Is it permissible to hang a sign in the mosque that reads, "The Fajr prayer, O servants of Allah"?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a large sign in some mosques that reads, "The Fajr prayer, O servants of Allah." Is it permissible to hang such a sign? And does the Fajr prayer have a special status compared to the other prayers?
Answer:
It is not permissible to hang anything in the mosques. It is not permissible to hang anything, whether it is a call to prayer, an encouragement to pray, or an indication of the prayer times. None of this is permissible. This is a desecration of the mosques, which are to be protected from such matters. But these people have become accustomed to this and have started to boast about it, and they have found no one to stop them. This is absolutely not permissible. Mosques are to be kept free of such things; nothing is to be written in them, hung in them, or placed in them that distracts the worshippers. Mosques are not museums where this and that is hung, nor are they offices. Mosques are for the worship of Allah, and they are to be kept free of everything that distracts the worshippers. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a large sign in some mosques that reads, "The Fajr prayer, O servants of Allah." Is it permissible to hang such a sign? And does the Fajr prayer have a special status compared to the other prayers?
Answer:
It is not permissible to hang anything in the mosques. It is not permissible to hang anything, whether it is a call to prayer, an encouragement to pray, or an indication of the prayer times. None of this is permissible. This is a desecration of the mosques, which are to be protected from such matters. But these people have become accustomed to this and have started to boast about it, and they have found no one to stop them. This is absolutely not permissible. Mosques are to be kept free of such things; nothing is to be written in them, hung in them, or placed in them that distracts the worshippers. Mosques are not museums where this and that is hung, nor are they offices. Mosques are for the worship of Allah, and they are to be kept free of everything that distracts the worshippers. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3885- 4717] هل يجوز تعليق لافتة في المسجد مكتوب فيها صلاة الفجر يا عباد الله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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