Mosque and Community Affairs
180 questions
Is it permissible to transfer water designated for drinking in the mosque to homes?
What is the ruling on hanging or placing large clocks that emit loud chimes in mosques, especially during prayers, Friday sermons, and religious lectures?
What should the imam of a mosque do if he hears that the mosque was built on usurped land, and the mosque's owner claims the land was abandoned, with doubt regarding the accuracy of this claim?
Is it permissible to collect money to hold parties in the mosque and call it charity?
Is it permissible for a husband to allow his wife to attend lessons of knowledge at the mosque, knowing that the lesson might end an hour after 'Isha prayer, and that she will return home accompanied by trustworthy sisters and will not use public transportation alone?
Is it permissible for a young man to permanently lead prayers in the mosque, given the presence of a regular Imam and a skilled reciter, and their frequent absence, bearing in mind that some worshippers may dislike this, while others request him to lead?
What is the ruling on someone who entered the mosque while intoxicated and tried to forcibly remove a woman from it, then wrestled with one of the worshippers to remove him from the mosque, and is it permissible to close the mosque doors out of fear of him?
Is it permissible for a woman to seek a Khul’ (divorce at the wife’s instance) from her husband, who is addicted to drugs and alcohol, who abandons her, curses her, and accuses her of adultery, in exchange for returning the dower (Mahr) paid upfront and deferred, despite her being legally divorced from him in Sweden and his refusal to communicate?
What is the ruling on placing a sign on the mosque's minaret with "Allahu Akbar" written on it instead of the crescent?
Is it permissible to collect donations to cover the mosque's expenses after the sermon and before the establishment of the prayer, given the community's financial difficulties and the mosque's occasional reliance on the bank to pay its bills, and is this act considered "idle talk"?
What is the ruling on closing a mosque that accommodated more than 300 Arab worshippers, and restricting its prayers to a small number not exceeding 15 Egyptians only?
What is the ruling on emirate in settled communities?
What was the first mosque built in Islam?
Is it permissible for the mosque treasurer to issue a receipt for an amount less than the total collected donations, knowing that the surplus is disbursed as a salary for the muezzin or for mosque affairs, and that he has signed a pledge with the Awqaf (Endowments) that all donations shall be recorded at their full value?
What is the ruling on young children watching children's shows that deal with the subject of magic?
Is it permissible to build housing above a mosque?
Is it permissible to move the station of our master Abraham (peace be upon him) to another location in the courtyard of the circumambulation area [sahṇ al-maṭāf] to facilitate circumambulators and worshippers and to preserve the lives of Muslims?
Is it permissible to transfer an endowment land (Ard As-Sabil) dedicated by a person who died hundreds of years ago, or its income, to the village mosque, or to divide its proceeds between the community council (Al-Majlis) and the mosque, knowing that the visitors to the council are very few and incur no expenses?
Am I obliged to pray in the mosque or at home, taking into account that my mother is ill and cannot move except to use the restroom, and I am her sole caregiver?
Is it permissible to name a mosque after its builder?
Is it permissible to use the remaining amount from the price of the motor for other mosque needs (maintenance - works), or must permission be sought from the donor parties first?
Is it permissible to donate for the construction of a hall for weddings and celebrations in a mosque in a city where there are (other) mosques, or is it more befitting to send the money to the needy in our home countries?
Is it permissible for the Sunni community in Germany to pray in a mosque affiliated with the Ahmadiyya Lahori group, especially given that the Imam is one of them, and considering that the Ahmadiyya Imam denies the belief in Ghulam Ahmed's prophethood and considers him merely a reformer?
Was the punishment for apostasy by death restricted to the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and not applicable in our current era, similar to how it was applied to the Jews who embraced Islam and then apostatized to weaken Islam?