A Mosque Shop Is Rented Out: What Is the Ruling If the Rent Is Not Raised?

Question

(1) A shop beneath a mosque, intended to cover the mosque's expenses, was built in 1953 together with the mosque. This shop was let to a Muslim at a rent of 40 per month. India's control law (rent regulation) does not apply to buildings of that year, nor to buildings after it up to the current year '66; that is, the rent can be raised, and if the tenant does not agree to the increase he can be evicted.

Answer

(1) Since the shop's standing is such that tenants are ready to take it at a higher rent, in which there is certainly benefit for the mosque and the waqf, and there is no legal obstacle either, and there is no harm or mischief in letting it at the present rent and having it vacated by the present tenant — then not having it vacated by him and not letting it at a higher rent is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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