The imam’s salary from the income of waqf land

Question

A certain imam’s salary is small, and the mutawallis are committing embezzlement in the waqfs. One man has made some land a waqf for the mosque; he farms it himself and gives the income to the mosque. If this man gives the imam some grain from his land without informing the mutawalli, may he give it, and may the imam take it?

Answer

If the mutawalli does not pay the imam his salary, then [the imam] has the right to collect the amount of his salary from the produce of the mosque’s land.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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