Some people enter the mosque very late (about 1 minute before iqamah) and go straight to the first row. Others arrived earlier, prayed two rak‘ah, and are sitting nearby. Is it permissible for latecomers to do this, and have they taken the right of those who came earlier, or is it sinful? جزاك الله

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

It is allowed, the others they chose not to hold a spot for themselves.