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Using water of the mosque for other purposes

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

Is it permissible to use the water of the masjid for a purpose other than what is meant for? What if the custom of the people to use it for something else is commonly accepted? Or if one only uses a little?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

It is not permissible for a person to use the water of a masjid for something other than what it is meant for. So if it is for drinking, its purpose is restricted to that. If it is for purification, it is restricted to that. And if the water is for both purposes, as it usually is, then it can only be used for those two purposes, as [s. the imams] have said. This is regardless of whether that is a little or a lot, as the expressions of the scholars expressly indicate.

– Amjad Rasheed

(Translated by Shazia Ahmad)

السؤال: هل يجوز استعمالُ ماء المسجد لغير ما عُيِّـن له ؟ كيف لو كان الاستعمالُ قليلاً أو مقبولاً عرفاً ؟ الجواب : لا يجوز استعمالُ ماء المسجد لغير ما عُيِّن له ؛ فإن كان للشرب فيقتصر عليه ، وإن كان للطهارة فيقتصر عليها ، وإن كان لهما كما هو الأكثر فلا يستعمل في غيرهما كما صرحوا به ، وسواءٌ في ذلك القليل والكثير كما يفيده إطلاقُهم الحكم .

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