Keeping One’s Trade Goods in the Mosque Cupboard

Question

A certain respected religious scholar teaches children in the mosque, and he also has his own house. Despite having a house, he keeps books for trade in the mosque’s cupboard, which is right in the place of worship. Is this permissible or not?

Answer

A cupboard is made in the mosque so that the mosque’s things may be kept in it, for example the Noble Qurʾan, a fan, prayer mats and the like. No one has the right to keep his own goods for trade there on a permanent basis; the cupboard should be emptied.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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