Ibn Rushed said: ‘This issue is so obvious that needs no further explanation; no doubt that a child may enter the mosque. All?h ( - عز وجل -) said: [ وكفّلها زكريا كلما دخل عليها زكريا المحراب]

‘ And put her [Mariam; i.e. Mary] under the castody of Zakariya; every time he entered the Mihr?b [praying place] to visit her ... ’. (1) And the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) used to shorten his Sal?t whenever he hears a baby crying lest his mother’s heart be distracted form Sal?t because of his crying. (2)

It is detested that children enter the mosques only if they play ... around alot for mosques are indeed not places for fun and play. May All?h ( - عز وجل -) guide us to that which is good’. (3)

I witnessed the destructive effects of applying this false had?th when some commoners chase away young children out side the mosque- depending on this false had?th- and consequently, chasing them away from their religion while the missionary institutions open their gates wide open for muslims’ children as well as their own.

[5/ 47] Another false had?th is that which relates Tha‘labah’s Ibn H?tib story in which its lying fabricator says that ‘Tha‘labah was of those muslims who always liked to sit in the mosque that he was later on called “the pigeon of the mosque’. His great fortune

-which constitutes of a large herd of sheep- induced him not to attend the Jumu‘ah Sal?t and the other congregational Salaw?t afterwards and then not to pay the Zak?t [of his sheep]!! After a while, he realized that he had indulged in a great sin from which he wanted to repent. He came to the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) in order to repent. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) , however, did not accept his repentance, neither did Ab? Bakr nor ‘Umar later on!!’

This story is frequently related by many Khutab?’ and callers to All?h ( - عز وجل -) without paying attention that while doing so they are labeling a Sah?b? -who attended Badr Battle- of being a hypocrite