The imam of the mosque residing in a room within the mosque’s enclosure
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a room within the mosque’s enclosure, and its door opens onto the street outside the mosque, is it permissible for this room to serve as the residence for the mosque’s imam and his wife?
Answer:
If it has no door opening into the mosque, and its door is only on the outside of the mosque, then it is separate from the mosque, and you and your wife may reside in it. But if it has no door opening into the mosque, no.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a room within the mosque’s enclosure, and its door opens onto the street outside the mosque, is it permissible for this room to serve as the residence for the mosque’s imam and his wife?
Answer:
If it has no door opening into the mosque, and its door is only on the outside of the mosque, then it is separate from the mosque, and you and your wife may reside in it. But if it has no door opening into the mosque, no.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:10:11)
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