Is it permissible to spend the mosque's funds on purposes other than the mosque?

The questioner : There is a sum of money held in trust in a mosque.

The Shaykh: Yes

The questioner : Is it permissible to dispose of it for purposes other than the mosque's affairs, or not?

The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible unless it is spent in another mosque that is in need of it.

The questioner : And if the mosque does not need this sum,

The Shaykh : I say it should be spent in another mosque.

The questioner : May Allah bless you. These are the questions we have. May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : And may He bless you.

The questioner : Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

Another questioner : Our Shaykh, if possible, just a call to the house is an honor for us, and a call to the university. I do not know why you cut the cord from the beginning. We are grateful for the call to the house...

Another questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.

Another questioner : The Shaykh : Al-Albani?

The Shaykh : Yes, yes, he is with you.

Another questioner : I am 'Abd al-Hamid Muhammad Ahmad, my teacher.

The Shaykh: Where are you from?

Another questioner : From Cairo.

The Shaykh : Welcome.

Another questioner : How are you, our teacher? May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : How long have you been there?

Another questioner : I have been in Cairo for ten years.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed. And why did you not contact us in these ten years?

Another questioner : By Allah, it was a shortcoming, my teacher.

The Shaykh : How are you?

Another questioner : I am well, and praise be to Allah, but we learned that you were in Riyadh, and you moved to al-Dhahran, but unfortunately we were not blessed with seeing you.

The Shaykh : May Allah make you happy in this world and the Hereafter.

Another questioner : May Allah grant it, and to you as well.

The Shaykh : And how are you?

Another questioner : I am well, and praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : And how is your family?
'Abd al-Hamid: They are well, and praise be to Allah, all of them.

The Shaykh : And what is your work now?

Another questioner : My work is that I am dedicated to writing and authorship for about ten years now, I mean.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed. And did you open a publishing house?

Another questioner : A long time ago. This publishing house originally exists in Kuwait.

The Shaykh : I know in Kuwait, but I am asking if there is one there in Cairo?

Another questioner : In Cairo, the Cairo branch provides services for religion.

The Shaykh : Good. May Allah make you successful, if Allah wills?

Another questioner : Praise be to Allah, I am successful in authorship. Praise be to Allah. As for publishing and distribution, the market in the Gulf and Kuwait is stagnant.

The Shaykh : Good.

Another questioner: We ask Allah for safety.

The Shaykh : Your reward is with Allah.

Another questioner : May Allah bless you, teacher.

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.