Iftar tables for fasting people in the mosques and who benefits from them

The questioner:
This is our brother, the mosque mu'adhdhin, asking. He says: What about setting out food in Ramadan for people to break their fast in the mosques?

The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, provided the mosque is protected from contamination. If it is protected from contamination and food being left in it, and it is kept clean, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.

The questioner:
And is it required that these tables set out in Ramadan be for the poor only, or can others benefit from them?

The Shaykh:
The one whom Allah has made wealthy should eat at his home. The one who has no home, or a traveler passing by, should eat, even if he is wealthy, if he is a passerby or a traveler whose home is far away and he wants to break his fast with them; there is nothing wrong with that. But if his home is near, he should break his fast at his home and leave this for the poor. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good, and may He benefit with his knowledge. And I ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to reward him with the best reward for what he has presented.