Providing Iftar from Mosque Income

Question

In the Jamiʿ Masjid and the other associated mosques, in blessed Ramadan iftar is provided to the worshippers from this same income (from the shops attached to the mosque and the endowed houses). Is this permissible or impermissible?

Answer

If a shop is endowed as waqf for a particular mosque and the waqif (endower) has given permission for iftar, then it is permitted to spend its income on iftar in that same mosque; if the waqif has not given permission, it is not permissible. However, if the practice has continued uninterruptedly since the time of the waqif, it will also be permissible.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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