Question:
What’s the ruling of preceding young children to the first rows behind the Imam?
Answer:
This is not permissible, due to the Hadith:
(لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى)
“Let those be nearest to me who are mature and endowed with understanding (of the religion)”
Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu’ayb – may Allah preserve him
Source:
https://t.me/Bashuaib/5886
Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani