Making the ground floor a mosque and the upper floors residences
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I saw a building where they made the ground floor a mosque, and they live in the upper floors. What is the ruling on such a practice?
Answer:
It is not permissible to build houses above mosques. As for if a mosque is built with its lower part as a mosque and its upper part as residences, there is no harm in building it in this manner. However, if we build a mosque and make its upper part houses and its lower part a mosque, this is not permissible. It is not permissible to dispose of the mosque as one pleases, and the desire for it has the ruling of the roof. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I saw a building where they made the ground floor a mosque, and they live in the upper floors. What is the ruling on such a practice?
Answer:
It is not permissible to build houses above mosques. As for if a mosque is built with its lower part as a mosque and its upper part as residences, there is no harm in building it in this manner. However, if we build a mosque and make its upper part houses and its lower part a mosque, this is not permissible. It is not permissible to dispose of the mosque as one pleases, and the desire for it has the ruling of the roof. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الغسل من الحيض — islamhouse.com (1:07:30)
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