Can Board Members of a Masjid Redefine the Masjid’s Boundaries? Mathabah.org

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Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt

Question:

Is it permissible for the mutawalli (administrators) to redefine the masjid boundaries?

Answer:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute.

Once a space or structure is designated as a masjid and made waqf, it remains a masjid until Judgment Day. Based on this ruling, the administrators of a masjid can only increase the boundaries to expand the masjid. They are not permitted to reduce the boundaries of the masjid. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 4, Page 357[1], 358[2] & Vol 1, Page 656, Dār Al-Fikr[3])

Only Allāh knows best


[1] وَإِذَا كَانَ السِّرْدَابُ أَوْ الْعُلُوُّ لِمَصَالِحِ الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ كَانَا وَقْفًا عَلَيْهِ صَارَ مَسْجِدًا – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج ٤/ ص ٣٥٧ دار الفكر

[2] وَلَوْ خَرِبَ مَا حَوْلَهُ وَاسْتُغْنِيَ عَنْهُ يَبْقَى مَسْجِدًا عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ وَالثَّانِي أَبَدًا إلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَبِهِ يُفْتِي – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج ٤/ ص ٣٥٨ دار الفكر

[3] وَ كُرِهَ تَحْرِيمًا الْوَطْءُ فَوْقَهُ وَالْبَوْلُ وَالتَّغَوُّطُ لِأَنَّهُ مَسْجِدٌ إلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج ١/ ص ٦٥٦ دار الفكر

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