Issue 442: it is illegal to make the ground, ceiling, roof, and inner walls of a mosque impure, and when a person learns that any of these parts has become impure, they must immediately make it pure. As an obligatory precaution, the outer walls of a mosque must not be made impure either, and if they become impure, they must be made pure, unless the person, who has dedicated that mosque, has not appointed them as parts of the mosque.

Issue 443: If one cannot make the mosque pure, or needs help to purify it, but they do not find any help, it is not obligatory for them to make the mosque pure, but if it is seen as a disrespect towards the mosque, as an obligatory precaution, they must ask someone who can make the mosque pure to take care of it.

Issue 444: Carrying the original impurity like blood to a mosque is illegal if it is considered as disrespect to the mosque, and so is the case of an impure thing.

Issue 445: The following statements show the significance of going to and praying in mosques:

- It is recommended to frequent mosques.

- It is recommended to go to a mosque where few people go for offering prayers.

- It is legally disapproved for a person neighboring a mosque to offer their prayers in places other than the mosque with no excuse.

- It is recommended that one should avoid eating or, consulting with, and neighboring a person who does not go to mosques. They should also avoid marrying the girls of such a family and letting the boys of such a family marry their girls.

Issue 446: There are illegal acts regarding mosques:

- As an obligatory precaution, it is illegal to adorn a mosque with gold.

- To sell a mosque, although it has been destroyed.

- To make a mosque impure, and if it becomes impure, it must be make be pure immediately.

Issue 447: There are some recommended acts regarding mosques:

-To enter the mosque earlier and leave there later than others

- To illuminate the mosque

- To clean the mosque

- To put one's right foot first when stepping into the mosque.

- To put one's left foot first when stepping out of the mosque.

- Offering a two-Rak'at recommended prayer as greetings to the mosque.

- To wear perfume as well as one's best clothes when going to the mosque.

Issue 448: There are legally disapproved acts regarding mosques:

-To pass through the mosque (as a path) without offering prayers there.

- To spit or throw one's mucus of the nose in the mosque

-To sleep in the mosque, unless one is helpless

- To shout or raise one's voice, except for Adhaan

- To buy or sell things and transact deals

- To talk about worldly affairs

- To go to a mosque, having eaten garlic or onions whose smell in one's breath would bother others

Issue 449: It is recommended to build or renovate a dilapidated mosque, and if a mosque is so ruined that it is not possible to repair it, then it can be demolished and rebuilt. Even a mosque which is not ruined can be demolished for extension, when people need a bigger mosque.

Q450: Is the attendance of the People of the Book in a mosque seen as disrespect to the mosque?

A: It is not considered as disrespect towards the mosque.