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Is it better for a person
to build a mosque alone?

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Or to join his brothers
to build a bigger mosque?

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Allah's bounty is vast.
And the best is what's most beneficial.

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The best is what's most beneficial.

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So if that is best for Muslims

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Building a small mosque
by oneself is better.

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If it's best for Muslims to build
a big mosque many gather in, it's better.

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Because the reward increases.

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with the greater benefit.

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Yes. Whoever builds a mosque alone
will have the reward of the mosque.

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And whoever participates.

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In building the mosque, he gets
his share of its reward.

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But which is better? We say:
The better is what is more beneficial.

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If both are equal in benefit.

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then it is better to build it himself.

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To build it himself, and it is rare
for both to be equal in benefit. Yes.

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May Allah ﷻ reward you well.
May Allah ﷻ preserve you.

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Which is better: the first row,
far from the imam?

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Or the second row,
close to the imam?

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There is no doubt that the first row
is best, even if far from the imam.

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"The best rows for men are the first."

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The correct view is that the right
is better than the left.

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Meaning: the right of the first
row is better than its left.

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And the left side of the first row
is better than the second row.

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And the right side of the second
row is better than its left side.

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And so on.

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What is required of the believer
is to hasten to the first row.

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The Prophet ﷺ said.

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"A man keeps lagging behind
the first row until held back."

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"Allah ﷻ [places him] in the Fire."
The scholars said that the point is.

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If a Muslim hastens to
the first row.

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he preserves the prayer
and is spared sin.

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But if he falls behind the first row,
he may soon miss the prayer's start.

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Then he may end up arriving
at the end of the prayer.

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Then he may even pray at home.
If that happens

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He would be falling into sin
and be blameworthy.

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In any case, the answer
to the question is this.

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The first row is better
than standing behind the imam

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or in the second row behind him.
Yes.