Praise be to Allah.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who replied as follows:
The rulings on mosques do not apply here. This is a musalla (prayer place), as is clear from the fact that it belongs to someone else, and the owner could sell it. It is a musalla and not a masjid (mosque), so the rulings on mosques do not apply to it.
Question:
Is it permissible to sell booklets and commercial announcements in it, or is that not appropriate in a musalla?
Answer:
I think that this is not appropriate even in a musalla, because it distracts people from remembering Allaah, and inevitably disturbs those who are praying there.
Question:
What about menstruating women going there? Is it OK?
Answer:
Yes. If they go and stay there, there is nothing wrong with that.
Question:
Is it necessary to pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid?
Answer:
No, it is not necessary, but they should pray the usual Sunnah prayer.
Question:
Do you mean the Sunnah prayers between the two times of prayer?
Answer:
Yes.
And Allaah knows best.
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