A Christian who was building churches with the help of Christians, and he was stealing from these funds, so he accumulated a large sum of money. Is it permissible for him now, having
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, this is a man who is a Christian in one of the African countries. The Christians were providing him with funds, and he was building churches with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then he embraced Islam three months ago. Before his conversion to Islam, he was stealing from these funds until he had accumulated a vast amount of wealth. He is now, after his conversion to Islam, asking whether he should build mosques with the money he stole or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, we say: build mosques with it, because he took it in an un-Islamic manner, so let him spend it in its Islamic equivalent. As you know, churches are the places of worship for Christians, and mosques are the places of worship for Muslims, and it is better to spend it on mosques—meaning, spending it on the mosques of Muslims is better than spending it on the temples of Christians. So we tell him: build mosques for Muslims with it, and ask Allah for steadfastness upon Islam.
The questioner : What if he stole while he was a Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, after him.
The questioner : Your Eminence...
The Shaykh : Reverse the question.
The questioner : For example, if a person does not perform purification.
The Shaykh : No, reverse the question. You are saying that touching the mushaf is a condition for wudu, which means if you touch the mushaf, you perform wudu.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : This is the implication of your words.
The questioner : I mean, if a person did not perform wudu and touched the mushaf.
The Shaykh : Then say: wudu is a condition for touching the mushaf.
Your Eminence, this is a man who is a Christian in one of the African countries. The Christians were providing him with funds, and he was building churches with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then he embraced Islam three months ago. Before his conversion to Islam, he was stealing from these funds until he had accumulated a vast amount of wealth. He is now, after his conversion to Islam, asking whether he should build mosques with the money he stole or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, we say: build mosques with it, because he took it in an un-Islamic manner, so let him spend it in its Islamic equivalent. As you know, churches are the places of worship for Christians, and mosques are the places of worship for Muslims, and it is better to spend it on mosques—meaning, spending it on the mosques of Muslims is better than spending it on the temples of Christians. So we tell him: build mosques for Muslims with it, and ask Allah for steadfastness upon Islam.
The questioner : What if he stole while he was a Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, after him.
The questioner : Your Eminence...
The Shaykh : Reverse the question.
The questioner : For example, if a person does not perform purification.
The Shaykh : No, reverse the question. You are saying that touching the mushaf is a condition for wudu, which means if you touch the mushaf, you perform wudu.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : This is the implication of your words.
The questioner : I mean, if a person did not perform wudu and touched the mushaf.
The Shaykh : Then say: wudu is a condition for touching the mushaf.