Selling a Mosque’s Things When It Is Demolished

Question

If after a mosque has been built something is left over, or it was built by pulling down an old mosque and broken wood, beams (?) and the like remain — in short, whatever is left — is it correct according to the Shariʿa to sell these things or not? And what should be done after selling them?

Answer

[ar]وَمَا انْهَدَمَ مِنْ بِنَاءِ الْوَقْفِ وَآلَتِهِ صَرَفَهُ الْحَاكِمُ فِي عِمَارَةِ الْوَقْفِ إِنِ احْتَاجَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْهُ أَمْسَكَهُ حَتَّى يَحْتَاجَ إِلَى عِمَارَتِهِ فَيَصْرِفَهُ فِيهَا … (إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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