Answered by Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Situation: Jammat is about to start and there is 1 complete row. A person enters and stands alone in 2nd row. Should a person from 1st row go to the second row? What is MORE of a PRIORITY:
—Making sure the 1st row is complete
or
—-Making sure noone is praying alone?
If someone from 1st row goes to second row, then 1st row will not be complete.
2. Is it permissible for a Muslim man to visit (once in a while) and make dua at a grave of a non-mahram muslim woman
who he has never met? (while she was alive)
For example: Can a Muslim man frequently visit and make dua at a grave of a Sahabiya?
jazakallah
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In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
A1.
Imam Abdal-Hayy al-Lakhnawi, in his very useful collection of legal rulings and useful issues, Naf` al-Mufti wa al-Sa’il, explains,
“The most correct opinion is one will wait until ruku (for someone to come). If someone comes (then one starts, standing with them) otherwise one should pull someone from the row (ahead of him). But, in our time it is better if one does not pull one (from the row ahead) due to gross ignorance (of the rulings of shariah). Because, if one is pulled, he might break his salat and get angry on the person. As mentioned in Jami Rumuz.”
(al-Lakhnawi, Fatawa all Lakhnawi, known Naf’al Mufti wa al Sa’il, pg 306)
And Allah alone knows best
.A.2
Yes it would be of great blessing to visit the grave of a woman companion or someone who was righteous and of piety.
Though it is mentioned that Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) when she used to visit the grave of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) she used to cover herself when she was nearer to the grave of Umar (Allah be pleased with her) and this was due to her respect as she did in his life, and not because of the obligation of covering.
It is mentioned by Allama Ibn Abidin in Radd al-Muhtar that different people get different benefit according to their state and gnosis with Allah.
(Allama Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar Ala Dur al-Mukhtar, pg 232 V.2)
And Allah alone knows best