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Using the electricity of mosques and government offices to charge mobile phones

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on using the electrical devices of government offices and the electrical facilities of mosques to charge mobile phones and to charge the batteries of personal recording devices, without taking permission from the person in charge?

Answer:
As for recording lessons and recording the Qur'an, there is nothing wrong with that, because this is part of spreading knowledge and benefiting from the knowledge in the mosque. There is nothing wrong with that. As for exploiting it for a personal need, such as charging a mobile phone, this should not be done if it incurs a cost or consumes resources. This should not be done because what is in the mosque is an endowment, so you should not exploit it for yourself.
As for a trivial amount that has no value, there is nothing wrong with it. Its value is negligible, so there is nothing wrong with it. As for extensive use that costs money and consumes resources, this is not permissible from endowments, mosques, and other places, and from government offices. Yes.

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May Allah reward you
Source 75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 29 — archive.org (45:31)

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