Law: To enter into the Masjid after
eating raw garlic or raw onions is impermissible for as long as the odour
remains, as the Angels feel discomfort due to this (odour). Huzoor-e-Aqdas صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘one who eats from that found smelling tree (plant)
should not come near our Masjid, as the Angels feel discomfort due to it, just
as people feel (discomfort) due to it.’ This Hadith has been reported in
Bukhari and Muslim from Jaabir رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ. The same ruling applies to every
such thing which has a foul odour, such as leeks, radish, raw meat, paraffin, match
sticks which give off an odour when rubbed, passing wind (flatulence with odour) etc. One
who has a disease of foul breath, or one who has a wound or sore which gives
out a foul odour, or one who has applied something with a foul odour, then
until such time that the odour just not go away, he is not allowed to enter the
Masjid. Similarly, the rule applies to one who sells meat and fish (i.e. he
should not enter with the foul smell on him or his clothes), and one with
leprosy or leucoderma, and that person who causes harm to be people by his
words, will also be stopped from entering the Masjid. [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Raddul
Muhtar vol.1 pg.619 etc]
Law: All business transactions,
including every such business exchange (trade) is disallowed in the Masjid.
Only a Mu’takif has the permission to do a transaction, on condition that it is
not as a business, but to fulfil his and his family’s needs, and that item
which is being purchased or sold should not be in the Masjid. [Durr-e-Mukhtar
vol.1 pg. 619]
Law: Even ‘Mubah’ discussions are not
permitted in the Masjid. To raise the voice in the Masjid is also not
permitted. [Durr-e-Mukhtar vol.1 pg.618/619; Sagheeri pg.302] Sadly in this
time, people have turned the Masjids into village pavilions, whereas some have
even been seen swearing (being vulgar) inside the Masjid. والعیاذ باﷲ تعالیٰ
Law: A tailor is not permitted to sit
in the Masjid and sew clothing. If he is seated there to stop children from
entering (and being a nuisance) and to protect the (sanctity) of the Masjid,
then there is no harm. A Kaatib (scribe/typist etc) is not permitted to sit in
the Masjid and write, if he is doing this for payment. If he is writing without
taking payment, then he is permitted, as long as the book that he is writing
(or typing) is not an appalling one.
Similarly, a teacher who takes
payment (for teaching) is not permitted to sit in the Masjid and teach, and if
he does not take payment, then he is permitted to do so. [Alamgiri vol.1
pg.110]
Law: One is not permitted to take the
lamp (etc) from the Masjid to his home. One is allowed to let the lamp (lights)
on in the Masjid upto one third of the night, even if the Jama’at has ended. To
do so for longer than this, is not permitted. However, if the Waaqif has given
permission, or if it is common practice there to leave it on for longer periods
than a third of the night, then it is permitted, even for the entire night.
[Alamgiri vol.1 pg.110]
Law: To study Kitaabs and to teach
etc. using the (lamps), light of the Masjid is absolutely permitted for upto a
third of the night, even though the Jama’at is over. Thereafter, it is not
permitted, except in a place where it is common practice for it to remain on
for longer periods. [Alamgiri vol.1 pg.110]
Law: There is no harm in pulling the
nests of bats and pigeons from the Masjid, in order to clean the Masjid. [Durr-e-Mukhtar
vo.1 pg.620]
Law: The right of repairs and
restoration, and the responsibility of sorting out the jugs, mats, lamps etc is
upon the one who built the Masjid. If he is capable of calling out the Azaan
and Iqaamat, then he is also rightful of this duty as well, otherwise it should
be sorted after taking his opinion. After him, his children and people of his clan
have more right than outsiders. [Alamgiri vol.1 pg.110]
Law: If the founder of the Masjid
appointed the Imam and Mu’azzin, but the people of the locality have appointed
some other person, then if the one appointed by the locals is ‘Afdal’ (more
virtuous), then he is better suited. If they are both the same (i.e. equal)
then the one who the founder has appointed will be appointed. [Ghuniya]
Law: The most exalted of all Masjids
is Masjid-e-Haraam Shareef, followed by Masjid-e-Nabawi Shareef, then
Masjid-e-Quds, then Masjid-e-Quba, then all the Jaame Masjids, then the local
Masjid, followed by the roadside Masjid. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg. 616/617]
Law: To read Namaaz in your local
Masjid is more Afdal (More virtuous) than reading at the Jaame Masjid even
though the local Masjid has Jama’at-e-Qaleel, i.e. a smaller Jama’at compared
to the Jaame Masjid. Actually even if Jama’at has not taken place at the local
Masjid, you should go alone and say Azaan and Iqaamat and perform your Namaaz
therein, as (even) that is more virtuous than the Jama’at at the Jaame Masjid.
[Sagheeri vol.1 pg.302]
Law: When there are many Masjids that
are of the same nature, then go that the Masjid where the Imam has the more
knowledge and goodness. [Sagheeri vol.1 pg.302] If they are all same in this
regard, go the one that is oldest; and some have said that you should go to the
one that is closest, and this seems to be the stronger view. [Sagheeri vol.1
pg.302]
Important Translator’s Note: wherever the discussion of Namaaz
in a Masjid or behind an Imam is discussed, this means a Sunni Masjid and Imam
means a Sunni Sahihul Aqida Imam, i.e. not a budmazhab or Wahabi, Deobandi,
Shia, Taahiri etc.
Law: If one missed the Masjid in the
local Masjid, then it is more virtuous to read with Jama’at in another Masjid;
and if one does not get the Jama’at in the other Masjid as well, then it is
better to read in the local Masjid. If one missed Takbeer-e-Ula or one or two
Raka’ats have been missed in the local Masjid and if by going to another Masjid,
a person will get these as well, then do not go the other Masjid for this
purpose. Similarly, if the Azaan is given and there is no one else for Jama’at,
the Mu’azzin (i.e. the one who called out the Azaan) should read the Namaaz
alone. He should not go to another Masjid. [Sagheeri vol.1 pg.302]
Law: The respect that is afforded to
the roof of the Masjid is the same, which is afforded to the Masjid. [Ghuniya]
Law: If the Imam of local Masjid معاذ اﷲ is an adulterer or one who deals in usury (interest) or
if he has any other such fault, which causes Namaaz to be disallowed behind
him, then in this case one should leave that Masjid and read Namaaz somewhere
else. [Sagheeri vol.1 pg.302]
If it is possible then he (such
an Imam) should be relieved (of his duties).
Law: It is not permitted to leave the
Mosque after the Azaan. It has been mentioned in the Hadith that, none but a
munafiq (hypocrite) leaves the Masjid after the Azaan, except for that person
who went out for some chore and intends to return. In other words, before the Jama’at
commences. Similarly, if a person is responsible to the Jama’at at another
Masjid, he should leave. [General Books; Sagheeri]
Law: If a person has already performed
his Namaaz for that particular time, then he is permitted to leave the Masjid
after the Azaan has been called, but for Zuhr and Esha, if the Iqaamat has already
been pronounced, he should not leave, but he should join with the intention of
Nafil. [General Books; Sagheeri vol.1 pg.303] In the remaining three Namaaz
(i.e. Fajr, Asr and Maghrib) if the Takbeer has been pronounced and he has
already performed his Namaaz individually, then in this case, it is Waajib
(compulsory) for him to step outside.
قد تم ھذا الجزء بحمد اللہ سبحٰنہ و تعالیٰ
وصلّی اللہ تعالیٰ علیٰ حبیبہٖ واٰلہ وصحبہ وابنہ وحزبہ اجمعین والحمد للہ ربّ
العٰلمین
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