Comparing the Completion of Mosque Facilities with Building a New Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a wealthy man has money he wants to donate. There is a mosque whose facilities, namely the houses for the imam and the mu'adhdhin, still need to be built. There is also another place that needs a mosque. Is it better for him to complete the construction of these facilities, or to build a new mosque without facilities?
Answer:
It is likely that the mosque is more important than the houses. If there is a need to build a mosque, he builds the mosque. If there is no need to build a mosque, but only a need to build houses, he builds the houses. So he has a choice in this matter.
Honorable Shaykh, a wealthy man has money he wants to donate. There is a mosque whose facilities, namely the houses for the imam and the mu'adhdhin, still need to be built. There is also another place that needs a mosque. Is it better for him to complete the construction of these facilities, or to build a new mosque without facilities?
Answer:
It is likely that the mosque is more important than the houses. If there is a need to build a mosque, he builds the mosque. If there is no need to build a mosque, but only a need to build houses, he builds the houses. So he has a choice in this matter.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 1 — islamhouse.com (35:49)
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