Purchasing Stolen Endowed Land to Build a Mosque on It
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible for me to purchase stolen endowment land in order to build a mosque on it, knowing that this endowment is for a specific mosque, but the man who seized it denied that, and did not give anything of this land?
Answer:
You must prove in court that this is a usurper, and the court will remove the usurper’s hand from the mosque land.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible for me to purchase stolen endowment land in order to build a mosque on it, knowing that this endowment is for a specific mosque, but the man who seized it denied that, and did not give anything of this land?
Answer:
You must prove in court that this is a usurper, and the court will remove the usurper’s hand from the mosque land.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/101 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:11:54)
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