What is the ruling on asking people for money in mosques and collecting donations?
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The questioner : It is Friday as usual, meaning... so there is one person
The student: In the Haram
The questioner : No, no, he is in the mosque... Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace... the brothers... he said I am from... I am such and such, the important thing is... the brothers here, what is it... the person we have in... I mean, or nothing, so I walk to him... he has his wife and four small daughters... and he started crying, he and his sons and daughters, and so on, and the people gathered around him... I mean, sometimes when someone comes to you... look outside, and you know they are not in need, so what is the position? What is supposed to be done by the worshippers or by the imam? Is it permissible for these people, each one to stand and ask for his need in this way?
The student: People have made it a profession
The questioner : And some of the brothers told me the same thing a month ago... they gave him money and he came back with the same story, he told them in five days, but he traveled, and now after a month... the same story
The Shaykh : This means... of course... his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 767Sahih (Darussalam) means it is not permissible for any Muslim in the mosque to call out for a lost item or to ask about a need. And if the mosques were not built for this, but were built as came in another hadith in the story of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hasan al-Sulami who mocked the one who sneezed next to him, and it appears he was new to knowing the rulings of Islam, specifically the rulings of prayer, and therefore he mocked the one who sneezed next to him , so for this reason they were built up to this point, the first part of the hadith, and here is the point: the mosques were built for prayer and the worship of Allah. If we said for an incident, asking, and losing a lost item, this is the first violation. The other violation is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 15:53 charity is not permissible for the rich, and the rich for whom charity is not permissible is the one who has food for a day and a night , a person of strength, meaning strong, meaning sound in body. So he and his like commit two violations: the violation of exploiting the mosques, which were built for the worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for their personal interests, and the second violation is that he is not poor such that he needs food for a day and a night, nor is he disabled, nor is he disabled such that he needs to be helped, but he is a person of strength, strong, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said. So if a person like this is known, it is not appropriate to help him first, and secondly, he must be advised so that he refrains from using the mosques for other than what they were built for. This is the ruling. So stopping this person and preventing him from asking is obligatory.
The questioner : It is obligatory
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Even in front of the worshippers, meaning
The Shaykh : He is begging in front of the worshippers, so if the wrong is done in front of people, it must be refuted in front of people as well
The questioner : His saying, the Exalted:[Ad-Duhaa 93:10]
The Shaykh : No, rebuking is the problem. The verse first: if the rebuking is not deserved, meaning if he is in need, then it is not permissible to rebuke him in fact. But this... as we mentioned earlier
The questioner : ... meaning he fortified himself first... I told him I want to help you, what help... he said I want and he did not accept... the people
The student: In the Haram
The questioner : No, no, he is in the mosque... Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace... the brothers... he said I am from... I am such and such, the important thing is... the brothers here, what is it... the person we have in... I mean, or nothing, so I walk to him... he has his wife and four small daughters... and he started crying, he and his sons and daughters, and so on, and the people gathered around him... I mean, sometimes when someone comes to you... look outside, and you know they are not in need, so what is the position? What is supposed to be done by the worshippers or by the imam? Is it permissible for these people, each one to stand and ask for his need in this way?
The student: People have made it a profession
The questioner : And some of the brothers told me the same thing a month ago... they gave him money and he came back with the same story, he told them in five days, but he traveled, and now after a month... the same story
The Shaykh : This means... of course... his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
For the mosques were not built for that.
إن المساجد لم تبن لهذاHe prayed one day behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so a man sneezed next to him and he said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you," while he was praying.
صلى يوما وراء النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فعطس رجل بجانبه فقال له يرحمك الله وهو يصليSo they looked at him with their eyes to silence him, but he became more agitated and shouted at the top of his voice, saying, "Woe to my mother, what is wrong with you that you are looking at me?" So they struck their thighs to silence him. He said, "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he turned to me. By Allah, he did not humiliate me, nor did he strike me, nor did he curse me, but he only said to me: 'Indeed, in this prayer, nothing of the speech of people is appropriate; it is only glorification, magnification, and praise.'"
فنظروا إليه هكذا بأعينه تسكيتا له فازداد هو تضجرا وصاح بأعلى صوته قائلا واثكلى أمياه ما لكم تنظرون إلي فأخذوا ضربا على أفخاذهم تسكيتا له قال فلما قضى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم الصلاة أقبل إلي فوالله ما قهرني ولا كهرني ولا ضربني ولا شتمني وإنما قال لي إن هذه الصلاة لا يصلح فيها شيء من كلام الناس إنما هي تسبيح وتكبير وتحميدCharity is not permissible for the rich, nor for a person of strength.
لا تحل الصدقة لغني ولا لذي مرة قويAnd a person of strength.
وذي مرة سويThe questioner : It is obligatory
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Even in front of the worshippers, meaning
The Shaykh : He is begging in front of the worshippers, so if the wrong is done in front of people, it must be refuted in front of people as well
The questioner : His saying, the Exalted:
And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].
وأما السائل فلا تنهرThe Shaykh : No, rebuking is the problem. The verse first: if the rebuking is not deserved, meaning if he is in need, then it is not permissible to rebuke him in fact. But this... as we mentioned earlier
The questioner : ... meaning he fortified himself first... I told him I want to help you, what help... he said I want and he did not accept... the people