Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-83) Due to financial difficulties when we arrived here in England from the subcontinent, our community elders set up a death committee. The purpose of this death committee is to arrange for the funeral and burial arrangements. There are terms and conditions of the committee which are attached to this question. These terms and ..
Category : Endowment – Waqf
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-64)A scholar purchased a pub and converted it into a Madrasah (Islamic School) and a Masjid and took charge of it himself. Are we allowed to perform Salāh and Jumu’ah there, and make donations? One man is saying that performing Salāt ul Jumu’ah there and donating money to it is impermissible. Answer:Having evil opinions ..
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion (Q-63)I purchased a piece of land for the purpose of establishing a designated area for Funeral Prayer (Salāt ul Janāzah). I now wish to build a community centre on that land which can also be used as an area for Funeral prayer (Salāt ul Janāzah). Is it permissible for the directors, especially myself, to ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-62)Is it permissible to use the equipment or furniture of one Masjid inside another Masjid? Answer:It is Harām (impermissible) to pass on the equipment or donations of one Masjid to another Masjid even if the equipment or donations are only passed on as a loan. The reason for this is that it is impermissible ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-61)Is it permissible to use donations given to a Masjid for the maintenance and other costs of a Madrasah (Islamic School), and vice versa? Answer:It is impermissible to use Masjid donations for a Madrasah and vice versa. In fact, even using the money of one Masjid for a different Masjid is not permissible. This ..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-47)If a piece of land was donated specifically for the purpose of building a Masjid and the Masjid has been constructed, is it permissible to build a Madrasah on that same land? Answer:If a piece of land was donated specifically for the building of a Masjid then, to cancel the status of anything built ..