Building a mosque on land that does not belong to him

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Question:
This is a person who took a piece of land—O honorable Shaykh—and built a mosque on it, but the land does not belong to him. Is it permissible to pray on this land?

Answer:
Answer: It is not permissible to pray on usurped land, nor is it permissible to build a mosque on it, because it is usurped, and this is not permissible.

Source www.alfawzan.af.org.sa

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