The Ruling on Preventing Beggars in Mosques

The questioner:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some of the imams of the mosques rebuke those who stand up and ask people for money in the mosque.

The Shaykh:
Some people, what?

The questioner:
He says: Some of the imams of the mosques rebuke those who stand up and ask people for money in the mosque, and they say that there is a general directive from the Ministry prohibiting this. They rebuke him severely, do not allow him to speak, and insist on this. Is their action correct?

The Shaykh:
If they have a general directive from the Ministry that they follow, there is no doubt that they follow the directive. This is a matter that has become widespread and spread out; it is not all a pressing need, it is not all a pressing need. If it were some times, some days, some instances, but every time ten or twenty people stand up in front of the row with their containers and things, this has become excessive. And everything that exceeds its limit turns into its opposite. Yes.