What is the Islamic ruling on rebuilding collapsed churches?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have heard that some of the da'wah workers in some Muslim countries are trying to make peace between the Muslims and the Christians in their country, and he will rebuild the church that has collapsed. What is the Islamic ruling on rebuilding collapsed churches?
Answer:
They should build it; let them build it. It is not the one who builds it. Let them build it. However, the Islamic rulings are that they are not permitted to establish churches in Muslim lands, nor to build them if they collapse. Rather, they are to leave them as they are as long as they remain. But if they collapse, they do not rebuild them, nor do they establish churches in Muslim lands under Muslim authority. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have heard that some of the da'wah workers in some Muslim countries are trying to make peace between the Muslims and the Christians in their country, and he will rebuild the church that has collapsed. What is the Islamic ruling on rebuilding collapsed churches?
Answer:
They should build it; let them build it. It is not the one who builds it. Let them build it. However, the Islamic rulings are that they are not permitted to establish churches in Muslim lands, nor to build them if they collapse. Rather, they are to leave them as they are as long as they remain. But if they collapse, they do not rebuild them, nor do they establish churches in Muslim lands under Muslim authority. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الحكم الشرعي في بناء الكنائس المتهدمة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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