village and in the neighbouring village, bygoing house-to-house
toinvite people. If someone is not invited from his house (by a
personal visit), he does not regard that as an invitation. The village
has expanded a great deal, as has the neighbouring village, and people
are living on the outskirts and on the mountaintops, which has made it
very difficultto invite each person from his house, and that has
caused the people a great deal of hardship. The people have agreed to
announce the wedding invitation in the mosque. Is this permissible or
haraam?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
The mosques should be free of announcements that have to do with
worldly matters, which include telling people about a wedding feast or
inviting them to it, because the mosques were not built for that;
rather they were built toestablish worship, teach knowledge, and
spread goodness. Muslim narrated in his Saheeh (568) that Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever hears a man
making a lost property announcement in the mosque, let him say:
MayAllaah not restore it to you, for the mosques were not built for
this purpose."
In Saheeh Muslim (569) itis also narrated from Sulaymaan ibn Buraydah,
from his father, that a man made a lost property announcement in the
mosque, saying: Who has found the red camel? The Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "May you not find it. The
mosques were only built for that for which they were built."
But it is permissible to make announcements concerning worldly matters
outside the mosque, even if that is by posting a flyer on the outside
wall.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Whatis
the ruling on putting some announcements in the mosque, such as
announcing a trip for Hajj or 'Umrah, or announcing some lectures or
classes?
He (may Allah have mercy on him) replied: Ifthe announcement has to do
with acts of worship, there is nothing wrong with that, because acts
of worship are means of drawing closer to Allah, and the mosques were
built for the worship of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted.
But if it has to do with worldly matters, then it is not permissible.
But they may be announced on the outside walls of the mosque. Trips
for Hajj come under the heading of worldly matters, so we do not think
that they should be announced inside themosque.
Circles of dhikr, such as lessons and classes, are purely good, so
there is nothing wrong with announcing them inside the mosque, because
they are good.
End quote from Sharh Manzoomah al-Qawaa'idal-Fiqhiyyah, p. 52
He (may Allah have mercy on him) also said: It is not permissible to
put up posters for Hajj and 'Umrah inside the mosque, because
usuallythese trips are organisedwith the aim of financialgain, so they
come under the heading of trade or business. But instead of being
inside the mosque, they may beput up at the door of themosque on the
outside.
End quote from Liqaa'aat al-Baab al-Maftooh, no. 151, question no. 10
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning lost
property announcements: As for writing them on a piece of paper, if it
is put up on the outside wall of the mosque, there is nothing wrong
with it.
End quote from Fataawa ash-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 30/9
Based on that, you can write the wedding invitation on a piece of
paper that is put up on the outside wall of the mosque, or you could
distribute the invitation to the worshippers outside the mosque.
However, we think that it is possible to overcome this difficulty by
making phone calls orsending text messages and the like. With the
expansion of the village that you mention, it does not seem that the
one giving the invitationwants to invite all the people. Rather
whoever he wants to invite and cannot contact him in person, he can
contact him by phone or send him a message and the like.
Thirdly:
The majority of fuqaha' are of the view that it is mustahabb or
encouraged to do the marriage contract in the mosque. They quote as
evidence for that the hadeeth. "Announce thismarriage, do it (the
marriage contract) in the mosque and beat thedaffs (hand drums) for
it." Narrated by at-Tirmidhi, 1089. But this hadeeth is da'eef (weak),
as stated by al-Albaani in Da'eef at-Tirmidhi. However he classed as
hasan the phrase "Announce this marriage", as stated in Aadaab
az-Zafaaf, p. 111
See also the answer to question no. 87898
It is not permissible to believe that doing the marriage in the mosque
is Sunnah, because thereis no proven evidence tothat effect. However,
it issomething permissible, so if they do the marriage contract in the
mosque then move to the place where the waleemah (wedding feast) is
being given, they will have made the announcement of the wedding.
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