Title: Interior decoration for Masjid (POP work) is it allowed? if allowed to whatextent? Masjid located in South India.

Question: Interior decoration for Masjid (POP work) is it allowed? if allowed to whatextent? Masjid located in South India.

Answer ID: 22510Posted on: Aug 29, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 997/997/M=1431)

It is lawful if someone engraves the mosque for embellishment from his halal money except the wall of mihrab and qiblah. But it is makrooh to make designs in mihrab i.e. in the wall of qiblah; because it will divert the attention of those offering prayers. In the same way, it is makrooh to make delicate and floral designs out of affectation. However, it is not lawful to make such things from the income of waqf. The waqf money can be used only in the necessary constructions which make the mosque strong and stable: