Building mosques with non-Muslim labor
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for non-Muslim labor to build a mosque, or must all the labor be Muslim?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If Muslim labor is available, it is preferable. If no Muslim labor is available, there is no harm in them working on the construction and entering it out of necessity, except for al-Masjid al-Haram. It is not permissible for polytheists to approach al-Masjid al-Haram,[At-Tawbah 9:28], so they do not enter the boundaries of the Haram. This is specific to al-Masjid al-Haram and the sacred sites.
As for the other mosques, there is no harm in disbelievers entering them out of necessity to repair the electricity, install machinery, fans, or air conditioners, or to renovate them. The polytheists and disbelievers used to enter the mosque of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); they would come to the Messenger to ask him to call them to Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for non-Muslim labor to build a mosque, or must all the labor be Muslim?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If Muslim labor is available, it is preferable. If no Muslim labor is available, there is no harm in them working on the construction and entering it out of necessity, except for al-Masjid al-Haram. It is not permissible for polytheists to approach al-Masjid al-Haram,
indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year
إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَاAs for the other mosques, there is no harm in disbelievers entering them out of necessity to repair the electricity, install machinery, fans, or air conditioners, or to renovate them. The polytheists and disbelievers used to enter the mosque of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); they would come to the Messenger to ask him to call them to Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ فَلا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ } — islamhouse.com (1:05:50)
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