The ruling on a rented place for prayer in Britain
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, we have a place in Britain that the brothers rented and turned into a mosque, and they pray the five daily prayers and the Friday prayer there. Is this considered a mosque or a prayer hall? I say, may Allah reward you with good, because this matter has confused some of the brothers; some say it is a mosque, and some say it is not a mosque.
The Shaykh:
If they bought it, and bought it for the purpose of praying in it, then it is a mosque. But if they bought it as a mosque, and they pray in it in accordance with that, then it is a prayer hall, depending on the intention of the buyer. If the buyer bought it as a mosque, then it is a mosque. But if the wealth was for it as... how...
The questioner:
No, Shaykh, they rented it specifically for prayer only, it is not a house. It is a large place, they rented it for prayer only.
The Shaykh:
It is a prayer hall, not a mosque. The renting... I... it is a prayer hall, not a mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, we have a place in Britain that the brothers rented and turned into a mosque, and they pray the five daily prayers and the Friday prayer there. Is this considered a mosque or a prayer hall? I say, may Allah reward you with good, because this matter has confused some of the brothers; some say it is a mosque, and some say it is not a mosque.
The Shaykh:
If they bought it, and bought it for the purpose of praying in it, then it is a mosque. But if they bought it as a mosque, and they pray in it in accordance with that, then it is a prayer hall, depending on the intention of the buyer. If the buyer bought it as a mosque, then it is a mosque. But if the wealth was for it as... how...
The questioner:
No, Shaykh, they rented it specifically for prayer only, it is not a house. It is a large place, they rented it for prayer only.
The Shaykh:
It is a prayer hall, not a mosque. The renting... I... it is a prayer hall, not a mosque. Yes.
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