Lending One Mosque’s Money to Another Mosque

Question

The trusts of the mosques in our village are separate. One mosque has no money at all: may its expenses be met from the waqf of another mosque, or may it borrow from it, or not?

Answer

The mutawallis, by mutual consultation, may give an amount from one waqf to another waqf as a loan as need requires, but then its repayment is necessary: [ar]يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِكُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنْهَا بَيْتًا يَخُصُّهُ، وَلَا يَخْلِطَ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ، وَأَنَّهُ إِذَا احْتَاجَ إِلَى مَصْرِفِ خِزَانَةٍ وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا مَا يَفِي بِهِ يَسْتَقْرِضُ مِنْ خِزَانَةٍ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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