The ruling on placing money for purchasing tapes in a mosque or prayer hall
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Question:
There is a mosque or prayer hall in an educational institution, and a place has been set up in this mosque for some religious tapes. Next to these tapes is a box where money is placed for anyone who wants to take a tape. It is known that the tapes are not traded in for profit, but are sold at the same capital cost for which they were purchased. Then that money is collected, and other tapes are bought with it and placed in the same manner. Is this practice permissible or not? That is, there is a mosque or prayer hall in an educational institution, and a place has been set up in this mosque for some religious tapes. Next to these tapes is a box where money is placed for anyone who wants to take a tape. It is known that the tapes are not traded in for profit, but are sold at the same capital cost for which they were purchased. Then that money is collected, and other tapes are bought with it and placed in the same manner. Is this practice permissible or not?
Answer:
There is no harm in doing so, but if it is a prayer hall and not a mosque, and if it is a mosque, it is not permissible to place it in the mosque, because it involves selling by leaving the item and not haggling. However, if it is a prayer hall, or in a mosque, or in a room, or in a secure place where there is no loss of money, there is no harm. But if there is a risk of loss of money and it is not secure, it should not be done, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of money. If it is a controlled place where a person takes what he needs and there is no tampering, there is no harm. But it is better for them to be cautious and have it kept by a trustworthy person; that is better than risking the loss of money.
And for the ten [unclear], the ends of the [unclear] should be kept by a trustworthy person who takes and gives; this is better, because this may expose it to danger and tampering. The presence. Yes. The mosque is not prepared for prayer, endowments, or the equivalent of a mosque. As for it, one may pray in a room, it may be an office where they pray and they are Muslims,
There is a mosque or prayer hall in an educational institution, and a place has been set up in this mosque for some religious tapes. Next to these tapes is a box where money is placed for anyone who wants to take a tape. It is known that the tapes are not traded in for profit, but are sold at the same capital cost for which they were purchased. Then that money is collected, and other tapes are bought with it and placed in the same manner. Is this practice permissible or not? That is, there is a mosque or prayer hall in an educational institution, and a place has been set up in this mosque for some religious tapes. Next to these tapes is a box where money is placed for anyone who wants to take a tape. It is known that the tapes are not traded in for profit, but are sold at the same capital cost for which they were purchased. Then that money is collected, and other tapes are bought with it and placed in the same manner. Is this practice permissible or not?
Answer:
There is no harm in doing so, but if it is a prayer hall and not a mosque, and if it is a mosque, it is not permissible to place it in the mosque, because it involves selling by leaving the item and not haggling. However, if it is a prayer hall, or in a mosque, or in a room, or in a secure place where there is no loss of money, there is no harm. But if there is a risk of loss of money and it is not secure, it should not be done, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of money. If it is a controlled place where a person takes what he needs and there is no tampering, there is no harm. But it is better for them to be cautious and have it kept by a trustworthy person; that is better than risking the loss of money.
And for the ten [unclear], the ends of the [unclear] should be kept by a trustworthy person who takes and gives; this is better, because this may expose it to danger and tampering. The presence. Yes. The mosque is not prepared for prayer, endowments, or the equivalent of a mosque. As for it, one may pray in a room, it may be an office where they pray and they are Muslims,
Source
التعليق على مواضع من كتاب زاد المعاد، من قوله فَصْلٌ [ وُصُولُهُ صَلّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلّمَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ] إلى قوله فَصْلٌ [ تَحْوِيلُ الْقِبْلَةِ ] — islamhouse.com (3:23)
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