Are there offices in some mosques on the upper floor or adjacent to the prayer hall, and do they have the ruling of the mosque?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. There are offices in some mosques, either on the upper floor or adjacent to the prayer hall. Do they take on the ruling of the mosque?
The Shaykh : The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say: What is inside the mosque’s enclosure and whose door is from the inside is part of the mosque, and what is outside the enclosure is not part of the mosque.
The questioner : Do they take on the ruling of the mosque?
The Shaykh : So they take on the ruling of the mosque, meaning: a person in a state of major ritual impurity may not stay in them except with ablution, buying and selling are not valid in them, and if you enter them, you pray two units of prayer, along with all the known rulings of the mosque.
The Shaykh : The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say: What is inside the mosque’s enclosure and whose door is from the inside is part of the mosque, and what is outside the enclosure is not part of the mosque.
The questioner : Do they take on the ruling of the mosque?
The Shaykh : So they take on the ruling of the mosque, meaning: a person in a state of major ritual impurity may not stay in them except with ablution, buying and selling are not valid in them, and if you enter them, you pray two units of prayer, along with all the known rulings of the mosque.