Preventing a musalli from doing business outside the masjid
Q: A musallee sells fruit and veg from his car in the masjid parking lot after jumuah.
1. Is this permissible?
2 Does the masjid committee have the right to prevent him from this?
Q: A musallee sells fruit and veg from his car in the masjid parking lot after jumuah.
1. Is this permissible?
2 Does the masjid committee have the right to prevent him from this?
Q: There is a masjid which is 3 stories i.e. ground floor+2 floors. However, except for Jumuah Salah only the ground floor remains occupied and the rest of the floors are vacant.
A group of community leaders have decided and infact what they have done is after taking permission from the Trustees have started a coaching class type thing wherein students from poor backgrounds are given computer and English and Science schooling in the first and second floors of the masjid at very nominal prices or for free. Basically a Muslim charitable trust is now using the upper floors of the masjid for teaching underprivileged kids computer and school tuition classes.
Additionally they are now planning to use one area in the masjid in above floors as a Homeopathy clinic for free treatment for ailments. The entrance is separate from behind the staircase, not the main gate of the masjid.
My question is, is it allowed to use the masjid for dunyavi purposes in a manner the above people are using it? They are not using the main ground floor of the masjid but the first and second floors which are empty except for Jumuah. Please guide us with this question.
Q: Is it permissible for the Imaam of the Masjid or any scholar to teach hifdh/madressa in the Masjid & charge fees?
If not, should this be moved outside the Masjid boundary or what would be the best possible solution?
Q: Is it permissible to use a lectern in the masjid by ulama giving a lecture considering the fact that it is a concept used in the churches?
Q: Can land gifted to a mosque be taken back if the mosque commitee members are not abiding by the promise made and infighting is happening among them?
Q: The following appears in "The Three Harams" by Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen:
"Do not distribute parcels, hampers and other goods in the musjid. Similarly, do not make the musjid a drop off point for collecting parcels."
Please advise:
(1) What is the status of distributing parcels and hampers in the Musjid parking lot and yard? This happens in poor areas in KZN, where Muslim and Ulama relief groups or individuals, arrange for the distribution of groceries and blankets in the Musjid yard. People, males and females, line up and collect.
(2) Distributing Qurbani meat in the Masjid parking lot / yard. Is this correct?
(3) A feeding scheme takes place for the poor children after afternoon Madrasah at the Masjid. The children sit and eat in the madrasah section, which is a large room adjoining the last saff. Is this permissible?
(4) Grocery hampers are distributed to poor people in the Masjid entrance/shoe rack area, the goods are given to poor people as they leave. Is this permissible?
Q: Our Imaam mentioned a few points, which I wanted to clarify. The gist of the points is that in the Masjid, collective forms of Ibaadah always take precedence over individual.
1. If 5 minutes are allotted to read sunnah salaah before the khutbah, one should complete salaah in that time, to avoid inconvenience to the imaam, who has to wait for people who go over this time.
My question is, what if someone takes six or seven minutes. Is this incorrect or should the imaam wait patiently for such a person?
2. If after salaah, a jamaat is having a lecture, or there is some type of programme, the muqtadis should try and complete their salaah quickly or move to the back, so that the programme can commence as soon as possible.
Are these points correct?
Q: What is status of performing wudhu and ghusl in the sehen (courtyard) of the Musjid?
Q: We have many left behind/lost items in our musjid. Perishable items are also left behind. We wish to make signage boards stating that: Any item left behind or lost will be kept for 7 days and thereafter disposed off. Is this correct?
What about perishable /food times?
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)?