Musjid

Q: My husband bought some damaged Qurans from the local masjid to our home around 18 months ago. He repaired the broken spines and returned many. However he has kept a few in our house and also in my in laws house because they are large print. At the time I raised my concern they are community property. Im concerned they are waqf, perhaps donated by someone in the community for local charity, and now we have them in our house and my in laws house. Neither house (mine or my in laws) refers to them.

Should we return the Qurans or keep them? If we must return them what should we do as repentance?

Q: Is there any sunnat actions to carryout when opening a new musjid?

Q: Is worldly talk in the masjid makrooh or haraam?

Q: I am intending to place a minbar on the left side of the mihrab as it is difficult for the khateeb to see the audience if placed on the right, is this against sunnah or is there any problem with this?

Q: Can a woman in menstruation (haidh) enter the Masjid al-Aqsa compound? This is a compound surrounded by walls which contains several buildings such as the Dome of the Rock, Masjid al-Qibli, etc. Is the entire compound counted as the masjid (meaning that woman in menstruation can't enter) or is just the buildings counted as masjid and the rest as courtyard (which a woman in menstruation can enter)?

Q: We know to announce in the masjid if a item is lost is not permissible.

What about announcing in the masjid if a item is found to inform the people present that may be unaware of the loss? Is it permissible?

Q: Is it prohibited to keep the fingers of one hand in the other hand (intertwining) generally or it is only during Friday sermon?

Q: A piece of land was donated by a man for a qabrastan. 30 years after his death, a masjid was constructed within the space of the donated land by a division of a muhalla relating to the internal disagreement of some matters. Is it permissible to recite salaah in that masjid?

Q: Would it be permissible to convert a flat in a building into a masjid, e.g. converting a place like the Hendry Road musalla into a masjid, considering that there are people staying above it.

Q: Is it permissible to receive funding as a donation from non-Muslims as asked for by a masjid and madrassah? Where should it be utilised?