَكِنْ قَدَمُهُ أَطْوَلُ فَتَكُونُ أَصَابِعُهُ قُدَّامَ أَصَابِعِ إمَامِهِ تَجُوزُ كَمَا لَوْ كَانَ الْمُقْتَدِي أَطْوَلَ مِنْ إمَامِهِ فَيَسْجُدُ أَمَامَهُ اهـ

رد المحتار ج١ ص٥٥١

 

 

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham