Ruling on combining bequests and selling real estate to build a mosque
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The questioner:
Shaykh, I have a question. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) left a bequest in my name for a house containing three plots of land: one for him, one for his father, and one for his mother. This house was subject to an expropriation for a small amount, and its location is not suitable for renting in the old neighborhood with the old houses. It is outside the Riyadh area. Likewise, my grandfather (may Allah have mercy on them all, and on you, the listeners, and the viewers) left a house in my father’s name. My father passed away, and the house came to be in my name, with three plots: one for him, one for his father, and one for his mother, and a permanent lamp in the mosque.
The presenter:
Now, the question I am asking you is:
The questioner:
Now, my lord, the amount received for my grandfather was very small, and the remaining part of his house is very small, meaning part of it was expropriated. Is it permissible to combine the two bequests and their money, and sell the remainder of my grandfather’s land, my grandfather’s house, and my father’s house? We sell them, combine them, and use them to build a mosque. We have a mosque that is being built.
The presenter:
Listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
Please, may Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
The one who asked the question. The Honorable Shaykh says that his father bequeathed three plots of land, and there is a house from which they did not benefit, Honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Should they organize it? They must consult the Shari'ah court. Bequests and endowments are under the jurisdiction of the courts. If there is a problem with them, they should consult the Shari'ah court. Yes.
Shaykh, I have a question. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) left a bequest in my name for a house containing three plots of land: one for him, one for his father, and one for his mother. This house was subject to an expropriation for a small amount, and its location is not suitable for renting in the old neighborhood with the old houses. It is outside the Riyadh area. Likewise, my grandfather (may Allah have mercy on them all, and on you, the listeners, and the viewers) left a house in my father’s name. My father passed away, and the house came to be in my name, with three plots: one for him, one for his father, and one for his mother, and a permanent lamp in the mosque.
The presenter:
Now, the question I am asking you is:
The questioner:
Now, my lord, the amount received for my grandfather was very small, and the remaining part of his house is very small, meaning part of it was expropriated. Is it permissible to combine the two bequests and their money, and sell the remainder of my grandfather’s land, my grandfather’s house, and my father’s house? We sell them, combine them, and use them to build a mosque. We have a mosque that is being built.
The presenter:
Listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
Please, may Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
The one who asked the question. The Honorable Shaykh says that his father bequeathed three plots of land, and there is a house from which they did not benefit, Honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Should they organize it? They must consult the Shari'ah court. Bequests and endowments are under the jurisdiction of the courts. If there is a problem with them, they should consult the Shari'ah court. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3717] حكم بيع الشخص الأرض والبيوت التي أوصى بها أبوه وجده وإدخالها في مسجد - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:22)
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