Must Wages from Pig-Bristle Brushes Given to a Mosque Be Returned?

Question

(3) The money from pig-bristle brushes that we have spent on the mosque — should it be returned or not? Prayer in a Mosque in Which Wages for Pig Bristles Have Been Spent (4) Is prayer performed in this mosque accepted by Allah Most High or not? Two scholars say that worship in this mosque is not fit to be accepted.

Answer

(3) The answer to this is clear from answers no. 1, 2. (4) When that prayer is performed in accordance with the rules of the Shariʿa, the obligation (farida) will also be discharged, and if there is sincerity (ikhlas), it will also be accepted.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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