A large mosque was built next to a small mosque, so is it permissible for us to convert the small mosque into a library?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We have a sports club in our town, and inside it there is a small mosque. A large mosque has been built in this club,
The Shaykh:
In this regard.
The questioner:
in the club. My question is: What must be done with the small mosque? And can we make it a library for the athletes?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, go back to the one who built the two mosques, because both of them were built by him. Go back to him. If he sees no problem with transferring the small one to the large one, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If you do not have an authority responsible for mosques, but if there is an authority responsible for mosques, you consult the responsible authority, and it makes the decision. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We have a sports club in our town, and inside it there is a small mosque. A large mosque has been built in this club,
The Shaykh:
In this regard.
The questioner:
in the club. My question is: What must be done with the small mosque? And can we make it a library for the athletes?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, go back to the one who built the two mosques, because both of them were built by him. Go back to him. If he sees no problem with transferring the small one to the large one, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If you do not have an authority responsible for mosques, but if there is an authority responsible for mosques, you consult the responsible authority, and it makes the decision. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1833 -3022] تم بناء مسجد كبير بجوار مسجد صغير، فهل يجوز لنا أن نحول المسجد الصغير إلى مكتبة؟ — youtube.com
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