Spending money on adorning a mosque

Question

Is it correct to make the mosque shine with multicoloured tiles, marble and the like using the money of the mosque’s waqf, or not? Without need, one structure was demolished and another built so that it becomes eye-catching and charming — is this not among the signs of the Day of Resurrection? And what things are included in the needs of the mosque?

Answer

Spending the money of the mosque’s waqf on adornment is not permissible; it should be spent on strengthening. Thus in the books of fiqh — Radd al-Muhtar, al-Bahr al-Ra’iq and others.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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