Establishing a madrasa from the income of land endowed for a shrine

Question

Question: (1) In the village of Sarsawa there is a very old shrine of the respected Hazrat Makhdum. In the area there is land in his name. An annual shrine fair of the respected Hazrat Makhdum is also held, and evil bid‘as (innovations in religion) and other absurdities also take place. There is no free kitchen there, nor any expenditure at all.

Answer

(1) The better course is to establish a madrasa of the Noble Qur’an attached to the mosque and to pay the teacher’s salary from the income of the land, whether that teacher is the imam or someone else. Through this the mosque will remain frequented, religious education will take place, and the reward of it will keep reaching the one buried in the shrine — which is the waqif’s…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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