Asking for Some of the Mosque’s Materials

Question

If someone asks for one or two chhatanks (a unit of weight, 1/16 of a ser, ≈ 58 g) of the mosque’s materials, such as cement, whitewash lime, paint and the like, is this permissible or not?

Answer

There is no right to take a thing belonging to the mosque without payment and without paying its price — neither with permission nor without permission. A thing meant to be let out for hire may rightly be taken on hire for payment, and a thing meant to be sold may rightly be taken on paying its price.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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