The ruling on planting trees in mosques and their courtyards

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he cut down the trees and date palms, is there evidence that we should cut down the trees in the mosque?

Answer:
Do you pray with trees? The mosque must be cleared of trees. But you ask: Is it possible or permissible to plant a sycamore in the mosque or the courtyard attached to the mosque, or to put date palms in it? They say no, no date palms are put in it, no date palms are put in it either. As for the mosque itself, this is a matter of scholarly consensus; nothing is planted in it. Yes.