We bought a building to be a mosque, so is it permissible to close the mosque if we cannot find what to pay off the loan with?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question from a Muslim community living in the West. The questioner says: We bought a building with the intention of converting it into a mosque. Into? Into a mosque. Yes. We bought it with a loan of one hundred thousand British pounds, taken from the Muslim community. He says: And we have not opened the mosque yet. His question is: If we are unable to pay off this loan, is it permissible to close the mosque after it has been completed and the prayer has begun to be held in it? And what is your advice?
Answer:
The mosque is not to be closed, but you ask the Muslims, you ask for help from the Muslims, and the Muslims, if Allah wills, will not fall short. You ask the generous ones and the merchants, and they will not fall short in this regarding the mosque. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question from a Muslim community living in the West. The questioner says: We bought a building with the intention of converting it into a mosque. Into? Into a mosque. Yes. We bought it with a loan of one hundred thousand British pounds, taken from the Muslim community. He says: And we have not opened the mosque yet. His question is: If we are unable to pay off this loan, is it permissible to close the mosque after it has been completed and the prayer has begun to be held in it? And what is your advice?
Answer:
The mosque is not to be closed, but you ask the Muslims, you ask for help from the Muslims, and the Muslims, if Allah wills, will not fall short. You ask the generous ones and the merchants, and they will not fall short in this regarding the mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3760- 4717] اشترينا عمارة لتكون مسجدا فهل يجوز إغلاق المسجد إذا لم نجد ما نسدد به القرض؟ — youtube.com
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