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Does building a mosque on land owned by the state make it an endowment?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person builds a mosque, but on land that belongs to the state, and this is after obtaining permission from the responsible authority, is that considered an endowment? The endowment is the equipment, the equipment, which is the building and the stones. As for the land, it is government property; it was not his property to begin with. It is government property and it remains government property. And when the mosque is finished and there are no neighbors and no one else there, it becomes government property again; it reverts to being government land.

Answer:
Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1541 -2802] هل بناء المسجد على أرض تملكها الدولة يجعلها من الأوقاف؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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