The Ruling on Decorating Mosques and Placing Clocks and Advertisements
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Question:
And there is nothing in the Prophet (may Allah have mercy on him). Then he said, and clarified that it swells in several matters, upon the reporter, above the calendar in the mosque, above the hadiths of the absences of the peoples and the minarets, above a poet when the sunset prayer departs, so these matters, O tribe of the Shaykh, are known from the misfortunes of the news in the home mosque about them, and they are among the signs of the Hour to the bodies.
Answer:
As for decorating the mosques, which is adorning them, reducing them, and writing in them, yes, this is among the signs of the Hour, and it is not desirable; one is forbidden from decorating the mosques. As for this exaggeration by the writer, and placing the clock to know the timing, and placing the calendar to know the timing, this is not correct; this is not from the decoration. Placing the clock for the benefit of knowing the entry of the time, and placing the Hijri calendar likewise to know the entry of the time, the prayer times, and this is what aids in prayer and aids in the worship of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, so this is not from the decoration.
As for placing advertisements, boards, and engravings, yes, this is not befitting; this is not a need of the mosque. This thing, placing boards for advertisements, placing such things for promotions, is not a need of the mosque. So this is kept away from the mosque; there is no benefit for the people in it. And if a person wants to remind the people, he reminds them by speech, reciting to them the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or he reads to them a written and recorded advice, reading it to them and making them hear it. And if there is a lecture, it is announced without announcing the lecture and informing the people that there is a lecture in such-and-such a mosque, and that is sufficient. Yes.
And there is nothing in the Prophet (may Allah have mercy on him). Then he said, and clarified that it swells in several matters, upon the reporter, above the calendar in the mosque, above the hadiths of the absences of the peoples and the minarets, above a poet when the sunset prayer departs, so these matters, O tribe of the Shaykh, are known from the misfortunes of the news in the home mosque about them, and they are among the signs of the Hour to the bodies.
Answer:
As for decorating the mosques, which is adorning them, reducing them, and writing in them, yes, this is among the signs of the Hour, and it is not desirable; one is forbidden from decorating the mosques. As for this exaggeration by the writer, and placing the clock to know the timing, and placing the calendar to know the timing, this is not correct; this is not from the decoration. Placing the clock for the benefit of knowing the entry of the time, and placing the Hijri calendar likewise to know the entry of the time, the prayer times, and this is what aids in prayer and aids in the worship of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, so this is not from the decoration.
As for placing advertisements, boards, and engravings, yes, this is not befitting; this is not a need of the mosque. This thing, placing boards for advertisements, placing such things for promotions, is not a need of the mosque. So this is kept away from the mosque; there is no benefit for the people in it. And if a person wants to remind the people, he reminds them by speech, reciting to them the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or he reads to them a written and recorded advice, reading it to them and making them hear it. And if there is a lecture, it is announced without announcing the lecture and informing the people that there is a lecture in such-and-such a mosque, and that is sufficient. Yes.
Source
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