What’s the ruling of preceding young children in the first rows behind the Imam?

Question:

What’s the ruling of preceding young children to the first rows behind the Imam?

Answer:

This is not permissible, due to the Hadith:

(لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى)
“Let those be nearest to me who are mature and endowed with understanding (of the religion)”

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

Source:
https://t.me/Bashuaib/5886

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