The ruling on spending the surplus of a mosque’s endowment beyond its needs

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if there is a surplus from the mosque’s needs, is it permissible to spend it on the homes of the imam and the mu'adhdhin, or should it be placed in another mosque?

The Shaykh:
For another mosque. It is not to be placed in the homes of the imam or the mu'adhdhin, but rather it is to be spent on another mosque like it.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about one who establishes an endowment that generates income and says that it is for the needy among them.

The Shaykh:
This is different from what the ministry spends. What the ministry spends on furnishings or carpets, the ministry takes that. The ministry takes it. If there is a surplus from the mosque’s needs, the ministry takes it. It spends it in other mosques. Our discussion is about the endowment when it is an endowment from a person. This is the subject of our research now. Yes.