Establishing a Madrasa from the Income of a Mosque

Question

There is a congregational mosque (jami‘) with many endowments; no conditions have been transmitted from the waqif (endower); the income far exceeds the expenditure; money for the repair of the mosque has been collected and is available, and even more money keeps accumulating. May the surplus income of these endowments of the mosque then be spent on teaching the religion, the propagation of Islam (tabligh) and the teaching of the Shar‘i sciences?

Answer

In the case asked about, if the mosque’s monetary income is large and its expenditure small, and there is always so much money on hand that the needs of routine repair and the like can easily be met, and there is a serious fear of misappropriation (khiyana)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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