Etiquettes of Masjid

• Quran Online
• By: redhillmosque

Masjids are the houses of worship for Muslims. A Muslim should be always eager to go to the Masjid to
perform prayer and thus get a reward, which our beloved prophet informed us about, in the Hadith:
Whoever goes to the Masjid or comes back from the Masjid, Allah will prepare his place in Jannah every time
he goes or goes back. Whoever washes himself up for the prayer and then goes to the Masjid to perform
the prayer, every step he takes to the Masjid, sin will be washed out and a degree shall be given to him.

Rasullah (S) informed us also that whoever maintains a Masjid and attaches himself /herself to the
Masjid, such a person will be among the seven categories of people who will be under the shade of Allah SWT
on a day there will be no shade except the shade of Allah SWT.

Islam teaches us that there are certain etiquettes that should be observed and implemented when coming to
the Masjid.
1. The person who comes should be clean from major impurities like janabah, menses, and post-childbirth
bleeding etc.
2. Wearing good perfume and putting on your nicest clothes. Rasulullah said A Muslim should remember to
use Miswak or a toothbrush if he ever eats onion or garlic or any offensive type of food that has a strong
smell. O Children of Adam! take your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not
prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals. (7:31) Rasullah (SAW) said, Whoever eats garlic or onion, should
avoid our Masjid.
3. Going to it most often. Rasulullah said:
Shouldn’t I guide you to something if it is done, Allah shall wash out your sins and raise your grades. The
companions said, yes tell us. He said, perfecting your wudu, going to the Masjid often and waiting for the
prayer after the prayer. (Muslim)
4. Making dua when going to the Masjid. Rasullah used to say on his way to the Masjid, O Allah Allah:
enlighten my heart, enlighten my hearing, enlighten my eyesight, put light on my right side, put light on my
left side, put light above me, put light from behind me and provide light for me.
5. Walking slowly and humbly to the Masjid. Rasullah said,
If you hear the Iqamah, walk to the Masjid slowly and humbly and with tranquillity and do not rush or run to
catch prayer. If you catch it from the beginning that is fine otherwise, make up the rakats you
missed. Agreed upon.
6. Entering the Masjid with the right foot and saying the dua. Rasulullah (SAW) used to enter the Masjid with
his right foot and used to say this dua Bismillah Allahuma SalliAla Mohammad. Rabbi Ighfir Lee
Zunubee Waftah Lee Abwaba Rahmatika. (Muslim)
7. To offer 2 rakaat for the greeting of the Masjid. Rasulullah (SAW) said that if any person enters the Masjid, He
should offer 2 rakaats for the greeting of the Masjid.
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8. Not walking away from the Masjid when the Azan was proclaimed. Rasulullah (SAW) said If you were in the
Masjid and you heard the Azan being proclaimed, let not anyone go out from the Masjid without offering
the Salah, (Ahmed)
9. Keeping busy with the remembrance of Allah SWT. Rasulullah (SAW) said, that Masjid were made for the
remembrance of Allah SWT, for the performance of the Salah and for reading the Quran. Agreed upon
10. Avoid passing in front of a person praying. Unfortunately, we tend to neglect this aspect. Rasullah said,
If the person who passes right in front of another person praying would know the seriousness of his act, it
would be better for him to stand 40 THAN passing in front of a praying person.
11. Maintaining the Masjid. This includes both physical and financial as well as spiritual maintenance. Allah
SWT said, He only shall tend Allah’s sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and observeth
proper worship and payeth the poor-due and feareth none save Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they
can be of the rightly guided. (9:18) Rasullah said If you see a person visit the Masjid often and maintain it,
bear witness that he is a true believer. (Ahmed)
12. Avoid shouting, yelling, cursing, or using improper language. One day, Omar [R] entered the Masjid of
the Prophet and found them shouting at each other. Immediately, he called them up and reprimanded them
for doing such things. (Bukhari) Also, a Muslim should avoid making any noise when a person is offering
Salah.
13. Keeping it clean. Rasullah said, Spitting in the Masjid is a sin. Agreed upon
14. Building the Masjid for the pleasure of Allah SWT. Rasulullah (SAW) said, Whoever builds a Masjid seeking
the pleasure of Allah SWT, Allah shall construct for him a palace in paradise.
15. Making Itikaf (seclusion) in the Masjid. A Muslim should intend to make i’tikaf every time he comes to the
Masjid for any time period. Rasullah used to do it, especially on the last ten days of Ramadan.
16. Straightening the lines for prayers. Rasullah used to straighten the lines of people praying.
17. When going out of the Masjid a Muslim should go out with his left foot and say the dua, Bismillah
Allahumma Salli Ala Mohammad Allahumma Asalika Min Fadlika. (Muslim) Meaning: In the name of Allah, O
Allah, send prayers and blessings to Mohammad O Allah, I ask you for your Grace and Mercy.
On Friday there are certain etiquettes that we need to be reminded of:
1. Taking a bath, wearing perfume and dressing nicely. Rasullah said, Whoever takes a bath on Friday, then
comb his hair and wear perfume, then goes to the Masjid early, and then sits in his place listening
attentively to the khutba and then offer the obligatory prayer, Allah shall forgive him his sins to the next
Jummah.
2. Going early to the Masjid on Friday. Hadith:
Whoever washes himself up for Jummah, then walks to the Masjid in the early hour, it is as if he sacrificed a
camel for Allah’s sake, Whoever comes after that, it is as if he sacrificed a cow, whoever comes after that it is
as if he sacrificed a lamb, whoever comes after that it is as if he sacrificed a chicken, whoever comes after
that it is as if he gave an egg for the sake of Allah. When the Imam rose to deliver his Khutba, the angels
would roll up their records and listen to the Khutba. Agreed upon.
3. Avoid passing the people to get a closer place while you are coming late. Once Rasullah (SAW) saw a man
doing this and told him to sit down because you have come late and you hurt
people.
4. Listening to the Khutbah. Rasulullah (SAW) said, Whoever speaks on Friday and the Imam is delivering his
Khutbah he is like a donkey carrying a big load. (Ahmed)