Muslims purchasing churches offered for sale
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In these times, praise be to Allah, a number of churches are being sold due to a lack of attendees, and some are converted into warehouses or the like. His question is: Is it better for Muslims not to buy them, because that might anger the disbelievers and cause a type of problem in offering
The Shaykh:
What do you mean?
The questioner:
Because that might anger the disbelievers.
The Shaykh:
regarding the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
And cause a type of problems in the countries with Muslim minorities.
The Shaykh:
No, that is good. They buy them and convert them into warehouses or residences, or better than that, they convert them into mosques or Islamic centers. This is better than them remaining as churches. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In these times, praise be to Allah, a number of churches are being sold due to a lack of attendees, and some are converted into warehouses or the like. His question is: Is it better for Muslims not to buy them, because that might anger the disbelievers and cause a type of problem in offering
The Shaykh:
What do you mean?
The questioner:
Because that might anger the disbelievers.
The Shaykh:
regarding the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
And cause a type of problems in the countries with Muslim minorities.
The Shaykh:
No, that is good. They buy them and convert them into warehouses or residences, or better than that, they convert them into mosques or Islamic centers. This is better than them remaining as churches. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب اتخاذ متعبدات الكفار ومواضع القبور إذا نبشت مساجد — islamhouse.com (51:26)
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