What is the ruling on selling tapes of the Qur'an and sermons for the mosque imam in the mosque, arguing that it is for an Islamic purpose and not for trade?
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'Aid 'Abassi: In one of the mosques in Damascus, some young men are selling recording tapes of the Qur'an, Islamic songs, and sermons by the mosque's preacher. When they were told that selling in the mosque is not permissible, especially since they are advertising these tapes on the walls, they replied that it is solely for an Islamic purpose of research, not for trade. What is the opinion on this?
The Shaykh : This has nothing to do with Islam. This follows the European principle: "the end justifies the means". The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling in mosques. This is a foreign philosophy in Islam. If it were for Islam, then selling in the mosque of Islam would be permissible.
And this, in reality, leads us to say that, were it not for the limited time, I would remind you in the next session. I would make my speech a place of reminder and warning instead of encouragement and threat. I would remind and warn the young people now in the Salafi call, who claim to be eager for the Book and the Sunnah, yet they commit the greatest act of independent legal reasoning and cannot explain a verse or a hadith. They permit and forbid based on a non-Islamic principle: "the end justifies the means". So we must remind these people in a session, if Allah wills, of about half an hour, perhaps there will be a reminder in it.
The Shaykh : This has nothing to do with Islam. This follows the European principle: "the end justifies the means". The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling in mosques. This is a foreign philosophy in Islam. If it were for Islam, then selling in the mosque of Islam would be permissible.
And this, in reality, leads us to say that, were it not for the limited time, I would remind you in the next session. I would make my speech a place of reminder and warning instead of encouragement and threat. I would remind and warn the young people now in the Salafi call, who claim to be eager for the Book and the Sunnah, yet they commit the greatest act of independent legal reasoning and cannot explain a verse or a hadith. They permit and forbid based on a non-Islamic principle: "the end justifies the means". So we must remind these people in a session, if Allah wills, of about half an hour, perhaps there will be a reminder in it.