16. Do not quarrel or argue with anyone in the Musjid as this goes against the respect of the musjid.
عن عبد الله بن مسعود قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : سباب المسلم فسوق وقتاله كفر (سنن الترمذي رقم 2635)
Hazrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “To swear a Muslim is a major sin, and to fight with him is an act that can lead one to kufr.”
عن ابن عمر عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : خصال لا تنبغي في المسجد لا يتخذ طريقا ولا يشهر فيه سلاح … (سنن ابن ماجة رقم 748)
Hazrat ibn ‘Umar (radhiallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The following things should not be done in the Musjid. It should not be used as a thoroughfare, nor should weapons be drawn out in the Musjid…”
عن واثلة بن الأسقع أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : جنبوا مساجدكم صبيانكم ومجانينكم وشراركم وبيعكم وخصوماتكم ورفع أصواتكم وإقامة حدودكم وسل سيوفكم (سنن ابن ماجة رقم 750)
Hazrat Waathilah bin Asqa’ (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Keep your children, insane people, your transactions of buying and selling, your quarreling and arguing, your raising your voices, your executing hudood (corporal punishments), your unsheathing your swords away from the Musjid (i.e. do not carry out these actions in the Musjid).”
17. The Musjid should not be used as a thoroughfare to get to the other side.
عن ابن عمر عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : خصال لا تنبغي في المسجد لا يتخذ طريقا ولا يشهر فيه سلاح (ابن ماجة رقم 748)
Hazrat ibn ‘Umar (radhiallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The following things should not be done in the Musjid. It should not be used as a thoroughfare, nor should weapons be drawn out in the Musjid.”
18. It is disrespectful to unnecessarily climb on top of the Musjid.[1]
عن ابن عمر : أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهي أن يصلى في سبعة مواطن … وفوق ظهر بيت الله (سنن الترمذي رقم 346)
Hazrat ibn ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) prohibited performing salaah in seven places; (and from them is) on the roof of the house of Allah Ta‘ala.
[1]الصعود على سطح كل مسجد مكروه (الهندية 5/322)