Building a Mosque on Land Granted by the Government

Question

An Islamiyya school is situated on the land of a Hindu, who is still living; under the law of the present government this land is under the village community, i.e. the village council. In the era of the landlord system it belonged to this same Hindu, and below it there is a pond. The director of the madrasa has had this land transferred to the name of the madrasa through the head of the village council and the members of the council under the village council law, and the Hindu is formally contesting a lawsuit over…

Answer

Since the government is the owner of all lands, and the government’s officials have registered this land in the name of the madrasa, this land has become the property of the madrasa; in view of the interests of the madrasa, a mosque may be built on it.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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