Carpets
Question :

If one mosque has many donated carpets by way of waqf, and other mosques in the city do not have enough carpets, is it possible to give carpets from first mosque to another mosque for permanent use?

Answer :

If the carpets donated as religious endowment (waqf) were many in quantity, such that the mosque does not require them all and are therefore not used, it is permissible to transfer it to another mosque. Otherwise it is not permissible.

Mosques
Question : What is the ruling on smoking shisha or cigarettes just outside the mosques and Islamic places of worship?
Answer : It is permissible to smoke in the places adjacent to the mosques and Islamic places of worship.
Mosques
Question : We were offering the prayers in a mosque from the last few years. Now we are going to renovate the mosque. Therefore we want to offer the prayers in a hussaniya, but there is not mating (for flooring) in hussaniya. Can we shift the mating of mosque to hussaniya for this period of time and offer the prayer there?
Answer : If the renovation period was short then it is not permissible to remove the matting from the mosque.
Mosques
Question : What is the ruling of allowing a person who openly commits sins to enter the mosque?
Answer : It is permissible to allow him to enter the mosque even if he committed the said major sins. His presence in the mosque shall be a reason for his return to Almighty Allah. He is All-Merciful.
Mosques
Question : I am a new Muslim I have been following Sunni Islam I have now read some books on Shia Islam and I would like to become a Shia but there is no Shia mosque where I live can I still pray like a Sunni and go to the Sunni mosque?
Answer : There is nothing wrong with visiting Sunni Mosques but the prayer should be according to the sect of the Ahlulbait as believing in their path imposes the believer to so do as they are the smallest amongst the two weighty things that the Prophet (peace be upon him) commend us to refer to.
Mosques
Question : Is it better for a woman to offer her Prayers at the Mosque or at her house?
Answer : The women's prayer at home is better than her prayer at the mosque.
Blood in a Mosque
Question :

What is the ruling if one was in the mosque and a little bit of blood came out of his wound onto the floor of the mosque?

Answer :

It is obligatory to remove the najasah from the mosque and restore its taharah again.

Non-Muslim Workers
Question :

In a particular town in India where we live, there is a shortage of Muslim laborers, and Hindus built the mosque. Are our prayers valid in this mosque, and is the mosque tahir?

Answer :

If one knows that the walls and the ceiling came in wet contact with the workers, they should be made tahir, and one can offer the prayers in the mosque.

Masjid and Hussainia
Question :

Is a Masjid more important that a Hussainiya in the Shi'i faith?

Answer :

The mosque has special religious rulings that the Hussainiya does not, such as the prohibition for a person in janabah or the woman during menstruation to stay in the mosque.

Non-Muslims in Mosques
Question :

Are non-Muslims allowed to enter the mosque? If so, is it mandatory for non-Muslim women to wear the hijab inside the mosque? In the case of a wheelchair user, is he/she allowed to enter a wheelchair knowing that he/she uses them outside the mosque?

Answer :

If their entering leads to an insult to the mosque then it is not permissible to allow them to enter.

Jamkaran
Question :

What is your view on Masjid Jamkaran? Is the narration about this mosque authentic?

Answer :

There are no narrations from the Infallibles (peace be upon them) about this mosque. In the book of Mafatih al-Jinan, it is mentioned that a man saw in his dreams that Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him) ordered him to build a mosque in this particular place and to offer four rak’at prayer. Since one cannot rely on dreams to prove religious rulings, one should not recite the prayers in the said mosque specifically because of any specific religious recommendation. However, one can worship and pray there for the sake of Almighty Allah as in any other mosque.

Neighbor of the Mosque
Question :

It is recommended to perform the prayers in the mosque, especially for the neighbors of a mosque, but who is considered to be a neighbor?

Answer :

If the mosque is away from the residence of the person, then he is not a neighbor to the mosque. Taking the effort to reach the mosque even if it is far is amongst the recommended deeds.