Mosque and Community Affairs

• Is it true that the punishment for the fornicator is to bear the sin of the husband of the married woman with whom they fornicated on the Day of Resurrection?
• What is the ruling on a sum of 50 riyals found outside the mosque: should it be handed over to the mosque administration, does it fall under what people of average means would not bother to pursue so it can be owned, or should it be returned to its place, and is it permissible to leave it and not pick it up to avoid having to publicize it?
• What should a Muslim wife do whose husband is addicted, beats her severely, and has abandoned her, while she has refused to write to the Imam the reasons for her request for khulʿ, and the husband is absent?
• Is the construction of a second mosque considered a mosque of harm (Masjid al-Dirar) and a cause of division among the Muslim community, taking into account that the number of worshippers in each mosque is small, and the distance between the two mosques is short, but passing between them at night involves hardship and fear?
• Is it permissible to use titles such as "garbage," "school," and "mosque" jokingly, and does referring to oneself as "mosque" constitute mockery of religion?
• Is everything that Allah Almighty has forbidden regarding imitating women due to a worldly wisdom related to the benefit of the human body, or does the prohibition stem from Allah Almighty's detestation of such imitation?
• Is buying and distributing 50 CDs explaining "Al-Aqeedah Al-Wasitiyyah" or "Riyadh As-Salihin" by Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, and 50 books of "Al-Aqeedah Al-Wasitiyyah" by Ibn Taymiyyah to the mosque congregation, considered a good deed and an ongoing charity for which the doer will be rewarded?
• How does Islamic jurisprudence differ from man-made laws?
• Do the Sunnis and the Community (Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah) agree on the conditions for the Imam, and what are the details of that according to the Imams of the four schools of thought?
• Is a friend who combines religiosity with leniency in some matters, such as mockery and justifying error, considered a good or bad friend?
• How can a person attain a prominent position among his family members and make them remember him in joy and sorrow?
• Is it permissible for an unofficial foreign mosque imam to take money from an official muezzin in exchange for continuing to lead prayers, out of fear that no other imam would be available?
• Is it permissible for the mosque community to change the imam of the mosque without his knowledge or notification after his appointment, knowing that he does not receive a salary and that the mosque is temporary and not affiliated with the Awqaf?
• What is the ruling on fulfilling a promise to perform charitable work within an association headed by a woman, while fearing falling under the implication of the noble Hadith: "A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will never prosper," and embarrassing the president?
• Is the imam of the mosque, who wishes to leave the imamate due to living conditions, sinful, despite the people of the neighborhood needing him?
• Why did Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) kill the Companion Hujr ibn Adi (may Allah be pleased with him)?
• Is it permissible to refrain from donating to the mosque and from paying the monthly subscription as a means of pressuring the administration to respond to the community's demands? And is it permissible to spend usurious money to purchase and print booklets introducing Islam and distribute them to non-Muslims, or to spend it on da'wah activities?
• What is the ruling on one who opposes the building of a mosque on vacant land out of covetousness for the site, thereby depriving the residents of the neighborhood from praying therein, and what should the residents of the neighborhood do regarding this person?
• What is the interpretation of the number "seven" being mentioned in the noble Hadith, and does the Hadith include women along with men?
• Is it permissible for one of her relatives to marry a divorced woman to a married man whom her father rejects, and is it valid for the judge to be the guardian if all relatives refuse, especially since the woman lives alone with her daughter and needs to marry to secure her affairs and those of her daughter?
• What is the scholarly opinion regarding someone who enters and exits the mosque: if there are two such individuals, which one should be given precedence?
• Is it sufficient for a marriage to be Islamically legitimate for a young Muslim man living in Europe, if it is merely declared before Muslim witnesses in a mosque, without a guardian (wali) or a court?
• Should a website specializing in smartphone technologies, offering explanations on using and developing the Android system, be shut down, or should it be continued, considering that its owner believes it does not provide beneficial knowledge to the Muslim community and is a waste of time?
• What is the ruling on praying in a mosque that has carpets adorned with the majestic word "Allah"?