What is the ruling on bringing cameras and magazines into mosques in the name of da'wah?
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The questioner : The second question is about bringing cameras and magazines into mosques in the name of da'wah.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Some da'iyah (preachers) support this. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I would have wished that you had placed the political activists in the place of the da'iyah.
The questioner : ... the da'iyah; that would be better.
The Shaykh : And then you would know the answer, because we explained to you just now: as for the political activists, stay in your place.
The questioner : Perhaps you know, may Allah reward you, that the tape, if Allah wills, will be heard by many people, the common people. Therefore, detailing this matter is good from the perspective of ...
The Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : I say that detailing this matter is better, ... for the common people.
The Shaykh : We have tapes in this field.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : But has it reached you that, in the name of what I mentioned just now, da'wah, and we have turned it into the truth under this name, they brought musical instruments into the mosque? What is the name of the instrument that makes this sound?
The questioner : Accordion.
The Shaykh : Accordion. So we said, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the truth:Sahih Muslim 2669a
The Jews, I don't know about the Jews, but the Christians are very well known. When they gather in the church on Sunday, it is as if they are going to a wedding party, men and women. For what reason? In the way of da'wah, in the way of attracting customers and increasing their numbers.
And now, many of the so-called da'iyah follow this path. Not long ago, in a mosque in the street after the Rughadan Palace, what is the name of this street? The street of the blacksmiths?
The questioner : Wadi al-Haddadi.
The Shaykh : Wadi al-Haddadi.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : There is a new mosque here.
The questioner : On the left.
The Shaykh : If you see it on the left, up above, I entered to pray, perhaps Zuhr or 'Asr, I no longer remember, and there was a board hanging, they had put up articles from some magazines published about the intifada in Palestine, and there were pictures in them. I prayed the greeting of the mosque, and when I came out, sitting, I saw one of them with a beard, so I thought he might be the imam, so I sat next to him. I said to him, "My brother, how are these pictures here? How do these pictures get into the mosque?" He said to me, "These are some of the young men from the Muslim Brotherhood who think that this is in the way of informing people about what is happening there." And we talked for a long time. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2106e The houses of Allah, too, pictures are brought into them, pictures of women, pictures of dogs, and so on.
Unfortunately, the whole error of these people is that they have no knowledge, and therefore they rule by their desires. And if a person follows his desire, he goes astray without knowing or realizing it. May Allah help us.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Some da'iyah (preachers) support this. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I would have wished that you had placed the political activists in the place of the da'iyah.
The questioner : ... the da'iyah; that would be better.
The Shaykh : And then you would know the answer, because we explained to you just now: as for the political activists, stay in your place.
The questioner : Perhaps you know, may Allah reward you, that the tape, if Allah wills, will be heard by many people, the common people. Therefore, detailing this matter is good from the perspective of ...
The Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : I say that detailing this matter is better, ... for the common people.
The Shaykh : We have tapes in this field.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : But has it reached you that, in the name of what I mentioned just now, da'wah, and we have turned it into the truth under this name, they brought musical instruments into the mosque? What is the name of the instrument that makes this sound?
The questioner : Accordion.
The Shaykh : Accordion. So we said, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the truth:
You would tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by inch and step by step so much so that if they had entered into the hole of the lizard, you would follow them in this also. We said: Allah's Messenger, do you mean Jews and Christians (by your words)" those before you"? He said: Who else (than those two religious groups)?
لتتبعن سنن من قبلكم شبراً بشبر وذراعاً بذراع حتى لو دخلوا جحر ضب لدخلتموه ، قالوا اليهود والنصارى ؟ قال فمن الناسThe Jews, I don't know about the Jews, but the Christians are very well known. When they gather in the church on Sunday, it is as if they are going to a wedding party, men and women. For what reason? In the way of da'wah, in the way of attracting customers and increasing their numbers.
And now, many of the so-called da'iyah follow this path. Not long ago, in a mosque in the street after the Rughadan Palace, what is the name of this street? The street of the blacksmiths?
The questioner : Wadi al-Haddadi.
The Shaykh : Wadi al-Haddadi.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : There is a new mosque here.
The questioner : On the left.
The Shaykh : If you see it on the left, up above, I entered to pray, perhaps Zuhr or 'Asr, I no longer remember, and there was a board hanging, they had put up articles from some magazines published about the intifada in Palestine, and there were pictures in them. I prayed the greeting of the mosque, and when I came out, sitting, I saw one of them with a beard, so I thought he might be the imam, so I sat next to him. I said to him, "My brother, how are these pictures here? How do these pictures get into the mosque?" He said to me, "These are some of the young men from the Muslim Brotherhood who think that this is in the way of informing people about what is happening there." And we talked for a long time. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture
لا تدخل الملائكة بيتاً فيه صورة أو كلبUnfortunately, the whole error of these people is that they have no knowledge, and therefore they rule by their desires. And if a person follows his desire, he goes astray without knowing or realizing it. May Allah help us.
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