Rulings on mosques

I prayed jumuah and accidentally took someone else’s shoe which looked like mine. then i realized and i used the shoe for some days now I’m not using it anymore. and i tried to find the guy but didn’t find him. what should i do?

Character and Morals, Rulings on mosques

24 Mar

ANSWER: You shouldn’t have used it all these days! Go back to the masjid and try to see if he comes and brings your shoes. If not, give in charity the equivalent of the value of the shoe on his behalf.

Sheikh, is it Mandatory to enter the Masjid with right foot first and then the left foot next? And leaving with the left foot first and then the right foot next? And also what is the Du’a to be said when entering the Masjid and when leaving the Masjid?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Supplications

13 Mar

ANSWER: This is the sunnah. The authentic duaa is to say: bismillah, Allahumma salli Ala Mohammed, allahumma iftahli Abwab rahmatic when entering and something similar to that when exiting.

Sheikh, usually I walk to and from the masjid in order to gain the reward for doing so, but sometimes I get offered a ride. Will I get the reward based off my intentions?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

31 Jan

ANSWER: No. The specific reward is only when you walk to the masjid.

Is traveling to a far mosque for the sole reason to pray there other than Mecca Madina And Al Aqsa prohibited.

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

06 Jan

ANSWER: Yes, this is prohibited.

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.

Rulings on mosques

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. […]

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