Here is something that is taking place more and more these days in our masaajid (plural of masjid) and that this the reserving of places by individuals.
There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, due to people being ignorant with regards to its ruling. Secondly, due to those who know its ruling, not ordering the good and forbidding the evil.
This action of reserving places in the masjid is not a legislated practice in Islam. An innovation, according to Shaykh Ibn al-'Uthaymeen (rahimahullah Ta'ala) as you will come to know.
This benefit has been taken from a series of 5 lectures I posted not so long ago by Abu Talhah Dawud Burbank (rahimahumullah Ta'ala) titled: The Excellence of Standing in the First Row in Salah.
May Allah enable us to understand and implement that which we hear, Aameen.
Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever invites to guidance will be rewarded like those who follow him in the guidance are rewarded, and that will not decrease the reward of those who have followed him." [Collected by Imām Muslim]
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