If a man builds a mosque, is it he who appoints the imam, or the people of the neighborhood?
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The questioner : ..
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... the mosque ... is it obligatory upon ... it is considered that ...
The Shaykh : If someone builds a mosque, the mosque is not his house, so he may choose for it whomever he wishes as imam or mu'adhdhin. And if the Ministry of Awqaf has no role in appointing the imam and mu'adhdhin in private mosques, then the matter is referred to the people of the neighborhood.
The questioner : I mean, it is not the owner of the mosque who appoints?
The Shaykh : Never. Because if we opened this door, every corrupt person with money could build a mosque and appoint whomever he wished from the corrupt as imams or mu'adhdhins, and that is not possible.
The questioner : And some people come in whom one does not trust, nor in their knowledge ... but what is customary among people ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is customary among people ... not the owner of the mosque?
The Shaykh : I say this is a reprehensible custom; this is not a good custom. Yes, if we suppose that the man who built the mosque is a follower of the Sunnah and that it is not possible for him to appoint people of innovation, and he appoints a man who is upright in his religion, then in that case we accept it. Not because he is the one who appointed him, but because the man appointed is suitable for the imamate or the adhan. Yes.
The reader: The chapter on speaking about the adhan
The Shaykh : Be patient, patience, patience
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... the mosque ... is it obligatory upon ... it is considered that ...
The Shaykh : If someone builds a mosque, the mosque is not his house, so he may choose for it whomever he wishes as imam or mu'adhdhin. And if the Ministry of Awqaf has no role in appointing the imam and mu'adhdhin in private mosques, then the matter is referred to the people of the neighborhood.
The questioner : I mean, it is not the owner of the mosque who appoints?
The Shaykh : Never. Because if we opened this door, every corrupt person with money could build a mosque and appoint whomever he wished from the corrupt as imams or mu'adhdhins, and that is not possible.
The questioner : And some people come in whom one does not trust, nor in their knowledge ... but what is customary among people ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is customary among people ... not the owner of the mosque?
The Shaykh : I say this is a reprehensible custom; this is not a good custom. Yes, if we suppose that the man who built the mosque is a follower of the Sunnah and that it is not possible for him to appoint people of innovation, and he appoints a man who is upright in his religion, then in that case we accept it. Not because he is the one who appointed him, but because the man appointed is suitable for the imamate or the adhan. Yes.
The reader: The chapter on speaking about the adhan
The Shaykh : Be patient, patience, patience