What is the ruling on an endowment (waqf) for a mosque that contains a grave?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our town, there is a well-known custom of making endowments for mosques. However, some people in our town designate a specific mosque, and this mosque contains a grave, because they believe that the reward for this mosque is greater. He asks: Should he continue making the endowment for this mosque, or should he change it?
Answer:
An endowment for shirk (associating partners with Allah) is not an endowment for righteousness. The condition for an endowment is that it be for righteousness. This is not valid. An endowment for mosques that contain graves is not valid; it is not an endowment for righteousness.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our town, there is a well-known custom of making endowments for mosques. However, some people in our town designate a specific mosque, and this mosque contains a grave, because they believe that the reward for this mosque is greater. He asks: Should he continue making the endowment for this mosque, or should he change it?
Answer:
An endowment for shirk (associating partners with Allah) is not an endowment for righteousness. The condition for an endowment is that it be for righteousness. This is not valid. An endowment for mosques that contain graves is not valid; it is not an endowment for righteousness.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1973 -3022] ما حكم الوقف على مسجد فيه قبر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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