Fatwa on spending on the houses of the mosque, such as building the mosque

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a fatwa attributed to you in some mosques, the content of which is that spending on the houses of the mosque is like spending on building the mosque. Is this a valid fatwa?

Answer:
It was issued by the Committee, not by me personally from the Permanent Committee. If the construction of the houses of the mosque is like the construction of the mosque itself, yes, indeed. This is a fatwa issued by the Committee during the time of Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is signed. Yes.