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Masjid & Its Etiquette

952 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Masjid & Its Etiquette, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.

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Mufti Online418Ask Imaam376Ibn Masood70Azaadville50Jamiat KZN19Camperdown12MUBZ4DU Zakariyya2Amjadi1

Masjid & Its Etiquette fatawa — page 16 of 24

  1. Mufti Online21 Sep 2013

    Performing only 8 rakaats taraweeh in a musjid nearby

    My question is that my father cannot pray 20 rakaats taraweeh in mosque nearby because its too quick and have to travel by car. He likes to pray in…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  2. Mufti Online18 Sep 2013

    Women performing Taraweeh in the Musjid

    Can women perform their taraweeh in the masjid, behind an imam?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  3. Mufti Online11 Sep 2013

    Musjid built on the second or third story of building

    What happens to a musjid built on the second or third story of a building if the entire building is demolished?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  4. Mufti Online11 Sep 2013

    Announcements on the Azaan microphone

    Is it permissible to make general announcements on the azan mic which is in the musjid eg. janazah?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  5. Jamiat KZN10 Sep 2013

    Masjid Toilets

    Q. As salamu alaikum. Respected Moulana. If possible can the jamiat at some stage in whatever format(print, email, bayaan, poster, or which ever…

  6. Mufti Online4 Sep 2013

    Leaving the Musjid for meals if one is sitting for I'tikaaf

    My friend will be doing itikaaf in Musjid-e-Nabawi. He will be totally alone, nobody will be there to bring him food. Can he eat his food at the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  7. Ask Imaam30 Aug 2013

    Is it permissible for an Imam to raise funds for the town’s Islamic school in the masjid?

    Is it permissible for an imam to raise funds for the towns Islamic school in the masjid via pledges?

    Arshad Ali
  8. Mufti Online24 Aug 2013

    Collecting money for Huffaaz

    Is it jaaiz to make an announcement in Ramadhan for a collection for huffaaz?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  9. Mufti Online19 Aug 2013

    Should I perform my Salaah in the Musjid or Jamaat khana if both are nearby?

    A jamaat khana and a Musjid are nearby but the jamaat khana is nearer to where I work. Will it be more virtuous to read salaat in the jamaat khana…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  10. Mufti Online17 Aug 2013

    Performing Salaah in a Musjid

    Is it more rewarding to perform Salaah in a Musjid or a Jamaat Khaana?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  11. Ask Imaam4 Jul 2013

    If a person is in I'tikaf can he go out of the masjid for Jumuah ghusl?

    If a person is in I'tikaf can he go out of the masjid for Jumuah ghusl?

    Sohail ibn Arif
  12. Mufti Online25 Jun 2013

    Entering the Musjid with a catheter/urine bag

    Is it permissible for a person who has a catheter/urine bag to enter the Musjid?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  13. Mufti Online24 Jun 2013

    Teaching in the Musjid

    Can an ustaaz teaching with a salary teach in the musjid so that he may sit for the sunnat I'tikaaf in Ramadhaanul Mubarak? If not, could he…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  14. Mufti Online10 Jun 2013

    Women attending the Musjid for Congregational Salaah

    Please can you clarify for me. There is a masjid/classrooms/ladies namaaz area in one building. The masjid-mens namaaz area is on the first floor.…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  15. Mufti Online21 May 2013

    Entering the Musjid in the state of Haidh

    A women teachers or volunteers in the Islamic school, and the school is in the mosque. She has to walk through the Musjid area to get into the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  16. Mufti Online18 May 2013

    Lengthening the ruku' when hearing someone entering the Musjid

    Is it preferable for the Imam to lengthen the Ruku' briefly when hearing someone entering the Masjid to join the Salaah?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  17. Mufti Online11 May 2013

    Imaamat Punctuality

    In today's times we have devices which show time to the second; and such devices(phones, watches,etc) are carried about on almost every person…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  18. Mufti Online22 Apr 2013

    Janaazah Salaah in the sehn of the Musjid

    Some people only read the janazah prayer in the sehen of the masjid, will they get the reward of one qirat even though they did not follow the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  19. Ask Imaam14 Apr 2013

    Waqf Proposal

    Mr A wants to create a holding trust with a income earning property as its sole asset. The following will be beneficiaries of the above holding…

    Mufti Hussein Issa
  20. Ask Imaam11 Apr 2013

    Building Masjid On An Encroached Land

    Can a Masjid be constructed on an encroached land, which belongs to a housing society partly and other part belongs to the Indian Goverment? Can…

    Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman
  21. Ask Imaam5 Apr 2013

    Is it permissible to build a Masjid over a soakage pit?

    In our village there is a soakage pit. Whole of the drainage of the vicinity goes into it. May be refuse from human body like urine and faeces may…

    Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman
  22. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Waleema in the upper level of the Musjid

    If someone arranges a waleema party and serves the food on the roof of mosque, is it allowed?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  23. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Picking the roses or any other flowers that grow on the Musjid premises

    Is it permissible to pick the roses or any other flowers that grow on the masjid premises or in its yard, without damaging the plant and without the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  24. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Loaning Musjid money to pay of the outstanding amount of another Musjid

    There is a masjid in our city which just has been constructed. The administration of this particular masjid have a outstanding amount of money which…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  25. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Salaami in the Musjid

    As we starting with collections for a land for a masjid. Some brothers during the mashwerah want to know if there will be salami allowed in our…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  26. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Building a Musjid with excess Qurbaani funds

    A certain organization made public announcements and adverts that they will be using excess Qurbaani funds for the construction of a Masjid in a…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  27. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Sunnah and Nafil Salaah is more rewarding at home or in the Musjid?

    Which is more preferred and rewarding? Sunnah and Nafal Salah at home or at the Masjid?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  28. Mufti Online25 Mar 2013

    Silence board in the Musjid

    There are 2 silence boards in the masjid, but the one in the masjid has a white background and the head and hand are black color. Sometimes when I…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  29. Mufti Online17 Mar 2013

    Passing a bottle of attar (perfume) on Fridays

    Is there any significance is passing a bottle of attar (perfume) on Fridays (just before the Jumah salaat is about to commence) from person to…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  30. Ask Imaam5 Mar 2013

    Can a person offer his Ṣalāh in a Shia Masjid?

    Asalamualikum, I happened to visit a place in my city Lucknow, India where there was a shia mosque in the vicinity of an Imambarah..so can i offer…

    Mahmood Patel
  31. Mufti Online2 Mar 2013Roman Urdu

    Sunnat owr Nafil ghar mei parhna afzal he ya Musjid mei?

    mera sawal hai sunnat, nafl, witr ya koi bhi farz ke ilawa namaz perhne ka sawab or afzal ghar main hai ya masjid main? Or nafl namaz khare hoker…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  32. Mufti Online18 Feb 2013

    CCTV in the Musjid

    Are cctv's allowed to be installed in the masaajid?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  33. Mufti Online18 Feb 2013

    Musjid extension

    Our Musjid, has gone through an extension on the left side, However there is a separating wall (not completely separated few rows the an entrance,…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  34. Mufti Online10 Feb 2013

    Using the Musjid as a thoroughfare

    To use the Musjid as a thoroughfare is makrooh. However, some ulama say that if one needs to pass through the musjid to get to the other side, then…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  35. Mufti Online28 Jan 2013

    Converting a Musalla into a Musjid

    What is required to turn a jamaat khana/musalla into a musjid?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  36. Mufti Online28 Jan 2013

    Making Jamaat with one's female household and not going to the Musjid

    Will the jamaat with the female household exclude one from all the severe warnings?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  37. Mufti Online22 Jan 2013

    Performing Salaah in the Musjid

    My house is about one bus stop away from the mosque, which is about 10 mins walk. So, when I'm home, I do the salaah at home and sometimes go to the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  38. Mufti Online22 Jan 2013

    Not attending Salaah in the Musjid due to one's wife being scared

    Is a person's wife being scared i.e when left alone at home, (so scared that if there was some noise on the roof she would duck down on the floor) a…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  39. Mufti Online19 Jan 2013

    Passing wind in the musjid

    Is it permissable to pass wind in the musjid if one is sleeping in the musjid e.g. in jamaat or i'tikaaf?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  40. Mufti Online1 Jan 2013

    Second Jamaat in the sahen area of the Musjid

    It is becoming quite common nowadays in many Musjids that late comers make their own jamaat in the sahen area of the Musjid. Kindly explain in…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee

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