Assalam alaikum,There is a old masjid in our locality due to weak structure and shortage of space the masjd comette decided to dismentle the old masjid and to construct it newly,so the first part has already been dismentle and new construction is going on.In the old masjid the toilet and wazukhana was outside the masjid plinth area which is still going on,now the masjid comette wants to build the toilet and wazukhana inside the masjid varanda where namaz in jamat is still going on.now please tell me can toilet and wazukhana be made in the masjid varanda where namaz-in-jamat has been performed for last 40years and still going on.
Answer:
(Fatwa: 471/429=B/1430)
The interior part, veranda and courtyard of mosque was built for the purpose of prayer and the salah was also continuously performed there by forty years, then all these portions are included in mosque and are respectable just like mosque. It is neither lawful to erect toilet there nor wudhu khanah. The veranda shall remain mosque forever and only salah can be offered there, it cannot be converted into anything else.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband