Accepting donations for building mosques from money containing doubt
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Recently, people have been found donating to build mosques, knowing that their money contains doubt. Are their donations accepted and are these mosques built with them?
Answer:
If it is established that his money is from what is forbidden—if it is established with certainty, one hundred percent, that it is from what is forbidden—then it is not permissible. However, if the matter is not established as being forbidden, the default is permissibility, praise be to Allah. But avoiding this, in order to avoid what is doubtful and out of scrupulousness, is good. However, prohibition is not the case; we do not prohibit it unless the money is certainly forbidden, in which case it is not permissible to build the mosque with it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Recently, people have been found donating to build mosques, knowing that their money contains doubt. Are their donations accepted and are these mosques built with them?
Answer:
If it is established that his money is from what is forbidden—if it is established with certainty, one hundred percent, that it is from what is forbidden—then it is not permissible. However, if the matter is not established as being forbidden, the default is permissibility, praise be to Allah. But avoiding this, in order to avoid what is doubtful and out of scrupulousness, is good. However, prohibition is not the case; we do not prohibit it unless the money is certainly forbidden, in which case it is not permissible to build the mosque with it.
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 (1:09:02)
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