Where The Imām Should Stand When The Person Praying With Him Is A Boy
Darussalam · Volume 1
10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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صحيح، ابن ماجة (٩٧٣)
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(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٩٧٣: ق.
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807. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbās said: “I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt Maimūnah, and the Messenger of Allāh got up to pray at night. I stood on his left, so he did this to me: He took me by the head and made me stand on his right.” (Sahīh)
806 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: " بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَقَالَ بِي: هَكَذَا فَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ " مَنْ يَلِي الْإِمَامَ ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ
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In the case of congregational prayer, a sane youth equals an adult. Therefore (if he is solitary), he would station himself alongside the prayer-leader. We also learn that if the follower is one only, he should station himself to the right, because the right side is meritorious.