Prayer of Followers in Other Floors of Mosque
Issue No. 1241- In the congregational prayer, there is no problem if the place where followers stand is higher than where the imam stands. However, in case the imam stands in the main part of the mosque [for instance] and some of the followers are located on the balcony or on the roof in a manner that it would not be called a congregational prayer; in this case, the prayer would not be valid. The same applies when the imam stands on the ground floor and the followers stand on the other floors, which are far from the congregation.
