Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (22/206)

He was asked:

Is begging in the congregational mosque lawful, forbidden, or disliked? And is it more incumbent to refrain from it than to engage in it?

He replied:

Praise be to Allah. The basic ruling is that begging is forbidden, both inside and outside the mosque, except out of necessity. If someone is in such necessity and begs in the mosque without harming anyone by stepping over people or otherwise, without lying in what he relates about his circumstances, and without raising his voice in a way that harms people—such as begging while the preacher is delivering his sermon, or distracting people while they are listening to religious instruction, and the like—then it is permissible. And Allah knows best.

Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—said:

Section: “Facing the Qiblah”

There is no disagreement among the scholars concerning what is obligatory in this regard, and the dispute between those who require facing its direction and those who require facing the Kaaba itself has no real substance. Allah Most High says:

وَسُئِلَ: عَنْ السُّؤَالِ فِي الْجَامِعِ: هَلْ هُوَ حَلَالٌ؟ أَمْ حَرَامٌ؟ أَوْ مَكْرُوهٌ؟ وَأَنَّ تَرْكَهُ أَوْجَبُ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ؟ . فَأَجَابَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، أَصْلُ السُّؤَالِ مُحَرَّمٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَخَارِجَ الْمَسْجِدِ إلَّا لِضَرُورَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ بِهِ ضَرُورَةٌ وَسَأَلَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَلَمْ يُؤْذِ أَحَدًا بِتَخَطِّيهِ رِقَابَ النَّاسِ وَلَا غَيْرِ تَخَطِّيهِ وَلَمْ يَكْذِبْ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ وَيَذْكُرُ مِنْ حَالِهِ وَلَمْ يَجْهَرْ جَهْرًا يَضُرُّ النَّاسَ مِثْلَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ وَالْخَطِيبُ يَخْطُبُ أَوْ وَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ عِلْمًا يَشْغَلُهُمْ بِهِ وَنَحْوَ ذَلِكَ جَازَ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَقَالَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: فَصْلٌ: فِي " اسْتِقْبَالِ الْقِبْلَةِ " وَإِنَّهُ لَا نِزَاعَ بَيْنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ فِي الْوَاجِبِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنَّ النِّزَاعَ بَيْنَ الْقَائِلِينَ بِالْجِهَةِ وَالْعَيْنِ لَا حَقِيقَةَ لَهُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: