Collecting Donations After a Mosque Sermon

Question

After delivering a sermon in the mosque, donations are then collected — is this permissible or not?

Answer

Begging for donations in the mosque after delivering a sermon is not a good practice; it is the work of professional [collectors], and because of it the sermon will have no effect. People will think that the real purpose is collecting donations, and that the sermon has merely been made a means for this trade. Therefore, this should not be done.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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