Adorning Mosques and Whether It Is an Innovation
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The questioner:
He says, may Allah preserve you, is it said that adorning mosques is an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Adorning mosques is forbidden. It is forbidden because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it, so it is prohibited.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Innovations in acts of worship, such as an innovated prayer, an innovated dhikr, and other acts of worship. As for this, it is among the prohibited things, even if it is not an innovation. Not every prohibited thing is an innovation; some are disliked, and some are forbidden. Yes.
He says, may Allah preserve you, is it said that adorning mosques is an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Adorning mosques is forbidden. It is forbidden because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it, so it is prohibited.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Innovations in acts of worship, such as an innovated prayer, an innovated dhikr, and other acts of worship. As for this, it is among the prohibited things, even if it is not an innovation. Not every prohibited thing is an innovation; some are disliked, and some are forbidden. Yes.
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:07)
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