What is the ruling on writing the Name of Allah on one side of the mosque and the name Muhammad on the other side?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in some mosques there are decorations where they place the Name of Allah, "Allah," to the right of the mihrab, and the word "Muhammad" to the left of the mihrab. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
This is not permissible. This is equating the Messenger with Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Some people write "O Allah, O Muhammad," and some write "Allah, Muhammad." All of this is not permissible. Writing in the mosque is not permissible in the first place, neither Qur'anic verses nor anything else, so that the mosque does not distract the worshippers, and so that there are no decorations in it, and no sights for which the mosque was not built. The mosque is a house of worship, not a house for sights and displays. This is for museums; whoever wants these things should go to the museums. As for mosques, they are houses of worship and houses of obedience, and nothing of these things should be in them. And writing the Name of Allah on one side of the mihrab...
...and on the other side, equal to Allah, the name of the Messenger. This is not permissible. And fatwas have been issued by the Department of Ifta to remove it. This is not permissible. Yes.