The ruling on selling land intended for building a mosque
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Question:
I have a piece of land next to some rest houses, and I intended it for building a mosque, but it has not been built for several years by a donor, and the residential area next to it is small. Is it permissible to sell it and use the proceeds, or to participate in building a greater mosque, or otherwise?
Answer:
This has become an endowment (waqf). If it was intended for the mosque, it became an endowment, and an endowment is not permissible to sell except through the endowments authority or the court. Consult the court or the endowments authority to transfer this land to another mosque.
I have a piece of land next to some rest houses, and I intended it for building a mosque, but it has not been built for several years by a donor, and the residential area next to it is small. Is it permissible to sell it and use the proceeds, or to participate in building a greater mosque, or otherwise?
Answer:
This has become an endowment (waqf). If it was intended for the mosque, it became an endowment, and an endowment is not permissible to sell except through the endowments authority or the court. Consult the court or the endowments authority to transfer this land to another mosque.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 11-07-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (31:01)
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