The ruling on using the mosque for purposes other than those for which it was built, and the issue of the imam’s house sharing a structure with the mosque.

The questioner : If the residence is under the mosque, as is the case in most mosques now, with its own separate entrance... just like what I had in my house.

The Shaykh: The answer has already been given.

The questioner : It is not permissible?

The Shaykh : No, it is permissible if it is separate from the mosque.

Another questioner : Disconnected.

Another questioner : I mean, it is for...

The Shaykh : No... suppose there is no smell, using the mosque for things it was not built for.

The questioner : I mean, it is not said that these things are usually people’s... houses or something like that, is this a house attached to the imam?

The Shaykh : No, no, let the house attached to the imam be separate, what harm is there?

Another questioner : A questioner asks about the 'aqiqah...