Building an Ablution Place in the Mosque

Question

In a mosque there was no place for ablution inside the courtyard. (After a long time, the person who had built the mosque) — that person has had a brick-built ablution place made right inside the courtyard. What is the Sharʿi ruling on this?

Answer

At a place that was designated for performing prayer and made waqf, it is not right to build a brick-built ablution place because of which that much space becomes occupied so that prayer cannot be performed there.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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