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Someone who keeps a fixed spot in the mosque and is angered when others pray there

من يلازم مكانًا في المسجد ويغضب إذا صلى فيه غيره

A question about someone who keeps a fixed spot in the mosque and is angered when others pray there, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that keeping a fixed spot in the mosque is disliked, and that whoever reaches a place first has the better right to it. The Department answered that the Prophet ﷺ forbade a man to take a fixed spot in the mosque for himself, keeping to it as a camel keeps to its resting place, and that scholars counted this among disliked acts. It said the man should be advised that whoever reaches a place in the mosque first has the better right to it.

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A question about someone who keeps a fixed spot in the mosque and is angered when others pray there, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that keeping a fixed spot in the mosque is disliked, and that whoever reaches a place first has the better right to it. 1

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The questioner asked about a man who prays in a particular spot in the mosque and becomes angry when someone else comes and prays there. 1

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The Department answered that the Prophet forbade a man to take a fixed spot in the mosque for himself, keeping to it as a camel keeps to its resting place, and that scholars counted this among disliked acts. 1 It said the man should be advised that whoever reaches a place in the mosque first has the better right to it. 1

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Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4256, dated 17 February 2026. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.

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  1. Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 4256

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islam.museum contributors. “Someone who keeps a fixed spot in the mosque and is angered when others pray there”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-reserving-a-fixed-spot-in-the-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Bringing children to the mosque

A question about bringing children to the mosque, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that children old enough to discern may be brought to the mosque to train in congregational prayer and mosque etiquette, kept beside their guardian, while children too young to discern should in principle not be brought; a guardian who must bring one keeps the child with him and does not pray in the front rows. The Department answered that children old enough to discern may be brought to the mosque to train in congregational prayer and learn the etiquette and respect due to mosques; the guardian should keep his child beside him to guide him, and not leave him to play during the prayer and disturb worshippers, which would defeat the purpose of bringing him. It said that children too young to discern should in principle not be brought, since they cannot pray properly and are usually hard to control, and their presence often disturbs worshippers, soils the mosque or damages copies of the Qur'an and mosque property; averting harm takes precedence over securing benefit. It added that someone who has to bring such a child should not leave him alone, but keep him by his side and not pray in the front rows.