What is meant by "the lagging people" in the Hadith: "Come forward and complete [the rows] with me, and let those after you complete [the rows] with you. A people will continue to lag behind until Allah puts them behind," and does it include those who do not attend congregational prayers, or those who are slow to enter the rows?
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Al-Suyuti mentioned in his commentary on Sahih Muslim that what is meant by "lagging behind" here is lagging behind the first row. The validity of this is supported by the hadith: "A group of people will continue to lag behind the first row until Allah makes them lag behind."
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