Advice of Scholars - THINGS NOT PERMISSABLE IN A MOSQUE
- It is mekrûh to lock the doors of a mosque. It is not mekrûh if there is a danger of thieves.
- It is permissible to walk through a mosque sometimes. But it is mekrûh to make it your regular route. It is not mekrûh if there is a good reason to do so.
- It is mekrûh to bring najasât into a mosque. A person who has najâsat on his person cannot enter a mosque.
- It is mekrûh to plaster a mosque with mortar or mud made with najs water.
- It is harâm to let mad people or small children who will bring najâsat into a mosque enter the mosque. It is mekrûh if there is no danger of najâsat.
- It is tahrîmî mekrûh to set up markets, to talk loudly, to make speeches, to quarrel, to take up arms, and to punish others in a mosque.
- It is mekrûh to enter a mosque with na’ls, i. e. shoes worn outdoors.
- It is harâm to importune (for money) in a mosque.
- It is fard-i kifâya for people without an excuse to listen to the Qur’ân al-kerîm. It is sinful to begin reading the Qur’ân al-kerîm loudly in a place where people are working, sleeping, performing namâz or if there is someone preaching.
- It is mekrûh to eat something or to sleep in a mosque. A musâfir is exempted from this. When entering a mosque, a musâfir must intend for I’tikâf and perform the namâz of tahiyyatulmasjîd first. Thereafter he can eat and talk about worldly matters.
- Making a contract for buying and selling in a mosque is mekrûh. Yet it is mustahab to establish a contract for a nikâh.
- It is tahrîmî mekrûh to busy with worldly conversations instead of worshipping in a mosque.
- It is mekrûh to reserve a certain place for yourself in a mosque.