مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢٠٣ - ORDERS REGARDING A MASJID

of the masjid. Rather, the recommended precaution is that even if desecration of the masjid is not involved, an original impurity should not be taken into it.
٩١٦. If a tent is pitched, carpets are spread, and black curtains are hung in a masjid, and tea is taken into it in connection with the mourning ceremony of themartyrdom of Imam Husayn (Peace be on him) there is no harm in it, provided that these things are not harmful for the masjid and do not impede the offering of prayers.
٩١٧. The recommended precaution is that a masjid should not be decorated with gold and the pictures of things, which possess soul like human beings and animals.
٩١٨. Even if a masjid is demolished it is not permissible to sell it or to make it a part of a property or a road.
٩١٩. It is unlawful to sell the doors,windows and other things of a masjid and even if the masjid becomes dilapidated these things should be used for the repairs ofthat very masjid. In case, however, they are no longer useful for that masjid they should he used in other masjids and if they not he used in other masjids also they may besold and the sale proceeds should he used for that very masjid, if possible. In -, how- ever, it is not possible the same should be spent on the repairs of some other masjid.
٩٢٠. Building a masjid and to repair the masjid, which is near destruction, is recommended. And if a masjid is so demolished that it is not possible to repair it,it can be built.Rather, a masjid, which is not in a bad condition,can be demolished, and then enlarge to meet the needs of the people.
٩٢١.To keep a masjid clean and tidy and to illuminate it, is recommended. And if a person intends to go into a masjid it is recommended that he should apply perfume and wear neat and good dress and should verify that the soles os his shoes do not contain any impurity, and while entering the masjid he should