{"id":604,"date":"2018-01-29T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T07:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/29\/the-mosque-status-and-ettiquettes-of-the-house-of-allah\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T10:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T07:03:19","slug":"the-mosque-status-and-ettiquettes-of-the-house-of-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/the-mosque-status-and-ettiquettes-of-the-house-of-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masjid: Status and Etiquette of the House of Allah"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Dr. Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi<\/pre>\n
The masjid<\/em>\u00a0is where Muslims should pray five times every day<\/a>, where they seek refuge from the troubles of this world, from its everlasting daily demands, its complications and its vanities.<\/p>\n
Design<\/strong><\/h2>\n
1- A mosque<\/a> should be built in every residential district.<\/p>\n
2- The design of the masjid should be characterized by simplicity, as must be its furnishings.<\/p>\n
3- The masjid should be devoid of any lavish kind of ornamentation, representation of anything, pictures or images.<\/p>\n
4- Extravagance in spending large sums of money to build luxurious mosques should be avoided.<\/p>\n
5- Members of the Muslim society should neither vie with one another about the virtues or beauties of any particular mosque nor compete in building ostentatious mosques.<\/p>\n
6- Attaching pieces of gold or silver to any part of the masjid or its furnishings is forbidden.<\/p>\n
7- The carpets and walls of the mosque should be devoid of a multiplicity of colors for that distracts the concentration of the worshippers.<\/p>\n
8- Writing on the walls of the mosque, inside or outside, including Qur\u2019anic verses or God\u2019s attributes, should be avoided. The names of the Prophet and the first four
\nrightly-guided caliphs likewise should not be written.<\/p>\n
9- The minbar should not be placed in the middle of the mosque. Its height should not exceed three steps.<\/p>\n
10- Every mosque should have two entrances, one for men and one for women.<\/p>\n
11- Lavatories should be sited as far from the masjid as practicable, and from the fountains or basins for ritual ablution.<\/p>\n
12- Raising flags inside the masjid is an innovation.<\/p>\n
Cleanliness and Tidiness<\/h2>\n
The masjid<\/em> deserves to be the cleanest place on earth. Therefore:<\/p>\n
1- Muslims must be sure before entering the masjid that their body and clothes are clean and do not smell bad.<\/p>\n
2- Filth must be removed from shoes and the shoes removed before entering the masjid<\/em>.<\/p>\n
3- Although it is not forbidden to eat anything in the masjid, it is not a place for taking meals and drinks.<\/p>\n
4 Whoever brings in or causes dirt in the masjid has a duty to clean it up and remove it. It is not the duty solely of the mosque caretaker to keep the mosque clean and tidy; it is also the responsibility of every Muslim entering the masjid<\/em>\u00a0and seeing any uncleanliness, to remove this from the mosque.<\/p>\n
5- The masjid should be sprayed or sprinkled with perfume to give a pleasant odour.
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\nThe article is excerpted from the author\u2019s book Morals and Manners in Islam (A Guide to Islamic Adab) published by The Islamic Foundation- 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n
Dr. Marwan Al-Kaysi is Lecturer of Islamic Culture at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.<\/em><\/p>\n
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