The Meaning of Building a Mosque and Converting a Church into a Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Ibn Hibban 9:170, is it understood from this that the term "building" means constructing from nothing, or does it include converting a structure from a church into a mosque, which would count as building?
Answer:
Any building of a mosque, or converting a church into a mosque, any mosque that is established, it falls under this reward by any means? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, even if it is the size of a quail’s nest, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.
من بنى لله مسجدا ولو كمفحص قطاه بنى الله له بيتا في الجنةAnswer:
Any building of a mosque, or converting a church into a mosque, any mosque that is established, it falls under this reward by any means? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 103 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/أبطل الباطل/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:26)
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