Selling Land Endowed to a Mosque

Question

Is it permissible or not to sell land endowed to a mosque when there is no designated mutawalli (trustee), and the leading people of the village oversee it? And if it is permissible, who may sell it?

Answer

Selling waqf land is not correct; its sale is absolutely impermissible. Rather, it is wajib to obtain income from this land and spend it on the needs (masalih) of the mosque. If the waqif (endower) did not appoint anyone as mutawalli, either in the waqf deed or verbally, then the prominent, respected, religious local Muslims should spend its income on the needs of the mosque…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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