The Ruling on Asking and Seeking Money in Mosques

Question:
The issue of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is that one spends on those who ask for money in the mosques, as some people do recently, until forgiveness is reached.

Answer:
There is no harm in a needy person asking in the mosque if he is truly in need. However, if he is not in need, it is forbidden (haram) for him to ask in the mosque or outside the mosque. Asking is only permissible for the one who is in dire necessity (darurah). As for asking without need, it is forbidden, and what he takes from asking without need is illicit gain and embers in Hellfire, as stated in the hadiths: , and whoever asks without need , may Allah protect us from that, meaning it will be a blemish on his face. Also, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with no piece of flesh on his face. The warning in this matter is severe. If this is added to the fact that he asks in the mosques while not being in need, the matter is even more severe.