The ruling on one who occupies himself with speech and the like in the mosque
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is your opinion of those who, when they come to the mosque to perform the prayer, occupy themselves with idle talk and conversation among themselves until the iqamah is called?
If these people enter the mosque and pray the greeting of the mosque, and pray the rawatib if the prayer has a rawatib before it, then if they do that, the best is for them to occupy themselves with the Qur'an or with tasbih or with anything that benefits them; because they remain in a state of prayer as long as they are waiting for the prayer.If they occupy themselves with other speech, we will look into it: If it is something that is forbidden, then their talking about it while they are in the mosque and waiting for the prayer is a greater sin. And if it is from the permissible matters, then there is no harm in that as long as they do not disturb others. If they disturb others, then it is not permissible for them to disturb the Muslims.
If these people enter the mosque and pray the greeting of the mosque, and pray the rawatib if the prayer has a rawatib before it, then if they do that, the best is for them to occupy themselves with the Qur'an or with tasbih or with anything that benefits them; because they remain in a state of prayer as long as they are waiting for the prayer.If they occupy themselves with other speech, we will look into it: If it is something that is forbidden, then their talking about it while they are in the mosque and waiting for the prayer is a greater sin. And if it is from the permissible matters, then there is no harm in that as long as they do not disturb others. If they disturb others, then it is not permissible for them to disturb the Muslims.