What is the ruling on writing supplications, dhikr, reminders of the Sunnah, avoidance of religious innovations, and calls for Muslims to help with money on boards that are hung in mosques?

The Shaykh : Yes, my ... .

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Let him start ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.

The questioner : Some of the boards that are hung in mosques are seen by those going out to the outside, among them are supplications

The Shaykh : Excuse me; it is seen by the one going out

The questioner : to the outside

The questioner: That is to say

The questioner : meaning outside the mosque, he sees it when he leaves the mosque, it is not in the direction of the one praying

The Shaykh : meaning it is not in the qiblah of the mosque?

The questioner : No, it is not in the qiblah; yes, supplications to remind those leaving the mosque, and among them are hadiths written on a board for teaching, to remind of the Sunnah or to avoid a religious innovation, and in it are announcements calling Muslims to donate or direct their money to good; so what is the ruling on that?

The Shaykh : Praise is to Allah, we praise Him and seek His help and seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and from our bad deeds. Whom Allah guides, there is no one who can misguide him, and whom He misguides, there is no one who can guide him. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. As for what follows, the issue in my view has some detail. Hanging some hadiths or verses is from the category of reminding of them, and in a direction that does not occupy the worshippers, so this is permissible, but on the condition that it does not become part of the mosque over time. If it serves the purpose, then it is fine and its matter is finished, because the original state of mosques is that they remain plain, with nothing in them that occupies the worshippers, even if it is on the right or left side. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, it is not from the Sunnah, nor is it from the guidance of the righteous predecessors, to hang verses and hang hadiths in the fronts of gatherings, because that takes the Muslim away from the purpose of the revelation of the Qur'an and the clarification by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) of the words of Allah through these hadiths. But each case is given its due. If there is an incidental matter that requires reminding in an incidental manner, and among that is writing on the walls or hanging some writings on the walls, I see no barrier to it, on the condition of not making it a habit.

The questioner : Does the one praying prostrate for forgetfulness to make up for missing the supplication of bowing or prostration?

Another questioner : How is it on the condition that it is not of the mosque or a part ... .

The Shaykh : That it be in the back.

Another questioner : In some mosques the verses are carved, meaning built into the structure

The Shaykh : Yes, this is what we warn against

Another questioner : ... clarifying this point.

The Shaykh : This is what we warn against ... hanging verses and written boards on some boards, as came in the question. We said this is permissible for an incidental matter, on the condition that it does not become part of the mosque. So the image you are asking about now, its answer is in what preceded, because it has become part of the mosque.

Another questioner : Also, our Shaykh, may Allah bless you, what the young men of the Ikhwan do in many mosques, they put up a board where announcements are placed, is this considered part of the mosque?

The Shaykh : Yes, this is from the religious innovations of the group, unfortunately, because they do not understand the religion and they take the rulings of the Shari'ah from their minds and not from its texts.