Arranging the Saffs
Question
The following categories of Muqtadis are present for a Jamaat Salaat: Mature males, Immature males, Mature females and Immature females. What will be the order in which the sufoof (rows) are arranged?
Answer
The mature males followed by the immature males, then the mature females followed by the immature females.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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