The Ruling on Loud Laughter and Conversation about Worldly Matters in Mosques

From Hail, from the village of al-Rawdah, the presenter 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Mansur sent this message. He says: I am one of the listeners to your program, and I hope for an answer to these two questions. His first question is that it often happens in mosques, he says: there are people, including the mosque's mu'adhdhin, who talk in the mosque's garden about matters other than religion, and sometimes they laugh loudly in a way that disturbs the worshippers. When I advised them, they became defiant. Is this permissible or not? And what are the consequences for them, may Allah guide you?
Answer: There is no doubt that mosques were not built for idle talk, worldly conversation, false stories, loud laughter, and the like. No, they were built for the remembrance of Allah, prayer, reciting the Qur'an, and explaining knowledge. Therefore, those who sit in the mosques, whether in the Rawdah or elsewhere, it is obligatory for them to conduct themselves with the prescribed Islamic etiquettes and to distance themselves from what contradicts the purpose for which the mosques were built. However, if the conversation is brief regarding worldly matters, there is no dislike, provided it is brief. But if it becomes excessive, it is disliked; at the very least, it is disliked. Likewise, loud laughter, if it is brief or just a smile, there is nothing wrong with it. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to converse with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque about matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and sometimes they would laugh and he would smile (peace and blessings be upon him). So, if the laughter is for a religious matter, or for something one is amazed by from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, or something similar that necessitates laughter, not in play and not in belittling the mosques, but for an incidental matter such as stories that occur among people in history or the like, there is nothing wrong with it. As for making the mosque a place for idle talk, stories, loud laughter, and the like, no, at the very least it is disliked. But an incidental matter is not a problem, such as an incidental loud laughter upon hearing something one is amazed by in history or otherwise, or a conversation among them that leads to laughter; there is no blame on them if it is brief. Yes.
The presenter: But the listener 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Mansur says: When I gave advice to these people, they became defiant, and perhaps they also spoke ill of him?
The Shaykh: This is due to their ignorance. This is a mistake. Rather, it is obligatory for them to thank him and pray for him, and say: "You have done well" or the like, and not to respond to him with ill treatment. But ignorance may cause its people to fall into some evil due to their lack of insight. Yes.