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Worldly Talk in the Mosque

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

Is worldly talk in the mosque disliked? If so, what constitutes worldy talk? Would you provide examples of it?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين و صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و على آله و صحبه و سلم أما بعد

Imam Nawawi says in the Majmu‘ (2.177):

Conversing in permissible speech, worldly matters, and other permissible things is allowed in the mosque, even if it leads to laughter and the like, so long as it remains permissible. [m: This is indicated] by the hadith of Jabir Ibn Samurah (Allah be pleased with him), “The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) wouldn’t stand from the place in which he offered the morning prayer until the sun would rise; when it rose, he would stand.” [m: Jabir] says, “they [m: i.e., the Companions] would talk and discuss the pre-Islamic days of ignorance and laugh, and he would smile.” (Muslim)

Amjad Rasheed
Amman, Jordan
(Translated by Moustafa Elqabbany)

السؤال : هل يكره الكلام الدنيوي في المسجد ؟ وإن كان ذلك الكلام مكروها فما ضابط الكلام الدنيوي ؟ هل يمكنكم أن تعطونا أمثلة عليه ؟ الجواب : قال الإمام النووي في “المجموع” (2/177) :”يجوز التحدث بالحديث المباح في المسجد وبأمور الدنيا وغيرها من المباحات وإن حصل فيه ضحك ونحوه ما دام مباحاً لحديث جابر بن سمرة رضي الله عنه قال :”كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يقوم من مصلاه الذي صلى فيه الصيح حتى تطلع الشمس فإذا طلعت قام . قال : وكانوا يتحدثون فيأخذون في أمر الجاهلية فيضحكون ويتبسم “. رواه مسلم “.اهـ

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