Is a room designated for prayer in a government workplace considered a mosque, based on the stipulated conditions for a mosque, which are: endowment, general permission for prayer, and the establishment of the five daily prayers therein, taking into account that the ownership of the place belongs to the state, and the possibility of establishing the five daily prayers therein even if not everyone prays there?
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That room is a musalla (prayer area), not a masjid (mosque), and the rulings pertaining to musallayat apply to it. The difference between a masjid and a musalla, and their implications, have been explained previously.
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