Who has the right to appoint the muezzin and the imam
Question
Question: (1) In the Hidaya, in the first half, in the Book of Waqf, it is written: [ar]ولنا أن المتولي إنما يستفيد الولاية من جهته بشرطه، فيستحيل أن لا يكون له الولاية وغيره يستفيد الولاية منه، ولأنه أقرب الناس إلى هذا الوقف فيكون أولى لولايته، كمن اتخذ مسجداً يكون أولى بعمارته ونصب المؤذن فيه، فيكون أولى بعمارته…
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On a few points of your translation and explanation I submit something for your consideration, numbering them. (1) The words “(or from himself)” — from which word is this derived? That is, where did this possibility come from in the pronoun of “من جهة”? It is not present in the original text. (2) The words “(and the people also intend the more righteous one)
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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