The ruling on installing a mihrab in the mosque
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Question:
What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding installing a mihrab in the mosque?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; because the Muslims have practiced it, and it is a sign for mosques, and for the imam to stand in the center, and it dates back to the first era, and people are accustomed to this.
Q: In some countries, people have appeared who say: installing a mihrab in the mosque is a type of religious innovation, to the point that they build the mosque without a mihrab?
A: No, that is a mistake, there is no harm in it, the Muslims have practiced it from the first era and the second era: Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the [rightly guided] caliphs, the best of my nation is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, the Muslims have practiced it; because there is a benefit in it, such as distinguishing the mosque from other places, and the imam standing in the center, and it may be needed when the mosque is narrow.
Q: Was this present in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? And was there a mihrab in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque?
A: No, it occurred in the first era, in the first century, so its construction apparently was in the first century, in the first hundred years, after the rightly guided caliphs.
Q: Okay, can those who do this action argue by saying: there was no mihrab in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque? Will their argument be accepted or rejected?
A: The matter is broad in this, so it is from the category of permissible things for the sake of benefit, and it is not from the category of recommended practices, so it is like the reinforced concrete construction that exists now and the like, so this was not present in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so these are ordinary matters.
Q: Does the one who leaves it out commit a sin?
A: The one who does it has nothing wrong, and the one who leaves it out has nothing wrong, the matter is broad.
What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding installing a mihrab in the mosque?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; because the Muslims have practiced it, and it is a sign for mosques, and for the imam to stand in the center, and it dates back to the first era, and people are accustomed to this.
Q: In some countries, people have appeared who say: installing a mihrab in the mosque is a type of religious innovation, to the point that they build the mosque without a mihrab?
A: No, that is a mistake, there is no harm in it, the Muslims have practiced it from the first era and the second era: Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the [rightly guided] caliphs, the best of my nation is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, the Muslims have practiced it; because there is a benefit in it, such as distinguishing the mosque from other places, and the imam standing in the center, and it may be needed when the mosque is narrow.
Q: Was this present in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? And was there a mihrab in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque?
A: No, it occurred in the first era, in the first century, so its construction apparently was in the first century, in the first hundred years, after the rightly guided caliphs.
Q: Okay, can those who do this action argue by saying: there was no mihrab in the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque? Will their argument be accepted or rejected?
A: The matter is broad in this, so it is from the category of permissible things for the sake of benefit, and it is not from the category of recommended practices, so it is like the reinforced concrete construction that exists now and the like, so this was not present in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so these are ordinary matters.
Q: Does the one who leaves it out commit a sin?
A: The one who does it has nothing wrong, and the one who leaves it out has nothing wrong, the matter is broad.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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