constructing masjids is not to indulge in worldly talks, rather it is to remain engaged in the dhikr of Allah.

It is stated in a blessed Hadith: “The person who says labbayk to the voice of the person who calls towards Allah Almighty and constructs the masjids of Allah Almighty properly; in return, there is Paradise for him from the court of Allah.” It was humbly asked, “O Messenger of Allah       صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! What is meant by the proper construction of masjids?” He said, “Not to speak loudly, nor utter any obscene speech in them.”^[1]

 Our pious predecessors رَحْمَۃُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن   would be very mindful of the manners of a masjid and would dislike having worldly conversations in it.

Disrespectful people were removed from the masjid

Sayyiduna ‘Isa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام would forbid those people who did not know about the manners of masjids from sitting in the masjid for a long time. Once, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام saw some people sitting in the masjid engaged in useless conversations. Having folded his shawl, he hit them and removed them from the masjid and said, “You have made the homes of Allah markets of the world, whereas these are the markets of the Hereafter.” ^[2]

Sayyiduna Saaib bin Yazid رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ   has narrated, “I was lying in the masjid when someone threw a pebble at me. I saw that it was Sayyiduna ‘Umar Faruq al-A’zam رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. He asked me to bring two men to him who were talking to each other loudly in the masjid. So, I did as he asked. Sayyiduna ‘Umar Faruq al-A’zam رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ   asked them, ‘Where are you from?’ They replied that they were from Taif. He said, ‘If you were residents of Madinah al-Munawwarah, I would have punished you