The neighborhood mosque collapsed, so who is to undertake its restoration?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. He says: If a mosque is built, and after a period of time it collapses, and the Friday prayer was being held in it, and I am the imam, and I am unable to build it a second time, and no one is helping me, what should I do in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to approach the department responsible for mosques, the Ministry
The questioner:
of Endowments and Mosque Affairs, and submit a request to restore this mosque?
The Shaykh:
the mosque. If that is not feasible, then present the matter to the benefactors and strive to collect donations. Or, if one of the benefactors undertakes its restoration, you are to be a means of good in this matter. So either you refer the matter to the official department if there is a department responsible for mosques, or you present the matter to the benefactors, even if it involves some hardship for you; because this is in the path of Allah the Exalted, and it is a good deed for you and for the one whom Allah has blessed with the ability to donate to this mosque.
May Allah reward you with good. He says: If a mosque is built, and after a period of time it collapses, and the Friday prayer was being held in it, and I am the imam, and I am unable to build it a second time, and no one is helping me, what should I do in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to approach the department responsible for mosques, the Ministry
The questioner:
of Endowments and Mosque Affairs, and submit a request to restore this mosque?
The Shaykh:
the mosque. If that is not feasible, then present the matter to the benefactors and strive to collect donations. Or, if one of the benefactors undertakes its restoration, you are to be a means of good in this matter. So either you refer the matter to the official department if there is a department responsible for mosques, or you present the matter to the benefactors, even if it involves some hardship for you; because this is in the path of Allah the Exalted, and it is a good deed for you and for the one whom Allah has blessed with the ability to donate to this mosque.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4803- انهدم مسجد الحي الجامع فمن يقوم بعمارته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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