Disposing of a refrigerator donated to a mosque that does not need it
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Question:
Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: A man donated a refrigerator to our mosque, and our mosque has no need for it. Is it permissible for us to sell it and buy something beneficial for the mosque with its price, or should we give it to another mosque?
Answer:
My brother, tell him: We do not need it. Let him take it and give it to another mosque. You do not have the right to dispose of it. Return it to him, even if our mosque does not need a refrigerator. Find another mosque that needs it. Yes.
Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: A man donated a refrigerator to our mosque, and our mosque has no need for it. Is it permissible for us to sell it and buy something beneficial for the mosque with its price, or should we give it to another mosque?
Answer:
My brother, tell him: We do not need it. Let him take it and give it to another mosque. You do not have the right to dispose of it. Return it to him, even if our mosque does not need a refrigerator. Find another mosque that needs it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 — youtube.com (52:39)
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