Indeed, only those who maintain the mosques of Allah are those who believe in Him and the Last Day. This means that only their maintenance is upright and acknowledged. Maintenance includes cleaning what has become dirty, tidying it up, illuminating it with lamps, glorifying it, and making it a place for worship and remembrance. Among the acts of remembrance is the study of knowledge, which is indeed its most important and greatest form. And to protect it from what the mosques were not built for, from worldly talks, let alone idle chatter. And from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: 'In the end of times, there will come people from my nation who will sit in the mosques in circles. Their talk will be about the world and love for the world; do not sit with them, for Allah has no need for them.' This was narrated by al-Tabarani from the narration of Abu Wa'il from Ibn Mas'ud, who raised it: 'There will be people in the end of times who will sit in circles in the mosques, their talk will be about the world; do not sit with them, for Allah has no need for them.' In it is Badi' Abu al-Khalil, its narrator from al-Amash, and he is abandoned. And al-Daraqutni said: 'He is unique in this.' And there is a consideration in it. Ibn Hibban narrated it in his Sahih from the path of Isa ibn Yunus from al-Amash with the wording: 'There will be people in the end of times whose talk in their mosques will not be of any need to Allah.' And there is a narration from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who raised it: 'There will come a time upon the people when they will gather in their mosques, and their concern will only be the world; do not sit with them, for Allah has no need for them.' This was narrated by al-Hakim from the path of al-Thawri from 'Awf from al-Hasan from him.' And in the hadith: 'Talking in the mosque consumes good deeds as a beast consumes grass.' And he, peace be upon him, said: 'And Allah, the Exalted, said: My houses on My earth are the mosques, and indeed, My visitors are those who maintain them. Blessed is the servant who purifies himself in his house and then visits Me in My house; it is a right upon the visited to honor his visitor.' I did not find it in this form, and in al-Tabarani from Salman from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: 'Whoever performs ablution in his house and does it well, then comes to the mosque, he is a visitor of Allah, and it is a right upon the visited to honor his visitor.' And Abdul Razzaq narrated, and from him al-Tabari from Ma'mar from Ibn Ishaq from 'Amr ibn Maimun, who said: 'The companions of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, used to say: The houses of Allah on earth are the mosques, and it is a right upon Allah to honor whoever visits Him therein.' And from this aspect, Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated in al-Zuhd.' His visitor. And from him, peace be upon him: 'Whoever frequents the mosque, Allah will befriend him.' This was narrated by Ibn 'Adi and al-Tabarani in al-Awsat from the narration of Ibn Lahi'a from Durraj ibn Haytham from Abu Sa'id with it.' And he, peace be upon him, said: 'When you see a man frequenting the mosques, bear witness for him with faith.' This was narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, and Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim from the narration of Abu al-Haytham from Abu Sa'id.' And from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him: 'Whoever lights a lamp in the mosque, the angels and the bearers of the Throne continue to seek forgiveness for him as long as its light remains in that mosque.' This was narrated by al-Harith ibn Asamah from the narration of al-Hakam ibn Saflah al-Abdi from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him. 'Whoever lights a lamp in the mosque, it is continuously raised, and from the path of al-Harith, Sulaim al-Razi narrated it in the Book of Encouragement, and al-Tabarani in the Musnad of the people of Sham from the hadith of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who raised it: 'Whoever hangs a lamp in the mosque, seventy thousand angels pray upon him.' If you say: Why did he not mention belief in the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him? I say: Because it is known and established that belief in Allah, the Exalted, is coupled with belief in the Messenger, peace be upon him, as the testimony of faith, the call to prayer, and the establishment of prayer, and others include both of them together as if they are one inseparable entity. Under the mention of belief in Allah, the belief in the Messenger, peace be upon him, is included. It is said: It is indicated by the mention of establishing prayer and giving zakat. If you say: How is it said: 'And he feared none but Allah,' while a believer fears the dangers and cannot help but fear them? I say: It is the fear and piety in the matters of religion, and that he does not choose the pleasure of others over the pleasure of Allah due to the expectation of something fearful. And if two matters confront him:

One of them is the right of Allah, and the other is the right of oneself, which is to fear Allah, so he prioritizes the right of Allah over the right of himself. It is said: They used to fear the idols and hope for them, so it was intended to negate that fear from them. So perhaps those will be among the guided. This is a distancing of the polytheists from the positions of guidance. [Mahamud said: 'In this verse, there is a distancing of the polytheists... etc.' Ahmad said: 'Most of them say that