Is it lawful or not to eat and drink in a mosque?

Is it lawful or not to eat and drink in a mosque?

                                         

A. It is not lawful to eat, drink or sleep in mosque except - for stranger, traveler or the one who

observes "Etikaaf (retirement to mosque for a specified period). So if one intends to eat or sleep

in mosque should enter mosque with the intention of "Etikaaf and then do so after having

remembered Allah or offered prayer. Intention of Etikaaf: "Bis mil LaahiDakhaltuwa 'Alaiehi

TawakkaltuwaNawaietuSunnatal 'Etikaaf (In the name of Allah, I entered the mosque and

relied on Him (Allah) and I intended for SunnatalEtikaaf). And in the holy month of Ramadan

break the fast outside the sacred precinct of mosque. If there is a space adjacent to mosque for

the purpose then do "Iftaar" there, otherwise in mosque after having formed "Niyaat" of Etikaaf.

However, care should be taken to ensure that floor or mats of the mosque are not polluted.