Ruling on replacing a mushaf endowed to a mosque with another mushaf
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Question:
A letter reached the program from a listener (M. S. 'A). He says in his letter: I entered one of the mosques with a mushaf, and I saw in the mosque mushafs with clear printing. I replaced my mushaf with one of those mushafs present in the mosque. Do I have the right to do that, or not?
Answer:
No one has the right to take anything from the endowments of the mosque, whether from the mushafs or from anything else, unless they are placed for distribution. If the one who placed them did so for distribution, then there is no harm in that. If the imam or the mu'adhdhin says to him: "These are for distribution," then there is no harm. But if they were placed so that the worshippers and the readers in the mosque can benefit from them, then no one has the right to take anything from them, nor to put in their place something inferior to them. Yes.
The presenter: Could you please mention the reasoning?
The Shaykh: Because it is an endowment, because it is an endowment for the readers in the mosque.
The presenter: This is one aspect.
The Shaykh: And because the presence of what is better should remain for the reader whom the endower intended. So one should not take the good and leave what is inferior to it. The good should remain for the people of the mosque.
The presenter: And so that the mosque does not become empty.
The Shaykh: And this is part of that, so that it does not become empty of mushafs either. But one might say: "I placed my mushaf in place of the mushaf."
The presenter: No, my intention is so that the mosque does not become empty of mushafs with good printing.
The Shaykh: Yes, this is required.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A letter reached the program from a listener (M. S. 'A). He says in his letter: I entered one of the mosques with a mushaf, and I saw in the mosque mushafs with clear printing. I replaced my mushaf with one of those mushafs present in the mosque. Do I have the right to do that, or not?
Answer:
No one has the right to take anything from the endowments of the mosque, whether from the mushafs or from anything else, unless they are placed for distribution. If the one who placed them did so for distribution, then there is no harm in that. If the imam or the mu'adhdhin says to him: "These are for distribution," then there is no harm. But if they were placed so that the worshippers and the readers in the mosque can benefit from them, then no one has the right to take anything from them, nor to put in their place something inferior to them. Yes.
The presenter: Could you please mention the reasoning?
The Shaykh: Because it is an endowment, because it is an endowment for the readers in the mosque.
The presenter: This is one aspect.
The Shaykh: And because the presence of what is better should remain for the reader whom the endower intended. So one should not take the good and leave what is inferior to it. The good should remain for the people of the mosque.
The presenter: And so that the mosque does not become empty.
The Shaykh: And this is part of that, so that it does not become empty of mushafs either. But one might say: "I placed my mushaf in place of the mushaf."
The presenter: No, my intention is so that the mosque does not become empty of mushafs with good printing.
The Shaykh: Yes, this is required.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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