The ruling on the proximity of mosques in the same neighborhood

Question:
The Shaykh’s question: Is it permissible to have many mosques in one neighborhood?

Answer:
The proximity of mosques, no, is not prescribed, because some of them harm others. Their proximity, their being adjacent to one another, is not prescribed, because it causes harm to the congregations of the mosques. Also, the voices now affect the neighbors, so there should be appropriate distances between mosques according to need. As for multiplying the number of mosques in some neighborhoods, causing them to be crowded, this is not prescribed and it has harms. Meanwhile, some neighborhoods have no mosques; there are distances where there are no mosques. If these crowded mosques were distributed across the town and distributed among the neighborhoods, that would be more beneficial and greater in reward for those who built them. Yes. And what is unclear. So whoever wants to build a mosque, he should seek out the place that needs it, if he wants the reward, he should seek out the place that needs this and build the mosque there.