The ruling on hanging the post-prayer dhikr on a board in the mosque
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Question:
Another questioner says: What is the ruling on placing post-prayer dhikr in front of the worshippers in the mosque so that they can recite it after the prayer? Yes, yes. He says: What is the ruling on hanging the post-prayer dhikr on a board in the mosque facing the qiblah?
Answer:
My brothers, mosques should not have writings in them, neither on the walls nor hanging up. Mosques should be free of writings because this distracts the worshippers, and they look at it while they are in prayer. Mosques should be free of anything that distracts the worshippers, or of ornamentation or decoration, because they are houses of worship and houses of humility and remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), not houses of boasting and display. So mosques are protected from these matters, namely hanging writings or writings on the walls, because they distract the worshippers, and because they involve ornamentation, decor, and adornment. This is not befitting for mosques and the houses of Allah, because they are for worship, not for adornment and showing off. And whoever wants to teach people the dhikr, he teaches them by his words, by reading to them from a book. From a reliable book, he teaches them the dhikr after the prayer, and he teaches them the tasbih, takbir, and tahlil thirty-three times each, concluding the hundred with "There is no god but Allah." He teaches them that and guides them to it, explains it to them, and encourages them to do it. Yes.
Another questioner says: What is the ruling on placing post-prayer dhikr in front of the worshippers in the mosque so that they can recite it after the prayer? Yes, yes. He says: What is the ruling on hanging the post-prayer dhikr on a board in the mosque facing the qiblah?
Answer:
My brothers, mosques should not have writings in them, neither on the walls nor hanging up. Mosques should be free of writings because this distracts the worshippers, and they look at it while they are in prayer. Mosques should be free of anything that distracts the worshippers, or of ornamentation or decoration, because they are houses of worship and houses of humility and remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), not houses of boasting and display. So mosques are protected from these matters, namely hanging writings or writings on the walls, because they distract the worshippers, and because they involve ornamentation, decor, and adornment. This is not befitting for mosques and the houses of Allah, because they are for worship, not for adornment and showing off. And whoever wants to teach people the dhikr, he teaches them by his words, by reading to them from a book. From a reliable book, he teaches them the dhikr after the prayer, and he teaches them the tasbih, takbir, and tahlil thirty-three times each, concluding the hundred with "There is no god but Allah." He teaches them that and guides them to it, explains it to them, and encourages them to do it. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (45:50)
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