Rulings on mosques

Sheikh,May Allah gives you good health. The Masjid in our Community (Toronto, Canada) was established in 1999 and since then its been very active masjid however run out of space on Fridays but not during regular five time prayers. Now Masjid management wants to sell masjid to buy a bigger space 1KM away. Old Masjid will be sold to City for Metro. Is it permissible in sharia to sell.

15 Dec

ANSWER: This is up to the evaluation of the muslim judge. Generally speaking, it is permissible to sell the masjid and buy with that a bigger masjid that would serve the community better.

If a person wants to repent from haram money, is it mandatory to donate those money? And can it be donated to mosque?

Halal/Haram Matters, Rulings on mosques

24 May

ANSWER: If one has haram money and halal money and the halal money is sufficient for him, he must cleanse his wealth by giving that haram money to means of Islamic charity or to building masjids.

Allahummaj ‘alfi qalbi nooran wa fi lee sani noor”- is this du’a authentic for going to the mashjid?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Supplications

31 Dec

ANSWER: It is Sunnah for the Muslim, when he leaves his house and heads towards the mosque, to recite the du’aa’ for walking to the masjid: It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas said: “… Then the muezzin gave the call to prayer, and he (the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) […]

Is it authentic that PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAWW stopped to decorate the MOSQUES ( e.g. lightning), if there is any Hadith regarding this kindly do share it please

Rulings on mosques

23 Sep

ANSWER: The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam ordered us not to decorate the masjids and to have only the basics. I don’t give references but you can find it easily on https://islamqa.info/en

In my area where I’m living, there is a mosque (along with a madrasa in it’s compound).From the mosque’s mic (through which the adhan is given),they provide announcement of missing child, announcement of calling for funeral prayer,announcement of deaths,when people die living around the mosque, announcement of Eid day and Eid prayer time if the following day is Eid.is using mosque this way right?

Rulings on mosques

02 Sep

ANSWER: This is not right as the masjid must not be used as a radio station.

I wanted to ask is it ok for hagia sophia to be a mosque since it was a church before a place of worship for the disbelievers

Rulings on mosques

13 Jul

ANSWER: This is permissible especially that it was a masjid for centuries. Praise be to Allaah. Yes, it is permissible to buy it and make it into a mosque, but they have to remove all the crosses and images that are hanging or engraved in it, and everything that indicates that it is a church. […]

Praying in Mosques other than 3 – Masjide Nabwi, Quba & Qiblatayn – like praying in Masjide SHAYKHAYN, MASJIDE JUMA, MASJIDE FAJR, MASJIDE BANI HAARISAH, MASJIDE BANI HARAM, MASJIDE KHANDAQ, MASJIDE BILAL in Madeenah, is there any virtue of praying in these Mosques?

Rulings on mosques

18 Jan

ANSWER: The reward of offering 2 rakah of nafl is like that of an Umrah in Masjid Al Quba. Rest of the mentioned masajid have no extra virtue.

I am designing a mosque Is it necessary to provide different entries for men and women or can i use single entry way to the mosque for both of them? Is there any hadith for it to use it for reference?

Rulings on mosques

18 Nov

ANSWER: This is the recommendation of the prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam that women use an entrance exclusively for them only.

I bought quran feew weeks back and kept it in the prayer room so that when others recite i can also get the benefit . But now one of my colleagues wants a quran for his mother can i take the same quran and give him or i must a new one. Whats the correct way?

Reading/Reciting the Quran, Rulings on mosques

22 Oct

ANSWER: If you had given it to that masjid or prayer hall as waqf and for the sake of Allah so that you have nothing to do with it, you can not go back on it and give it to your friend.

Is it permissible to allow women to perform ju-mah and other salah inside masjid.we are sunni from south india;here some sunni masjid are not allowing women inside masjid ;even the women are not in periods;and they are saying hadith that “for women it is better to perform salah in home. So kindly say ruling about it.

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

18 Sep

ANSWER: The best prayer for a woman is in her house. However, it is not permissible at all to stop them from entering the masjid and praying there if they want to.

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