Ruling on using a donor's money for painting the mosque to repair the air conditioners
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a donor gave me money for the purpose of painting the mosque,
The Shaykh:
for my sake.
The questioner:
that he paint the mosque. He paints, he gives him paint.
The Shaykh:
The mosque is painted. Painting is known, meaning you bring oil and paint the mosque. So what does painting people mean? Yes, he said for the sake of the mosque's paint or the mosque's dye, he said the dye, the mosque's dye. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man gave me.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a donor gave me money for the purpose of painting the mosque, and then a malfunction occurred in the air conditioners, is it permissible for me to repair the air conditioners with that man's money?
The Shaykh:
You take his permission; if he permits you to divert it from the painting to the air conditioning, there is no harm. But if you act on your own, that is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a donor gave me money for the purpose of painting the mosque,
The Shaykh:
for my sake.
The questioner:
that he paint the mosque. He paints, he gives him paint.
The Shaykh:
The mosque is painted. Painting is known, meaning you bring oil and paint the mosque. So what does painting people mean? Yes, he said for the sake of the mosque's paint or the mosque's dye, he said the dye, the mosque's dye. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man gave me.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a donor gave me money for the purpose of painting the mosque, and then a malfunction occurred in the air conditioners, is it permissible for me to repair the air conditioners with that man's money?
The Shaykh:
You take his permission; if he permits you to divert it from the painting to the air conditioning, there is no harm. But if you act on your own, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٦٣-باب الوقف - الهبة - ٢٩-١-٢٤ هـ — archive.org (1:10:52)
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