Prayer in a mosque where religious innovation is practiced
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Question: There is a mosque in which a religious innovation is held every week. Is it permissible to pray in it? And if this innovation is stopped, is it permissible to pray in it? Please inform us. May Allah reward you.
Answer: You did not mention the type of this innovation, but in any case, religious innovation is forbidden, especially when it is practiced in mosques, which are the houses of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and places of worship. It is not permissible for innovations to be established in them, because innovations are the opposite of the Shari'ah and the opposite of worship, and they are the work of Satan and his followers. Therefore, it is not permissible for Muslims to practice innovation in any place, and especially in mosques. As for this mosque where innovations are held, if you are able to remove them when you are present and prevent them, then it is obligatory for you to do so. That is, you should go to this mosque, prevent these innovations, establish the prayer in it, and enliven it with obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), by reviving the Sunnah and killing off innovation.
As for if you are unable to remove these innovations and wrongdoings from the mosque, then you should seek out another mosque that has none of these innovations and pray in it.
Answer: You did not mention the type of this innovation, but in any case, religious innovation is forbidden, especially when it is practiced in mosques, which are the houses of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and places of worship. It is not permissible for innovations to be established in them, because innovations are the opposite of the Shari'ah and the opposite of worship, and they are the work of Satan and his followers. Therefore, it is not permissible for Muslims to practice innovation in any place, and especially in mosques. As for this mosque where innovations are held, if you are able to remove them when you are present and prevent them, then it is obligatory for you to do so. That is, you should go to this mosque, prevent these innovations, establish the prayer in it, and enliven it with obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), by reviving the Sunnah and killing off innovation.
As for if you are unable to remove these innovations and wrongdoings from the mosque, then you should seek out another mosque that has none of these innovations and pray in it.