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Where do my kids stand in Salaah?

· 5 Jumada I 1442 AH1 min readFatwa 46680English

Question

I have two kids (eight and sixteen) alhamdulillah. Due to covid I have been leading my kids in prayer at home. Where should they stand when I lead them? Does my eight year old stand behind my sixteen yr old? Jazakallah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Your kids will pray behind you while standing next to each other. Your eight-year-old will not stand behind your sixteen-year-old.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hasan Ahmed Razzak

Student – Darul Iftaa

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

19-04-1442| 04-12-2020

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح (ص: 116)

وإن لم يكن جمع من الصبيان يقوم الصبي بين الرجال

حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح (ص: 308)

"ثم" يصف "الصبيان" لقول أبي مالك الأشعري أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى وأقام الرجال يلونه وأقام الصبيان خلف ذلك وأقام النساء خلف ذلك وإن لم يكن جمع من الصبيان يقوم الصبي بين الرجال

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 571)

(قَوْلُهُ فَلَوْ وَاحِدًا دَخَلَ الصَّفَّ) ذَكَرَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ بَحْثًا، قَالَ: وَكَذَا لَوْ كَانَ الْمُقْتَدِي رَجُلًا وَصَبِيًّا يَصُفُّهُمَا خَلْفَهُ لِحَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ «فَصَفَفْت أَنَا وَالْيَتِيمُ وَرَاءَهُ وَالْعَجُوزُ مِنْ وَرَائِنَا

فتاوى محمودية ج- 6 ص- 502

Answered by
Hasan Ahmed Razzak
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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