What is the ruling on taking water from the mosque to wash cars in the neighborhoods?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some workers take water from the mosques to wash cars in the neighborhoods. Is it obligatory for the imam to prevent them, or should he be lenient in such a case?
Answer:
If they take from the drinking water, it is not permissible. As for if they take from the wudu water from the restrooms, there is a view on that, and leaving it alone is undoubtedly further from the danger. But if they take from the drinking water from the coolers and go wash the cars, that is not permissible, because this drinking water is an endowment (waqf) and is not to be used except for what it was designated for.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some workers take water from the mosques to wash cars in the neighborhoods. Is it obligatory for the imam to prevent them, or should he be lenient in such a case?
Answer:
If they take from the drinking water, it is not permissible. As for if they take from the wudu water from the restrooms, there is a view on that, and leaving it alone is undoubtedly further from the danger. But if they take from the drinking water from the coolers and go wash the cars, that is not permissible, because this drinking water is an endowment (waqf) and is not to be used except for what it was designated for.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يأخذ الماء من المسجد لتغسيل السيارات في الحارات؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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