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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Donating to the Construction of a Mosque Managed by Sufis

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from outside this country who says: In the city where I live, a congregational mosque is being built, and most of the people of the city are Sufis following the Tijaniyyah order, and those who are in charge of the mosque are also from this group. His question is: Is it permissible for me to donate to this mosque? Because when it is finished, it will contain religious innovations (bid'ah) and Sufi gatherings?

Answer:
Yes, donate to the mosque. The mosque is one of the houses of Allah, and what is built for religious innovations and superstitions is built for prayer and the remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). You can engage in calling people to Allah, guiding them, and teaching them, so that perhaps Allah will guide them or guide some of them.
So, donate to this mosque. The default is that it was not built for religious innovations, but rather for the remembrance of Allah and for prayer. So, donate and engage in advising and calling people to Allah, teaching beneficial knowledge. Do not leave the people of your country while you have knowledge and the ability to leave them in religious innovations and newly invented matters. Yes,
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through youلان يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
than that you should acquire the red ones among the camelsخير لك من حمر النعم
Sunan Abi Dawud 3661Sahih (Al-Albani)
. And the reason these people fell into what they are in is only because there is no one to guide them and teach them. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (58:19)

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