The ruling on building mosques in a circular shape
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Question:
There are round mosques, like a sphere, where you see five people in the first row, more in the second, and so on, until the last rows return to be like the first rows. Is this style of construction permissible for mosques?
Answer:
I do not know of any basis for this. The prescribed way is for mosques to be spacious and level so that the rows are straight; and because that is more spacious for the worshippers and more beneficial for the people of the town, it should be square and level. This is the more preferable and better option.
As for building them in the manner mentioned in the question, I do not know of anything that makes it forbidden, but leaving it is more preferable and better.
There are round mosques, like a sphere, where you see five people in the first row, more in the second, and so on, until the last rows return to be like the first rows. Is this style of construction permissible for mosques?
Answer:
I do not know of any basis for this. The prescribed way is for mosques to be spacious and level so that the rows are straight; and because that is more spacious for the worshippers and more beneficial for the people of the town, it should be square and level. This is the more preferable and better option.
As for building them in the manner mentioned in the question, I do not know of anything that makes it forbidden, but leaving it is more preferable and better.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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