The Heads of Expenditure of Mosque Endowments

Question

What are the heads of expenditure of mosque endowments? A waqf leaves the ownership of the waqif (endower). What is devoted to Allah (mandhur ʿala Allah) has two forms: one conditional and one unconditional. For example, a waqif gave ten rupees in cash for the purchase of a prayer mat; such a waqf can only be carried out by buying a prayer mat. The second form is that a person gave ten rupees to the mosque without condition. May the mosque’s workers spend this waqf anywhere among the mosque’s appurtenances or not?

Answer

If someone has made a waqf for the interests (masalih) of the mosque, then the imam, the khatib, the caretaker (qayyim), lighting, mats and the like are its heads of expenditure: [ar]لو وقف على المصالح: للإمام والخطيب والقيم وشراء الدهن والحصيرات[/ar] “If he made a waqf for the interests, it is for the imam, the khatib and the qayyim, and for buying oil and mats” (al-Ashbah…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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