Using in the Mosque Items Given by a Prostitute

Question

(1) A bazaar courtesan lives, eats and drinks on unlawful earnings. With money obtained by spinning yarn or cutting betel nuts, this woman gives the mosque mats for the prayer rows or water jugs, while she eats unlawful earnings. Is it permissible to accept her mats and jugs in the mosque or not? (2) A bazaar courtesan builds a house with her unlawful earnings. After her death her brother sells the house, and, taking some money from a Hindu as an interest-free loan (qard hasan)

Answer

(1) Using such jugs and mats in the mosque is valid, because they were not bought and given with the unlawful earnings themselves. (2) There is no harm in this awning either. (3) This too is valid, like Nos. 1 and 2.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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