The Ruling on Donating for the Construction of Mosques and Dwellings

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Question:
May Allah keep you safe, Your Eminence the Shaykh. What is your view on endowing a small amount of money for the construction of mosques during a person's lifetime?

Answer:
Fear the Fire, even if it is with half a date. Whoever participates in the building of mosques, even with a little, has a share of the good, and great reward is hoped for him. So, cooperating in the construction and establishment of mosques, each according to his ability: whoever spends a lot has his reward, and whoever spends a little has his reward. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

(peace and blessings be upon him) No servant donates a date from good earnings, and Allah does not accept except what is good, but He accepts it with His right hand

صلى الله عليه وسلم ما من عبد يتصدق بعدد تمرة من كسب طيب، ولا يقبل الله إلا الطيب إلا تقبله بيمينه

and He grows it for its owner as he grows a seedling for his family, until it becomes like a mountain,

فيربيها لصاحبها كما يربيها للفلفل وهو فصيلة حتى تكون مثل الجبل،

And the Prophet said in the hadith:

Protect yourselves from the Fire, even with half a date.

الآخر اتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرة.

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2552Sahih (Darussalam)

It does not increase in the little. One donates, even if it is a little, in the causes of righteousness: in building mosques, in building the houses for the mosques, the imam, and the mu'adhdhin, in building schools, in building the hostels for the poor, participating in them, even if it is a little.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Your Eminence the Shaykh.

Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب صلاة التطوع في الكعبة — islamhouse.com (14:32)

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