Shaykh ‘Abdul-Kareem bin ‘Abdullah
al-Khudayr [May Allaah Presereve him]
Member of Committee of Senior Scholars and Permanent
Committee of Research and Fatwaa, Saudi Arabia
11/7/1435 – 15/4/2014
Before I begin my talk, I want to point out
something that distracted me from my Salaat, the extravagant décor in the
Masjid. This is completely against the Sunnah of the Prophet [Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be upon him]. This is plain to observe from various images
capturing the different Masaajid in different parts of the world, especially
historically with what still exists today in Turkey from the remnants of the
Ottoman caliphate. They followed the Hanafee Madhab in which they permitted
such extravagance, however it remains impermissible to follow such practices.
The Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah
be upon him] was given a mat from Aboo Juhaym [May Allaah be Pleased with him],
he said, “Take this back to him because it was a Fitnah (preoccupied) for me in
my Salaah.”
If this was the Prophet [Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be upon him], the one whose heart was closest to Allaah,
the Glorified and the Exalted, the one who forget everything from the Dunyaa
once he stood in front of Allaah, then what about us? Allaah Musta’aan
(Allaah’s Help is sought).
It is a must that those who draw plans to
build these Masaajid must be under the supervision of students of knowledge.
What has happened now is that it has become common and accepted to have
extravagant Masaajid, no one advising one another, but my advice to anyone who
is responsible for maintaining and building Masaajid and want to gain closer to
Allaah by it, that they don’t contradict the command of the One they are trying
to get closer to when building. Nothing will bring any benefit if He is Angered
with it.
The Muslim is commanded to stand and face
the Qiblah in prayer, but if in front of him he has a wall that is decorated
with extravagance, it is not possible that he will not be distracted. In the
instance of the mat of Aboo Juhaym, a few lines of design distracted the
Prophet and was a Fitnah for him, as he said. Just a few lines.
[Seerah an-Nabaweeyyah 4-9mins]
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