Do the people of innovation hang pictures of their scholars in the mosques? And is it permissible to pray in this mosque?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The people of innovation place pictures of their scholars in the mosques.
The Shaykh : Strange!
The questioner : Yes, indeed...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : When they recite their prescribed devotions.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : They place them in front of them so that they feel the scholar is with them.
The Shaykh : Heh, these are the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah), these are the means of shirk that occurred with the people of Noah. When the righteous among them died, they made pictures of them and said, "We do not do this except to remember these people and their worship," and in the end, they worshipped them.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray in it, O Shaykh, the mosque?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to pray in it. This is not permissible because of the pictures that were hung as if they were idols.
The questioner : Some...
The Shaykh : Some?
The questioner : In some schools in some countries, are there mosques that the disbelievers oversee?
The Shaykh : Oversee what?
The questioner : They oversee these schools.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for them to enter the mosque?
The Shaykh : If it is for the benefit of the mosque, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If it is for the benefit of the mosque, and they see that the mosque has decay or there are things that need adjustment, then there is no harm. Yes? It is not after the adhan (call to prayer).
The mu'adhdhin: Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The people of innovation place pictures of their scholars in the mosques.
The Shaykh : Strange!
The questioner : Yes, indeed...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : When they recite their prescribed devotions.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : They place them in front of them so that they feel the scholar is with them.
The Shaykh : Heh, these are the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah), these are the means of shirk that occurred with the people of Noah. When the righteous among them died, they made pictures of them and said, "We do not do this except to remember these people and their worship," and in the end, they worshipped them.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray in it, O Shaykh, the mosque?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to pray in it. This is not permissible because of the pictures that were hung as if they were idols.
The questioner : Some...
The Shaykh : Some?
The questioner : In some schools in some countries, are there mosques that the disbelievers oversee?
The Shaykh : Oversee what?
The questioner : They oversee these schools.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for them to enter the mosque?
The Shaykh : If it is for the benefit of the mosque, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If it is for the benefit of the mosque, and they see that the mosque has decay or there are things that need adjustment, then there is no harm. Yes? It is not after the adhan (call to prayer).
The mu'adhdhin: Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.