Mosque and Community Affairs
180 questions
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?
What should we do regarding the Imam of the mosque who makes many mistakes in recitation, whose voice is unclear and hoarse, despite the presence of others who are better than him in recitation and voice, which causes embarrassment and complaints among the worshippers?
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?
What is the ruling on placing shrouds in the mosque in such a way that requires them to remain there for a long time? Does this act entail reward, or is it an innovation? What is the evidence for its permissibility, if any?
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?
Is it permissible to use the amount designated for building a mosque—which the mother and sisters donated—to build a house for the widowed aunt and her orphaned daughters without the donors' knowledge?
Is it permissible for a mosque to take half of the donations designated for another mosque, on the grounds that it possesses a license to collect donations, while giving the other half to the mosque that holds the license?
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?
What are the necessary conditions that must be met in a mosque, and must it be an endowment for Allah or owned by a Muslim individual?
Is it permissible to announce the Tahajjud prayer by reciting the Qur’an via the mosque’s microphone in Ramadan or otherwise?
Is it permissible to pray in a mosque built with money that might be mixed with funds earned from selling prohibited things, and will those who donated and contributed to its construction be rewarded?
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?
What is the correct name for the old mosque in Tabuk, and is it permissible to call it "the Messenger's Mosque" (Masjid Ar-Rasul)?
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?
Is it permissible to remove the carpet placed on the mosque's prayer mat in winter to pray on it, and what is the advice for the two parties differing on this issue?