I am the imam of a mosque, and some of the mosque’s congregation come to borrow a mushaf, so I prevent them. Do I fall into the category of those who withhold the necessities?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am the imam of a mosque, and some of the congregation, the mosque’s congregation, want to borrow a mushaf from the mosque and then return it, so I prevent them. Do I fall into the category of those who withhold the necessities?

Answer:
No, that is not it. This mushaf is not yours. It is not yours. It is a waqf (endowment) for the mosque. Withholding the necessities refers to something that belongs to you, where someone wants to borrow a mushaf that you own. There is no harm in that. But as for the mosque’s mushaf, no, these are endowments and they do not leave the mosque. They do not leave the mosque because they were endowed for it, so they remain in it. Whoever wants to read, he sits in the mosque. Praise be to Allah. Yes.