Straightening the saffs

Performing salaah at home if there is social distancing in one's masjid

Q: With the distances of one meter at the Masjid, some people prefer to perform their salaat in jamaat in other private places (like in a house) with their shoulders together. They perform the five salaat and the jumuah salaat in houses with their shoulders together? Is it correct? Or is it better for these people to come to the Masjid ?

Social distancing in salaah

Q: Is social distancing in salaah permissible? My ustadhs say its not permissible and its makrooh tahreemi and that's what I follow but at home, my brother says its allowed because the hadith needs interpretations and that Hazrat Muhammed (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said that flee from a leper. So how would you flee from a lion? He also said that Umar (radiyallahu anhu) didn't want to enter a land of the plague and he said that all the Ulama that say social distancing is not permissible are weak in usoolul fiqh and weak Ulama.

Performing Salaah between pillars

Q: In a Masjid, a row is usually left empty after every few rows, as it has several pillars.

1. If it is left empty, is the Salah of those behind it valid?

2. Is Salah valid between the pillars?

3. Once, people prayed in that row to the right of a pillar, but to the left of the pillar the row was empty. Was the Salah of those who prayed to the right of the pillar valid?

Performing salaah with an empty space in the saff in front

Q: If one prays in congregation, but due to people praying ahead, he cannot join the saffs ahead, is it permissible:

1. To pray behind an empty space between him and the safs ahead where more than two safs can be formed?

2. OR should he pass in front of musalles to go ahead? What about in the Haram Shareef in Makkah Mukarramah and Masjid Nabwi? Are we allowed to pass in front of musalles?

3. If one prayed behind with an empty space ahead, does the salah need to be repeated?

4. If needs to be repeated, if the prayed salah was janazah, what intention to make for the repeated salah, nafl as janazah salah perhaps cannot be repeated?