This document discusses various forbidden matters related to mosques and funerals according to Islamic law. It is forbidden to buy/sell items or post lost announcements in the mosque, or to use the mosque for any purpose other than worship. It is also forbidden to administer punishments in the mosque, or leave the mosque without praying once the call to prayer is given. The document goes on to list other prohibited behaviors related to gravesites, mourning practices, and announcing deaths. It encourages visiting the provided website for more authentic Islamic teachings.

1. Disallowed MattersBook by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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3. It is forbidden to buy, sell or make
lost-and-found announcements in the
mosque; to use the mosque as a
thoroughfare or for any purpose other
than dhikr (remembrance of Allaah)
and salaah;

4. Carry out shar’i punishments in the
mosque; to clasp one’s hands when one
has gone out heading for the mosque,
because once a person has decided to go
and pray, he is considered to be in a
state of prayer.

5. It is forbidden for anyone to leave the
mosque without praying once the
adhaan has been given. It is forbidden to
sit down in the mosque before praying
two rak’ahs; to hasten unduly when the
iqaamah is given – one should walk in a
calm and dignified manner;

6. Form a row between two pillars of the
mosque unless it is essential to do so. It
is forbidden for anyone who has eaten
garlic, onions or anything that has an
offensive smell to approach the mosque.
It is forbidden for a man to walk
through the mosque with anything that
may harm the Muslims;

7. Prevent women from going to the
mosque as long as all conditions of
Sharee’ah are complied with; for a
woman to wear perfume when she is
going to the mosque. It is forbidden to
have intercourse with women during
i’tikaaf (retreat in the mosque);

8. Show off and compete in the building of
mosques; to decorate them with red or
yellow paint, engravings or anything
that may distract the worshippers.

9. FuneralsFunerals

10. It is forbidden to build anything over
graves or to raise them and make them
high; to sit on graves; to walk between
graves wearing shoes; to illuminate
them or to write on them; to excavate
them.

11. It is forbidden to take graves as places of
worship or to pray facing any grave
except when praying the funeral prayer
at the graveside.

12. It is forbidden for a woman to mourn for
a deceased person for more than three
days, except for her husband, for whom
the period of mourning is four months
and ten days.

13. It is forbidden for a recently-widowed
women to wear perfume, kohl, henna,
adornments such as jewellery and fancy,
decorated clothes.

14. It is forbidden to wail for the dead, to
help another woman in wailing, because
this is crying for the sake of something
other than Allaah, and joining together
in weeping is classified as wailing.

15. It is forbidden to wail for the dead, to
help another woman in wailing, because
this is crying for the sake of something
other than Allaah, and joining together
in weeping is classified as wailing.

16. It is forbidden to announce a death in
the manner of jaahiliyyah, although
there is nothing wrong with simply
informing people that the deceased has
died.

17. It is forbidden to announce a death in
the manner of jaahiliyyah, although
there is nothing wrong with simply
informing people that the deceased has
died.

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