If a large mosque is built next to a small mosque, is it permissible to sell the small mosque?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: The mosque in my town has become small, so is it permissible for us to sell this mosque in order to build a larger mosque? Knowing that the buyer will be a disbeliever, and he may turn the mosque into a place of corruption.
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. As long as the mosque is being used, it remains a mosque and is not changed. It is not sold unless its benefits cease.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: The mosque in my town has become small, so is it permissible for us to sell this mosque in order to build a larger mosque? Knowing that the buyer will be a disbeliever, and he may turn the mosque into a place of corruption.
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. As long as the mosque is being used, it remains a mosque and is not changed. It is not sold unless its benefits cease.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1978 -3022] إذا بُنِي مسجد كبير بجوار مسجد صغير، فهل يجوز أن نبيع المسجد الصغير؟ — youtube.com
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