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234. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "My grandmother Mulaikah invited Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to a meal that she prepared. He ate from it, then said: 'Stand so that we may lead you in prayer.'" He said: "I got a Ḥaṣīr[1] of ours which had become dark because of prolonged use, so I washed it with water. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stood on it,
and the orphan and I aligned behind him and the old lady stood behind us. He (Allāh's Messenger ﷺ) led us in two Rak'ah of prayer and then left." (Sahīh)
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Anas is a Ḥasan Sahīh Ḥadīth.
It is acted upon by [most of] the people of knowledge. They say when there is a man and a woman with the Imām then the man stands at the right of the Imām and the woman behind them. Some of the people have used this Ḥadīth to say that the prayer is acceptable when a man prays behind the row alone. They say that the young boy was not required to pray, and Anas was behind the Prophet ﷺ alone [in the row].
But the case is not as they saw it, because the Prophet ﷺ made him stand with the orphan boy behind him. So if the Prophet ﷺ did not reckon with the orphan boy's prayer, he would not have made him stand beside Anas and he would have made Anas stand on his right.
And it has been reported from Mūsā bin Anas, from Anas, that he prayed with the Prophet ﷺ, so he stood him at his right.
In this Ḥadīth there is proof that he was only praying a voluntary prayer and he wanted them to have some of the blessing.
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[1] A mat used for prayer.
Commentary
It is proven from this Hadīth that if there is only one child, he will stand with the men in the row. A woman is not allowed to stand in the row of men, rather, she will stand behind individually and she is allowed to stand on her own as a row.
