What is the ruling on eating in the mosque?

The questioner: In it.

The Shaykh: No, and you are not one of them.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: You are not one of them.

The questioner: ... If the weather is good, we try to keep the food outside, meaning we have space outside our mosque.

The Shaykh: No, no, that is not a valid argument; the weather is cold, even in the middle of the mosque.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: So think about the matter; let us not, my brother, make mosques places for food. Some mosques have branches.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: For example, for education or something similar, leniency is possible, but in the mosque itself.

The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: My house and our mu'adhdhin's house are outside; we have two large courtyards, each one.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: So we can put the food in them.

The Shaykh: My brother, that brings us back to the same problem.

The questioner: ... In the mosque.

The Shaykh: No, the same problem returns; the mosque courtyard is like the house courtyard.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: In terms of the atmosphere.

The questioner: Yes, in terms of the atmosphere.

The Shaykh : If it were.

The questioner: Okay, we will try, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh: In any case, think about the matter.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: And next week, I am currently only committed to Saturday; after Saturday, you have days with you, so study the matter and note this observation, and thank you.

The questioner: May Allah reward you with good. We also observe the weather; if it is good, we will show it, meaning, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.

The questioner: If Allah wills. Yes, Shaykh, what should I say?

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner: We, of course.