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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The reward of one who built a mosque that was decorated after his death

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person built a mosque, and after his death, this mosque was decorated and opened to tourists. He says: Does this person receive the reward for building this mosque, along with what happened after his death?

Answer:
He gets the reward for his intention and what he intended. And the fact that you did this after his death, he did not do it and did not approve of it. Yes. Its sin is upon the one who introduced it. 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 (1:05:22)

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