Ruling on placing a screen in the mosque in front of the worshippers
Question

                There is a mosque in Nottingham that uses a screen on the first floor so that the people can see the imam on the ground floor. The first floor is a room for prayer only, and the screen is in front of them so that they can see the imam. We said to them that if this is correct it would be better to put a screen in the Haram, but Allah has protected these places from such actions.

Is it permissible for us to put a screen on the first floor of the mosque in all the mosques?
Praise be to Allah.
	There is no reason not to put the screens in the front of the 
	mosque, so that by means of them the members of the congregation can see the 
	imam, if there is a need to do that, such as in the women’s prayer space, 
	and upper and lower floors, on condition that these screens be used to 
	transmit the image only, and are not used as televisions per se.

	In fact this is something that will help people to follow the 
	imam properly, by seeing his actions and movements, and it will reduce the 
	confusion problems that result from not knowing what the imam is doing, 
	especially in cases where the imam makes a mistake, or he does the 
	prostration of recitation or the prostration of forgetfulness. 

	But the worshipper who is praying behind him should be 
	looking at the place of his prostration, and not at the screen, except when 
	there is a need to do so. 

	The fact that there are no such screens in the mosques of the 
	Haramayn does not prove that they are not allowed; each mosque has its own 
	circumstances that are appropriate to it. 

	If the screen is used to display useful Islamic information, 
	then it should be behind the worshippers and not in front of them, so that 
	it will not distract them whilst they are praying. 

	If what is meant by the question is using these screens 
	during the Jumu‘ah khutbah, for example, there is nothing wrong with that, 
	because if the members of the congregation look at the khateeb, whether in a 
	real sense or via the screen, this is something that will increase their 
	attention and ability to benefit from the khutbah. Hence the Sunnah is for 
	the members of the congregation to look at the khateeb.

	And Allah knows best.