Building a Mosque to Avert a Dispute

Question

Question: In a village the Friday prayer is performed in two places. The situation is that for some days now certain Muslims, on whose land the mosque stands, forbid praying in both mosques. May the Muslim brothers who have been forbidden build a new mosque and perform the Friday prayer and other prayers in it, or should they instead of the Friday prayer perform the Zuhr prayer in a mosque or in their homes? Note: The Jumuʿa has long been established in both these mosques; please answer keeping this in view.

Answer

When a person builds a mosque on his land or gives land for building a mosque, he has no right to prevent any Muslim whatsoever from praying there. Preventing prayer is a very great wrong: [ar]وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ الآية[/ar] “And who is more unjust than one who prevents the mention of His name in the mosques of Allah…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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