Is the one who smokes in the mosque committing two sins, the sin of smoking and the sin of being in the mosque, or one sin, the sin of smoking?
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The questioner : Shaykh, I saw a person smoking in a mosque.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : I pointed out to him that this is forbidden, then I said to him: You are also violating the sanctity of the mosque, so you have committed two sins. I said this in front of some noble brothers, and one of them said to me: You told him the sin became two sins, how is that possible? It did not become two. I said to him: ... because he violated the sanctity of the mosque, this is the House of Allah. So I did not understand his interpretation that this is only one sin. Is he correct, or am I?
The Shaykh : No, he is definitely wrong. He is wrong because, if we look at it, you agree with me that smoking is forbidden, right?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, does committing a forbidden act in the mosque mean he sees nothing wrong with it?
The questioner : He did not see it as a greater sin.
The Shaykh : It is negligence, negligence.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : I pointed out to him that this is forbidden, then I said to him: You are also violating the sanctity of the mosque, so you have committed two sins. I said this in front of some noble brothers, and one of them said to me: You told him the sin became two sins, how is that possible? It did not become two. I said to him: ... because he violated the sanctity of the mosque, this is the House of Allah. So I did not understand his interpretation that this is only one sin. Is he correct, or am I?
The Shaykh : No, he is definitely wrong. He is wrong because, if we look at it, you agree with me that smoking is forbidden, right?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, does committing a forbidden act in the mosque mean he sees nothing wrong with it?
The questioner : He did not see it as a greater sin.
The Shaykh : It is negligence, negligence.
The questioner: Yes.
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