Ruling on transferring mosque furniture to another mosque or a school

Question:
Khalid Saleh from Yemen, Hadramaut, says: Your Eminence, I ask about the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, on transferring old carpets that are no longer needed from a mosque to a school or another mosque.
Knowing that this mosque or this school needs carpets, even if they are old; for the purpose of providing them for the worshippers in the mosque or the students in the school.
So please inform us of this.

Answer:
If there is surplus furniture in a mosque, it is transferred to another mosque in need. If no mosques in need are found, it is distributed among the poor and the needy, or used for the school's needs, and there is no harm in that. However, if a mosque in need is found, it is transferred from one mosque to another; because the intention of the one who established it is to benefit the worshippers and to draw near to Allah by providing what helps the worshippers to perform their prayers. If the mosques are self-sufficient, there is no harm in distributing the surplus among the poor and the needy, or for the needs of a school for students. Yes.

The presenter: So, Your Eminence, is there any problem with transferring these carpets from a mosque to a school, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh: If there is no mosque in need of them. But if there is a mosque in need, it is transferred to another mosque. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you.