A Non-Muslim Giving Money for Construction at a Mosque

Question

In a village there are fifty Muslim houses, but all of them are poor and in hardship. By the grace of Allah there is also a mosque here, and there is vacant space in the courtyard of the mosque. There is no arrangement for the education of the small children of the Muslims, nor is there any place where they could receive this education and learn the Glorious Qur’an. In this village lives a Hindu Parsi.

Answer

Let that Parsi give that material and money to some Muslim and make him its owner; then that Muslim should build from it the classroom and the minaret of the mosque. As for the vacant space in the courtyard of the mosque — that is, space not designated for prayer — if it is the property of the mosque, then a rent for that space should be fixed for the mosque, in such a way…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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