Burying the deceased in a mosque

Question

(1) There is a mosque on land that has been endowed as waqf. If now all the people of the village agree to build the grave (rawda, mausoleum) of some person within the precincts of the mosque proper — indeed, this has already been done — is that permissible? (2) Previously a roof had been built in the mosque (?), or rather there was a shelter of wood and tin. Now, since the mosque’s roof was not built (?), these fittings of the mosque (wood and tin) and so on are being sold.

Answer

(1) Where a place is endowed as waqf for a mosque, the deceased is not to be buried there; there is no permission for this. (2) When the mosque’s roof has been built and the tin and other earlier materials are no longer of use in the mosque, they should be sold and the price spent on the mosque; and the buyer has the right to install and use these materials in his house and so…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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