Issue No. 2175- Usurpation means that a person unjustly seizes the property or the right of another person. This is one of the major sins and one who commits it will be subjected to severe chastisement on the Day of Judgment, and painful consequences in this world. It has been reported from the Holy Prophet (pbuh) that “whoever usurps one span of another’s land, seven layers of that land will be put round his neck like a yoke on the Day of Judgment” [1].
Issue No. 2175- Usurpation means that a person unjustly seizes the property or the right of another person. This is one of the major sins and one who commits it will be subjected to severe chastisement on the Day of Judgment, and painful consequences in this world. It has been reported from the Holy Prophet (pbuh) that “whoever usurps one span of another’s land, seven layers of that land will be put round his neck like a yoke on the Day of Judgment” [1].
Issue No.853- Adhān and iqāmah should be recited in correct Arabic. Hence, if they are recited in wrong Arabic, or one recites the translation in Persian or another language, it will not be valid.
Issue No.854- Adhān and iqāmah should not be recited if the time of prayer has not set in, and if they are recited, they will be void.
Issue No.855- If a person doubts before reciting iqāmah, whether he has recited adhān or not, he should recite adhān. But, if he doubts during iqāmah whether he has recited adhān, he should not pay attention to his doubt. However, if he doubts in the phrases of adhān and iqāmah, he should recite them again as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No.856- It is recommended that while reciting adhān, one should stand facing the qiblah and should be with wuḍū and raise and extend his voice, and slightly pause between every phrase, and should not talk to anyone during reciting adhān.
Issue No.857- It is recommended while reciting iqāmah, that one's body be still, and he recites it with a lower voice than adhān and the pause between phrases should be less than that of adhān. It is also recommended that one takes a step between adhān and iqāmah, or sits down for a short while, or performs sajdah, or recites a supplication, or performs two rak‘ats of prayer.
Issue No.859- It is not sufficient to hear the adhān from the radio, etc. Rather, those who offer prayer should themselves recite adhān as was explained before.
Issue No.827- If a mosque is usurped and changed in such a way that it can no longer be called a mosque, even then, as an obligatory precaution, it is haram to make it najis and it is necessary to make it ṭāhir if it becomes najis.
Issue No.829- It is also haram to make the carpet of a mosque najis, and if it becomes najis, it should be made ṭāhir. However, if it involves any expenses, the person who has made it najis is liable, as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No.831- Holding mourning ceremonies, religious celebrations, etc., and related affairs such as pitching tents, hanging black curtains, and taking tea or food into the mosque is permissible provided that it does not harm the building or does not impede performing prayer in the mosque.
Issue No.832- It is not permissible, as an obligatory precaution, to decorate a mosque with gold and it should not be also decorated with the pictures of living creatures like human beings and animals as an obligatory precaution. However, there is no harm in decorating other places like the library of the mosque.
