What is the ruling on converting the women’s prayer area in a mosque into a da'wah center, despite the Ministry of Awqaf prohibiting it?

Question:
The questioner asks about an imam who used the women’s prayer area and built a da'wah center in its place, with the help of people’s expenses and donations. A person. A person. I mean, he asks, meaning he used the women’s prayer area and built a da'wah center in its place, with the help of people’s expenses and donations, knowing that the Ministry of Awqaf prohibited him from building this center and did not give him a permit, yet the imam ignored the ministry’s decision. The center’s goal is lending tapes and copying papers, so the question is: what is the ruling on this imam’s action?

Answer:
This action is invalid because he took and cut off the women’s prayer area from the mosque. This is part of the mosque; it is a mosque, and it is a waqf (endowment), so it is not permissible to convert it into something else. Endowments are not changed, and mosques are not converted into offices. So this imam’s action is invalid, and he must repent to Allah and return this thing he seized to the mosque, and to prayer for the women. This is something not permissible for him, even if the Awqaf had not prohibited it, it would not be permissible for him, how much more so when the Awqaf prohibited it, and they are the ones in charge and responsible for the mosques, yet he rebelled against them?
This is due to his ignorance or indifference. Did he not find something other than the mosque? Did he not find a place to build or buy for da'wah, in his claim, or for distributing books or papers, other than the mosque? This is not permissible.