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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Entering a Church

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on entering a church?

Answer:
Entering a church for the purpose of inspection and knowing what is inside it is permissible, but entering it out of reverence for it or believing that there is reward in it is not permissible; it is not lawful for a Muslim. However, merely entering it for inspection is permissible.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source 75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (52:52)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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