Bequeathing a third of one's wealth for the construction of a mosque and making it an endowment
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man bequeathed a third of his wealth for the construction of a mosque. Is it permissible to make an endowment with this wealth and pay out the annual income from this endowment for the construction of the mosque?
Answer:
It is to be done as he bequeathed. If he bequeathed that a mosque be built with it, a mosque is to be built with it, and nothing else is to be built with it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man bequeathed a third of his wealth for the construction of a mosque. Is it permissible to make an endowment with this wealth and pay out the annual income from this endowment for the construction of the mosque?
Answer:
It is to be done as he bequeathed. If he bequeathed that a mosque be built with it, a mosque is to be built with it, and nothing else is to be built with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/104 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:09:52)
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