12 mistakes we’re making in the mosque

1. SITTING BEFORE PRAYING
As soon as you enter the mosque you are required to offer two raka’ats before sitting down.

2. EXCLUDING OTHERS Sometimes when the majority of the people who frequent a mosque are from the same tribe or nationality, they treat any new visitor to their mosque as an outsider. They make anyone from a different background attending prayers there to feel excluded and unwelcome. Islam does not believe in nationalism, infact, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) said to his companions “Nationalism has a bad smell so stay away from it”*. Do you really want to drive someone away who may be visiting your mosque for the first time seeking knowledge about Islam? We are all brothers and sisters in Islam so the mosques belong to all of us.

3. TALKING DURING FRIDAY SERMONS (KHUTBAH)
The purpose of the Friday Sermons are to act as reminders and to help strengthen our faith. But, they can only benefit us if we actually hear them. This is why it is important to keep quiet during Friday Sermon so that you can listen to the Imam. During Friday Sermons you are not even supposed to say Salamu Alaikum to your Sisters upon entering the mosque because doing so would cause disruption and prevent all of you from hearing the sermon.

To read the whole article buy the August 2009 edition of Daily Hijabi or order the pdf.