Is it permissible to build endowments (waqf) in non-Muslim countries for the benefit of Islamic centers and mosques?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to build endowments in non-Muslim countries, where the endowment is for Islamic centers and mosques in those lands? If a benefactor comes and endows, whether in Muslim lands or in the lands of disbelievers,
Answer:
an endowment for mosques, that is good, and there is no objection to it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to build endowments in non-Muslim countries, where the endowment is for Islamic centers and mosques in those lands? If a benefactor comes and endows, whether in Muslim lands or in the lands of disbelievers,
Answer:
an endowment for mosques, that is good, and there is no objection to it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1629 -2802] هل يجوز بناء الأوقاف في بلاد غير المسلمين لصالح المراكز الإسلامية والمساجد؟ — youtube.com
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