Spending the Income of One Mosque on Other Mosques

Question

In our town there is a mosque from the royal era, and for a long time it has been under the supervision of a registered managing committee; six mosques of the town and one village mosque are also under the management of this same committee. The income of these mosques comes from three kinds of property: (1) small rooms and shops attached to the mosque; (2) houses made waqf; (3) houses bought with the mosque’s income.

Answer

(1) This is not permitted: [ar]اتَّحَدَ الْوَاقِفُ وَالْجِهَةُ وَقَلَّ مَرْسُومُ بَعْضِ الْمَوْقُوفِ عَلَيْهِ بِسَبَبِ خَرَابِ وَقْفِ أَحَدِهِمَا جَازَ لِلْحَاكِمِ أَنْ يَصْرِفَ مِنْ فَاضِلِ الْوَقْفِ الْآخَرِ عَلَيْهِ؛ لِأَنَّهَا حِينَئِذٍ كَشَيْءٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَإِنِ اخْتَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِأَنْ بَنَى رَجُلَانِ مَسْجِدَيْنِ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مَسْجِدًا وَمَدْرَسَةً وَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمَا…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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