A Mosque and Shops on Usurped Land

Question

What do the scholars of religion say on this matter? First: what is the ruling on intending to build a mosque on another person’s land without permission, or on beginning its construction — will the prayer be valid or not? Second: what is the ruling on building a shop in the name of the mosque on some person’s land? And what is the ruling on spending its income on the needs of the mosque, in the mosque? And also: what is the ruling if the land belongs to a Muslim?

Answer

(1) Building a mosque on another person’s land without the owner’s permission is not permissible, and prayer in it is makruh tahrimi. Building a shop for the mosque on another person’s land and spending its income on the mosque is likewise impermissible, whether it is on the land of a Muslim or of a non-Muslim; indeed, disposing of a non-Muslim’s land without permission is an…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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