Laying the bricks and stones of an old mosque where shoes are kept

Question

There was a small mosque; it was demolished and a large mosque was built. The floor of its courtyard was of stone; those stones were laid outside, beyond the drain, at the place where shoes are taken off. Now people object that the stones on which prostration (sajda) used to be performed have today been laid at the place where shoes are taken off, which is disrespectful. In any case, is it proper to take off shoes on them or not?

Answer

It would have been better had these stones not been laid in such a place, where shoes are taken off and put down, because this is contrary to reverence: [ar]وَيَجُوزُ رَمْيُ بُرَايَةِ الْقَلَمِ الْجَدِيدِ، وَلَا تُرْمَى بُرَايَةُ الْمُسْتَعْمَلِ لِاحْتِرَامِهِ، كَحَشِيشِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكُنَاسَتِهِ لَا يُلْقَى فِي مَوْضِعٍ يُخِلُّ بِالتَّعْظِيمِ، كَذَا فِي الْقُنْيَةِ[/ar] “It…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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