The Mosque’s Oil for the Imam and Muezzin with the Mutawalli’s Permission

Question

The oil that ordinary people usually leave in the mosque — may the imam and muezzin of this mosque burn it in their chamber attached to the mosque with the permission of the mutawalli (trustee), or not? And what is the status of this permission of his according to the Shariʿa?

Answer

If there is also the permission and consent of those who gave the oil, it is permissible, and the mutawalli’s permission is also valid; otherwise, not.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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