The Ruling on Analogizing Public Facilities to the Roadside

Question:
Are all public facilities, whether a park, a school, a public building, sidewalks, or the like, to be analogized to the roadside, shade, rivers, and water sources?

Answer:
There is no doubt that everything people benefit from falls under, or is analogized to, what is mentioned in these hadiths. The common factor is that they are all facilities from which people benefit. Therefore, it is not permissible for anything to occur in them that causes people distress or harm.
This applies if the benefit derived is permissible. If the use of these things is permissible, that is one matter. But forbidden benefit, such as corrupt gatherings and prohibited gatherings, carries no sanctity. If a place is prepared for the gathering of open sinners or criminals to commit sins, that place has no sanctity. Such a place must be destroyed. It is obligatory to demolish the house where they gather and to burn the place. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to burn the houses of those who lagged behind in prayer; he intended to burn them upon them. There is no sanctity for places or facilities used for corruption and sins. The discussion is about permissible facilities that possess sanctity. Yes.