Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The Sunnah indicates that the right side
of the row in prayer is better than the left. And this is when both rows are
almost equal or equal. But if the right side is further away, the Sunnah shows
that the left side that is closer is better. The evidence for that is that,
initially, when a group of three persons want to pray, the Imam would stand in
between the two men. Later, it was abrogated and the Imaam was required to
stand in front of two persons or more. If the right side were to be better in
absolute terms, the position of the two men standing with the Imam would have been
the right side.
In addition, if the right
side were to be better absolutely, the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)
would have said, ‘Complete the rows from the right side, then the next right
side” just as row used to be completed one after the other. Therefore, assuming
there are ten men in the right hand side and two men in the left side, the left
side is better because it is closer to the Imaam.
Source: Sharh al-Mumti’
5/90-91 by Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)
The Shaykh (may Allaah have
mercy on him) also said: “What some people do today, whereby you would see them
completing the right side of the row while the left row contains few persons,
is contrary to the Sunnah. The Sunnah is that the right and the left sides
should be almost equal. So if they are equal, here we would say: the right side
is better. There is no harm if there is addition of one or two persons in the
right side. However, completing the right side of the row while there are only
few persons in the left side is contrary to the Sunnah because that would make
the Imaam not to be standing in the middle.
Source: Sharh Riyaad As-Saaliheen,
5/118-119, 3/238 by Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have
mercy on him)
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