The Difference Between a Masjid and a Musalla and Their Rulings
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The questioner:
And the issue of the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is the difference between the musalla and the masjid. I hope you will clarify this for us, and Allah?
The Shaykh:
A masjid is what is prepared for prayer permanently. What is prepared for prayer permanently is a masjid. As for what is prayed in only at times, this is called a musalla. Likewise, the musalla for the festival, the musalla for the prayer for rain, and the musalla for funerals; these are not called masjids. These are called musallas. The musalla for women in their homes, if one is prepared for her to pray in, is not called a masjid. This is called a musalla. A masjid is what is prepared for prayer permanently and has walls, doors, entrances, and exits established for it. This is a masjid. Yes.
The questioner:
Huh? I don’t know, Abd al-Qadir, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh:
A masjid means the place of prayer, the place of prayer. So the term masjid is used to mean what is permissible to pray in, and it is used to mean what is specifically designated for prayer on a permanent basis, and it is an endowment for prayer. It becomes an endowment, and it is not permissible to move it or change it, like this masjid now. This is an endowment, and all masjids now are endowments. As for these masjids, from the aspect of the permissibility of praying in places, they are all masjids, praise be to Allah, as a concession for this ummah (Muslim community), except for the seven places that are excluded. They are excluded from the seven places, such as camel pens, bathrooms, slaughterhouses, graveyards, and so on. Yes. The road? Do we not pray in it? Yes, yes. Huh?
The masjid takes on the rulings of a masjid. So whoever enters it does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. A menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and one in a state of major ritual impurity are not permitted to sit in the masjid. It is not permissible to sell a masjid unless its benefits cease, and it is then used for another masjid. As for musallas, they do not have these rulings. It is permissible to sit in one without greeting it or praying the greeting prayer if one enters it. It is permissible for a menstruating woman to sit in it, and it is permissible to sell it because it has not become an endowment. Yes. And so on. Yes.
And the issue of the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is the difference between the musalla and the masjid. I hope you will clarify this for us, and Allah?
The Shaykh:
A masjid is what is prepared for prayer permanently. What is prepared for prayer permanently is a masjid. As for what is prayed in only at times, this is called a musalla. Likewise, the musalla for the festival, the musalla for the prayer for rain, and the musalla for funerals; these are not called masjids. These are called musallas. The musalla for women in their homes, if one is prepared for her to pray in, is not called a masjid. This is called a musalla. A masjid is what is prepared for prayer permanently and has walls, doors, entrances, and exits established for it. This is a masjid. Yes.
The questioner:
Huh? I don’t know, Abd al-Qadir, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh:
A masjid means the place of prayer, the place of prayer. So the term masjid is used to mean what is permissible to pray in, and it is used to mean what is specifically designated for prayer on a permanent basis, and it is an endowment for prayer. It becomes an endowment, and it is not permissible to move it or change it, like this masjid now. This is an endowment, and all masjids now are endowments. As for these masjids, from the aspect of the permissibility of praying in places, they are all masjids, praise be to Allah, as a concession for this ummah (Muslim community), except for the seven places that are excluded. They are excluded from the seven places, such as camel pens, bathrooms, slaughterhouses, graveyards, and so on. Yes. The road? Do we not pray in it? Yes, yes. Huh?
The masjid takes on the rulings of a masjid. So whoever enters it does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. A menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and one in a state of major ritual impurity are not permitted to sit in the masjid. It is not permissible to sell a masjid unless its benefits cease, and it is then used for another masjid. As for musallas, they do not have these rulings. It is permissible to sit in one without greeting it or praying the greeting prayer if one enters it. It is permissible for a menstruating woman to sit in it, and it is permissible to sell it because it has not become an endowment. Yes. And so on. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 15 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|فصل في حكم السلم في الفواكه والمعدودات|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (36:59)
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