When two pray together where does the Imam stand?

Question:

When two are praying besides each other, do they pray next to each other or does the Imam stand before the one attending the prayer behind the Imam?

Answer:

They stand side by side, none precede or stand behind the other.

Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu’ayb – may Allah preserve him

Source:
https://t.me/Bashuaib/5880

Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani