What kind of person a mosque’s mutawalli should be

Question

Question: In several mosques of Pune mutawallis are being elected by voting. What is the ruling (mas’ala) on this? What should the mutawallis of a mosque be like?

Answer

The person made mutawalli of a mosque should be one who is trustworthy, sensible, capable of managing the mosque, and bound by love to the mosque and the prayer.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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