The Difference Between a Prayer Hall and a Mosque in Rulings
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a difference between a prayer hall and a mosque in terms of rulings?
The Shaykh:
Yes, a prayer hall does not have the rulings of a waqf (endowment), nor does it have the ruling that only one in a state of ritual purity may enter it, nor does it have the rulings of a mosque. This is a prayer hall. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Only one in a state of ritual purity; it is not a mosque, it is a prayer hall. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a difference between a prayer hall and a mosque in terms of rulings?
The Shaykh:
Yes, a prayer hall does not have the rulings of a waqf (endowment), nor does it have the ruling that only one in a state of ritual purity may enter it, nor does it have the rulings of a mosque. This is a prayer hall. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Only one in a state of ritual purity; it is not a mosque, it is a prayer hall. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (1:15:40)
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