Is announcing the invitation to a wedding in the mosque—instead of inviting each person from their home—permissible or forbidden, especially with the village expanding and the difficulty of inviting everyone individually?
Mosques must be kept free from worldly advertisements, such as announcements for wedding feasts, because mosques were built for worship and the propagation of good, not for worldly matters. The proof for this is the prophetic hadiths that prohibit the announcement of lost items in the mosque. It is permissible to advertise worldly matters by placing advertisements on the exterior wall of the mosque. However, advertisements for acts of obedience, such as religious lectures, are permissible inside the mosque. Advertisements for Hajj and campaigns should be placed outside because they involve financial gain. People can be invited to a marriage through phone calls or text messages. The majority of jurists deem it desirable to conduct marriage contracts in the mosque, but the reported regarding this is weak. It is a permissible act, not a .
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