Utilizing the facilities of the mosque by opening a pharmacy and clinics
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person who built a mosque and wants to benefit from the facilities next to the mosque, such as opening a pharmacy or clinics, or renting out the ground floor under the mosque, all within one building?
The Shaykh:
He must not take any part of the mosque or its facilities for his own interests. This is not permissible because the mosque has become an endowment. He is not allowed to take anything from it for himself.
The questioner:
And if it is an endowment for the mosque, and if these shops are an endowment for the mosque, does their sale revert to the mosque?
The Shaykh:
If it is for the mosque, there is no harm, provided it does not crowd the worshippers and it is for the mosque, to be spent on the mosque. There is no harm in that. However, if it crowds the mosque, and the mosque needs them, it is not permissible for him to take them. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person who built a mosque and wants to benefit from the facilities next to the mosque, such as opening a pharmacy or clinics, or renting out the ground floor under the mosque, all within one building?
The Shaykh:
He must not take any part of the mosque or its facilities for his own interests. This is not permissible because the mosque has become an endowment. He is not allowed to take anything from it for himself.
The questioner:
And if it is an endowment for the mosque, and if these shops are an endowment for the mosque, does their sale revert to the mosque?
The Shaykh:
If it is for the mosque, there is no harm, provided it does not crowd the worshippers and it is for the mosque, to be spent on the mosque. There is no harm in that. However, if it crowds the mosque, and the mosque needs them, it is not permissible for him to take them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب الإيمان من صحيح البخاري، بداية من باب : دعاؤكم إيمانكم — islamhouse.com (1:05:19)
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