How the old materials of a mosque are to be used

Question

We have an old mosque; they want to demolish it and build a new mosque. Now there is no need for the materials of this old mosque, and keeping them safe is also difficult. So can these materials be sold or not? And can these materials be used in some madrasa or in a place for keeping the dead, or not? Be it clear that among us permanent houses are built for keeping the dead. And can the stones of this mosque be used for building the enclosure of the new mosque or not?

Answer

If that mosque has become so old that there is fear of its collapsing, and for that reason they want to demolish it and build a new mosque, then whatever of its materials can be of use in the new mosque, put into the new mosque; and the materials that cannot be used there, sell them and spend the price on the construction of the mosque — that is, put materials of that value…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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