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#16 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:27

al-Bahuti said, "And it is forbidden to build a Masjid beside a Masjid except for a need, like the tightness (i.e. crowdedness) of the first and the likes of that. Or fear of Fitnah by them joining together in one Masjid. And its apparentness (in other words, the Math'hab) is that even if he did not intend harm (it is still like that)." (Sharh al-Iqna, 1/545)

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#17 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:28

Jamal ad-Din al-Qasimi said, "The verse indicates that any Masjid that is built upon that which the first Masjid adh-Dhirar was built upon, that there is no ruling for it nor any sanctity. And it is not valid to donate to it. And ar-Radhi Billah torched many of the Masjids of the Batiniyyah, the Mushabbihah and the Mujabbirah and he donated some for charitable purposes. Some of the mufassirin narrated it." (Mahasin at-ta'wil)

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#18 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:28

Zamakhshari said: "Every Masjid that is built out of boastfulness, or showing off and seeking recognition or for an objective other than seeking the Face of Allah, or with money that is not pure, then it is included with Masjid adh-Dhirar. And from Shaqiq, that he did not make the salat in the Masjid of Bani Amir, so it was said to him: 'They have not yet prayed in the Masjid of Bani so and so.' So he said: 'I do not like to pray in it, as it was built out of harm.' And every Masjid built upon harm, or for showing off and recognition, then its basis returns to the Masjid that was built out of harm." (9/3268)

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#19 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:32

Ibn Taymiyyah said, "The Salaf used to have karahah (hatred) for praying in that which resembles Masjid adh-Dhirar and they were of the opinion that the ancient was better than the new, because the ancient is further away from the chance that it was built out of Dhirar than the new, in which that is feared." (Tafsir Surat al-Ikhlas, 256)

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#20 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:33

Shaykh Abdul-Latif al ash-Shaykh said: "And further than that, is that Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) destroyed the Masjid adh-Dhirar. So in it there is evidence for the destruction of the Masjids that are greater in corruption than it." (Majmu'at ar-Rasa'il wa'l-Masa'il an-Najdiyyah, 3/414)

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#21 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:35

Imam Qurtubi said: "Our scholars said: 'It is not allowed to build a Masjid beside a Masjid, and it is obligatory to destroy it and prevent its construction, so that the people of the first Masjid do not leave, then it remains empty, unless the area is large, so the people are not sufficed by one Masjid, then it is built at that time. And likewise, they said that two or three Jami's should not be built in one town, and it is obligatory to prevent the second. And whoever prays the Jumu'ah in it; then it does not count for him (i.e. he needs to repeat it). And Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) torched the Masjid adh-Dhirar and destroyed it...Our scholars said: And every Masjid that is built out of harm or out of showing off and seeking recognition, then it is within the ruling of the Masjid adh-Dhirar; it is not allowed to pray in it." (al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qur'an, 8/254)

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#22 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:35

Qurtubi mentioned in the tafsir of the ayah "And who is more unjust than those who forbid that Allah's Name be mentioned much in Allah's Mosques." (al-Baqarah 2/114) the following: "And the building of Mosques is not forbidden unless the splitting and the disputing is intended, such as if they build a Mosque beside a Mosque or near to it, hoping that by doing so, the people of the former Mosque will split, and to wreck it and to divide the word (i.e. opinion). Then the second Mosque is canceled and prohibited to be built. And due to that, we have said: It is not allowed to have two main congregational Mosques (Jami) in a single city, not two Imams for a single Mosque, and not to have two congregations praying in a single Mosque." (al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qur'an, 2/78)

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#23 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:39

Ghazali said, "And as for the Masjid, then if it is built on a land that was acquired unlawfully, or with wood that was acquired unlawfully from another Masjid, or from the property of someone specific, then it is not allowed to enter it to begin with, and not (even) for Jumu'ah. And if it is from money whose owner is not known, then the piety is to depart to another Masjid if one is in existence. But if he does not find another one, then he does not abandon the Jumu'ah nor the Jama'ah, because it is possible that it (i.e. the money and materials used to build the Masjid) is from the property of the one who built it, even if that is farfetched, and if it does not have a specific owner, then it is for the (general) benefits of the Muslims." (Ihya, 2/114)

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#24 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:41

Ibn Hazm said in, "Salat in the church, the synagogue, the house of fire, the slaughterhouse -as long as it is free from urine, feces, and blood- in the middle of the road, in the bottom of a canyon, in the areas of khasf, facing a he-camel or a she-camel, facing someone who is speaking, someone who sleeping, and in every area is allowed, as long as no text nor consensus of which there is certainty has come concerning the forbiddance of salat in a given area, then it is to be stopped at the forbiddance. From Abu Tharr رضي الله عنه, who said, 'I said: 'O Rasulullah, which of the Masjids was built on the Earth first?' He said: 'al-Masid al-haraam.' I said: 'Then which one?' He said: 'al-Masjid al-Aqsa.' I said: 'How many (years) between them?' He said: 'Forty years. Then wherever the salat reaches you, then pray, as it is a Masjid.' Agreed upon. And we have narrated from Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) from the path of Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه, Jabir, Huthayfah رضي الله عنه and Anas رضي الله عنه that from our virtues is that the Earth was made a Masjid for us. And all of that which we have mentioned from the Earth, then salat is permitted in it, except for that which the text has come concerning the prohibition of salat in it, like the living areas of camels, the bathhouses, the cemeteries, towards a grave and upon it, the area that was acquired unlawfully, the najas, and the Masjid adh-Dhirar only." (al-Muhalla, 2/400)

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#25 [Permalink] Posted on 13th July 2011 11:42

Qurtubi said: "And the church; harm of others was not intended by its construction, even if the origin of its construction was upon evil. But the Christians only took the church and the Jews the synagogues as an area for them, as they claim, to worship in, like the Masjid for us, so they are different (than the hukm of Masjid adh-Dhirar)." (al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qur'an, 8/255)

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#26 [Permalink] Posted on 7th February 2012 21:27

Now if we were take a look around us, can you imagine how many moqsues are there just because of a silly reason?

How many mosques have been built to cause disunity?

How many mosques have been built because of race differences?

I remember from my trip up North, my cousin would tell me that this mosque was built because he had a fight with the other committee members. Now he is the boss of his mosque.

We arent in the position to judge or to see inside the hearts of people as to why the mosque was built. But if we educate our selves and the new generation, then InshaAllah, we will have many mosques built on the foundation of TAQWA.

My recent trip up north brought back memories of the narrations above.

Mosques next door to each other. And Muslims think we are progressing. Shame.

This topic fits well with the topic of Masjid outdated.
www.muftisays.com/forums/people-s-say/6573/masjids-outdat...

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