ShahnazZ
Striving2BeAStranger
Salam Alaikum All,
So I experienced two interesting yet disturbing dilemmas at my local masjid yesterday and I need further clarification on them just to make sure I'm not (as my family members love to call me) going "extremist".
Firstly arises the question of fund-raising in a masjid. Are the imams allowed to be verbally aggressive and practically FORCE people into giving donations? Excluding physical measures of course, what I mean by force is yelling at everyone, degrading them, and delaying the prayers for almost an hour until the "goal" has been reached. Along with that, are they allowed to give a minute-by-minute account of how much money has been raised so far and how much more needs to be donated by the end of the night? I always believed that Allah hated those who beg and this was literal begging with an aggressive edge.
Secondly, are there any instances where a man is allowed to enter the women's section of the masjid? Because apparently, I'm being called an extremist for my "unnecessary outrage" when a male came into the women's section to collect the money. And I dont mean standing by the door or outside the room. I mean literally WALKING INTO THE ROOM designated for females only and literally walking between the rows of women to get to the other end of the room. Apparently, I was the only female who found offense at this.
I'm now on the verge of finding another masjid, therefore I just need to know if any of these actions are validated in Islam.
So I experienced two interesting yet disturbing dilemmas at my local masjid yesterday and I need further clarification on them just to make sure I'm not (as my family members love to call me) going "extremist".
Firstly arises the question of fund-raising in a masjid. Are the imams allowed to be verbally aggressive and practically FORCE people into giving donations? Excluding physical measures of course, what I mean by force is yelling at everyone, degrading them, and delaying the prayers for almost an hour until the "goal" has been reached. Along with that, are they allowed to give a minute-by-minute account of how much money has been raised so far and how much more needs to be donated by the end of the night? I always believed that Allah hated those who beg and this was literal begging with an aggressive edge.
Secondly, are there any instances where a man is allowed to enter the women's section of the masjid? Because apparently, I'm being called an extremist for my "unnecessary outrage" when a male came into the women's section to collect the money. And I dont mean standing by the door or outside the room. I mean literally WALKING INTO THE ROOM designated for females only and literally walking between the rows of women to get to the other end of the room. Apparently, I was the only female who found offense at this.
I'm now on the verge of finding another masjid, therefore I just need to know if any of these actions are validated in Islam.