The Ruling on Begging in Mosques
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If I find a person begging in the mosque, asking people for money, and I do not know whether he is rich or not, should I give him or not?
First of all—may Allah reward you—according to my knowledge, the state strictly prohibits this; because some of these people may be lying, and if they are not lying, they disturb those who are performing the prayer. Moreover, mosques were built for prayer, remembrance, and reciting the Qur'an, not for asking.It is said to this man: Go out to the door and ask there.
The questioner: Should I give him, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: You give him or you do not give him; that is what you think is most likely. But fundamentally, asking in the mosque is prohibited from a regulatory standpoint.And from a Sharia perspective, one might say: It is not permissible.And if there is a hadith in Abu Dawud: (That a man asked people in the mosque and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved it).
But this may be due to dire necessity, and dire necessity has its own rulings.
First of all—may Allah reward you—according to my knowledge, the state strictly prohibits this; because some of these people may be lying, and if they are not lying, they disturb those who are performing the prayer. Moreover, mosques were built for prayer, remembrance, and reciting the Qur'an, not for asking.It is said to this man: Go out to the door and ask there.
The questioner: Should I give him, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: You give him or you do not give him; that is what you think is most likely. But fundamentally, asking in the mosque is prohibited from a regulatory standpoint.And from a Sharia perspective, one might say: It is not permissible.And if there is a hadith in Abu Dawud: (That a man asked people in the mosque and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved it).
But this may be due to dire necessity, and dire necessity has its own rulings.