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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it obligatory to prevent questioners in the mosques if doing so leads to greater harm?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We are the imams of the mosques, and we suffer from those who ask us questions in the mosques, from those... from those who ask questions in the mosques. The Ministry demands that we prevent them. What is your guidance for us? Especially since sometimes a dispute occurs, and sometimes some of them refuse to comply with the prohibition, and the disturbance caused by them is greater than the disturbance caused by preventing them if they are prevented?

Answer:
For them, if preventing them leads to greater harm, leave them alone. But if they comply with the prevention and are affected by the advice, then you advise them and admonish them to leave off asking questions and occupying the people in the mosques from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted? Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/740] هل يجب منع السائلين في المساجد إذا ترتب على ذلك ضرر أكبر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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