QUESTION: There is a Barelvi masjid near my home where, on every 11th of the month, they use loudspeakers to recite words that seem like shirk. The imam also recites these words with them, they deny believing in them. These recitations are from their well-known book Awrad-e-Fatah. Another masjid is about 2 km away, so I go there but not regularly, and sometimes I pray at home. What should I do

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Shirk and its different forms
18 Nov

ANSWER: You must not pray in a Barelvi masjid. Find a masjid that follows the Quran and Sunnah. If there is no masjid in your vicinity, pray home.

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QUESTION: You mentioned that it is not permissible to be extravagant when building masjids. I wanted to ask: does this ruling also apply to building a prayer room within one’s home?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
11 Nov

ANSWER: One must not build such prayer rooms in homes as this is not from Islam. 

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QUESTION: Ruling on reserving first row spot in masjid if I come early to clean and lay carpets, but row fills before I finish? (also ramadan, reserving a spot while i eat iftar after serving iftar)

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
24 Oct

ANSWER: As long as you came first and sat there and did not leave the masjid, you are entitled of the position you first came for.

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QUESTION: I went to the masjid just to pray alone as a muslimah. i sat down to put my things down, then i remembered i shouldn’t sit without praying tahiyyatul masjid. so i made wudu, prayed the 2 rakaat, then prayed my fard. is this correct, and am i sinful for sitting down at the beginning since i forgot?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
02 Oct

ANSWER: If you prayed fard, without sitting down, that would suffice for tahiyatul masjid as well.

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QUESTION: There is an area in the Girls Common Room in our university which is reserved for prayers. It is an area slightly raised above the ground and is bounded by wooden rails. Is it permissible for girls on their periods/without wudu to sit and study there?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Rulings on mosques
01 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this as this is not a masjid 

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QUESTION: If I arrive to the masjid and I want to drink water and follow the sunnah by sitting down but I haven’t prayed 2 raka yet, can I sit, drink, then pray the 2 raka?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
15 Sep

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. Pray first then drink. You can also drink while standing up like our prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam had done that. 

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QUESTION: I know that walking to the masjid you get rewards (rank, good deed, sin), but does this apply to leaving the masjid too by walking?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
25 Jul

ANSWER: Yes

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QUESTION: If I come to the masjid and Athan will be called in a minute, does praying Sunnah or Fard before prayer counts as tahiyatul masjid instead of the 2 rakats ?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
14 Jul

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: I learned that buying and selling in masjid is haram but what if I’m hungry or thirsty and the masjid sells dates water etc, what to do?

Rulings on mosques
30 Jun

ANSWER: What kind of a quesiton is this? There are no shops to buy food in the whole city except inside the masjid? It is not permissible to buy or sell inside the masjid regardless. 

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QUESTION: If someone is blessed with the means to build a large and aesthetically remarkable mosque inspired by top luxury brands. Would it be more virtuous to establish it in the West, where the local Muslim community is in need of such spaces? Or would it be preferable to build it in the Middle East, where the land holds greater sacredness and spiritual reward?

Rulings on mosques
15 Jun

ANSWER: Build it wherever its needed the most & it’s not permissible to be extravagant in building masjids!

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