In the cited Hanafi position, qualifying adjacent alignment can invalidate the man’s prayer. Other major schools may regard such placement as improper without assigning it the same invalidating effect. The dispute concerns whether a row-order breach affects validity, not only which formation is preferred.
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Juristic Disagreement about Alignment
Congregational Rows, Women Leading Women, and Adjacent Alignment
In the cited Hanafi position, qualifying adjacent alignment can invalidate the man’s prayer. Other major schools may regard such placement as improper without assigning it the same invalidating effect. The dispute concerns whether a row-order breach affects validity, not only which formation is preferred.