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  • Is Sleeping In The Mosque Permissible?

    Posted by Junaid Ahmed on April 13, 2026 at 1:47 pm

    Sometimes when people go to another city or town for some work in a one day trip, they sleep in a mosque for a few hours before departing that city/town as they don’t like to book a hotel room for less than 24 hours stay. Is it permissible for them to sleep in the mosque?

    Dr. Irfan Shahzad replied 2 days, 4 hours ago 2 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Is Sleeping In The Mosque Permissible?

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar April 14, 2026 at 8:49 pm

    Everything in Deen is permissible unless something objectionable is there.

    • Junaid Ahmed

      Member April 15, 2026 at 1:05 am

      I heard a maulana say mosque is only for prayer, so it’s haram to sleep inside the mosque unless the person is there for Itikaf

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar April 16, 2026 at 1:19 am

    Every prohibition must entail something objectionable. Why is sleeping in the mosque is objectionable ? Why do people perform nikah in mosque then?

    • Junaid Ahmed

      Member April 16, 2026 at 1:31 am

      Some of the objections I heard are when sleeping in the mosque the person may pass gas or have nocturnal emission which will break his state of wudu and make the mosque impure, when mosque is supposed to be a sacred place

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar April 16, 2026 at 1:35 am

    Passing wind can happen in mosque any time. So it is it an objection. This is somebtit natural. If one doesn’t make mosque impure one can sleep there.

    • Junaid Ahmed

      Member April 16, 2026 at 12:51 pm

      But what if someone has nocturnal emission/wet dream while sleeping? Won’t that make the mosque impure?

    • Junaid Ahmed

      Member April 18, 2026 at 5:09 pm

      Hello

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar April 20, 2026 at 11:53 pm

    It does not usually happen, so no restriction can be applied to something which is not usual.

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