[Lesson 03] Perfecting The Rows, Best Rows For Men & Children In Rows & Their Prayer by Abu Afnaan

[Episode 3]: Perfecting The Rows, The Best Rows For The Men, & The Affair of Children With Regard To The Prayer and In the Rows Points Covered In This Lesson: • Perfecting and completing the rows and making the rows close. • The meaning of the word Jamāʿah • The person in the row should try to get as close to the Imām as possible • The encouragement for older individuals to pray behind the Imām. • The right side of the row is more favorable than the left side. • The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did not say or order the Muslims to pray on the right side in every circumstance • The best rows for men and the best rows for children. • What are the best rows for children? • The age of discernment for a child with regards to the prayer. • If young children who have reached the age of discernment precede others to the first row, then they are more deserving of being in the front row than others. • Two negative consequences of putting children in the back rows when the children are well mannered and want to pray in the front row. • It is a weak statement to say that children cannot pray in the front row. • If a person makes wuḍūʿ in the masjid, does he get the same reward as the person who made wuḍūʿ at home?