The ruling on placing games in mosque rooms to attract youth

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In some mosques, the imams, or some of the imams, place some physical games, such as tennis for example, and others, in the room attached to the mosque, with the aim of attracting the youth and encouraging them toward good. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible in matters of da'wah (calling others to Islam). It is not permissible in general, nor is it permissible to use games for da'wah. Introducing something that is not prescribed into what is prescribed.
As for in the mosques, it is even more so; it is not permissible. They are not a place for play, nor a place for frivolity. The Abyssinians used to play in the mosque, training with weapons, with spears. That is training for jihad, and there is no harm in it. But bringing in tennis, or whatever, games that have no benefit, and bringing them into the mosque, this is not permissible. This thing is not befitting for the mosques. And what is connected to the mosque, such as rooms whose doors open onto the mosque, is ruled by the ruling of the mosque. Yes.